An Animal Rescuer Beats A Dog

Here is 41-year-old Noelle Stanbridge.  She is an independent animal rescuer from Ottumwa Iowa.   She promotes herself as a champion for stray dogs in Iowa, rescuing over 200 dogs.  If you google her name you can see her claim to be involved in transporting animals with the help of Pilots N Paws (PnP has contacted FTLTD [...]

Charges Upgraded for Patrick’s Abuser

Today, acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn Murray upgraded the abuse charges against Kisha Curtis to a Fourth-Degree Criminal Offense – torture and torment of a living creature.  Curtis faces 18 months in jail and/or a $3,000 fine if convicted on the abuse against Patrick.  She is currently being held at the Passaic County jail on [...]

Patrick’s Abuser CAUGHT!

Yesterday, the New Jersey SPCA charged Kisha Curtis, 28,  with two counts of abandonment and two counts of failure to provide proper sustenance to an animal.  Patrick was discovered March 16 by maintenance workers inside a garbage chute at the Garden Spires apartment building in Newark, NJ, a 550-unit complex notorious for drugs and other [...]

Mishka the Talking Husky

Oh forget the creeps!  This is a real feel good video!  Here is Mishka, the Talking Husky.  She was a sensation a couple years ago with her famous “I Love You” video.  Now she has a new tune – Mishka’s Ballad.  It’s also available on iTunes.  Check it out!

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Justice Round-Up 3/23/11

What a sorry list of creeps I have.  Proof that evolution can go in reverse.  Let’s just get started.

Michael Tessmer

His idea of stress relief is to kick his black labradoodle in front of his kids.  So hard the dog died later the same night.  His idea of explaining it to his kids [...]

A Starved Dog Tossed Out With The Trash

I can’t believe this.  The dog pictured here is still alive.  This is the worst case of starvation I have ever seen.

Last week in Newark New Jersey, a maintenance worker for a 22-story apartment building was cleaning out the trash bins that are serviced by the garbage chutes from resident apartment units.  Apparently [...]

Pilots N Paws Volunteer Joseph Radford is Missing

Authorities have been searching for missing pilot Joseph Radford since March 13.  Mr. Radford is a volunteer pilot with the Pilots N Paws organization that assists in transporting rescue animals to other states.  He was flying a homebuilt, single-engine RV-6 that took off March 11 from the Glendale Municipal Airport at 6:30 a.m. He flew [...]

A Plea for Japan

I don’t have any words to describe the devastation in Japan after the massive earthquake and tsunami that hit the country on March 11.   It is the country’s worse disaster since WWII.

Towns are demolished.  In many areas there is no movement whatsoever by man or animal.  Tens of thousands people have gone with [...]

Kill The Kitty — Fun and Games at the Town of Hempstead Animal Shelter

WOW.  Is this ever repulsive!

A video has been uploaded to YouTube that is spreading like wildfire across facebook and other animal blogs.

It is a video capturing some *fun and games* at the Town of Hempstead Animal Shelter.  Employees making obscene gestures and chanting “Kill the Kitty”, as they roughly remove a cat by [...]

Nico Now Needs a Third Chance at Life

UPDATE:  Nico has a ChipIn

http://nicosfund.chipin.com/nicos-fund-3

This photo is not unknown to animal lovers and rescuers.  It captured the depressed and broken spirit of a suffering shelter dog.  It’s Nico, the 6-year-old Dogo Argentino who’s picture appeared on Facebook July 2009 that immediately went viral and caught the attention of animal rescuers.  He was [...]

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Deanna Raeke
Deanna Raeke
Dog Lover & Proud Pet Parent


Passionate when it comes to my canine companions as well as dogs everywhere, it's my mission to raise awareness of any issues that affect them, from their health, food and nutrition and training to their welfare. Canine advocacy is something that everyone who cares about dogs needs to be aware of and we all need to share that and raise our voice for those who cannot speak for themselves.


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