Animals

It’s Polar Bear Week: All WWF Donations Will Be Matched Up to $130K

It’s Polar Bear Week: All WWF Donations Will Be Matched Up to $130K WWF works to protect the polar bear and its environment — photo courtesy of WWF.The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has declared Feb. 23 to 27 Polar Bear Week in a bid to raise awareness about the arctic animals and their own fundraising for the area. The effort comes in the lead-up to…

Cupcakes Are Good For Animals: SPCAs & Humane Societies Explain How

Cupcakes Are Good For Animals: SPCAs & Humane Societies Explain How Tootise from the Nova Scotia SPCA is getting ready to devour her prey for the 2015 National Cupcake Day promo shoot — photo courtesy of Nova Scotia SPCA.Some in the animal rescue world have declared Feb. 23 National Cupcake Day. What is the tie-in, except leave out some cupcakes and…

Volunteer with Toucans and Sloths at Costa Rican Toucan Rescue Ranch

Volunteer with Toucans and Sloths at Costa Rican Toucan Rescue Ranch Baby two toed sloths at the Toucan Rescue Ranch — photo credit: Leslie Howle.Leslie Howle is a busy lady. On a recent Saturday afternoon, the director of Costa Rica’s Toucan Rescue Ranch spoke to Samaritanmag by phone while simultaneously hand-feeding seven of her “babies” — six sloths…

IKEA Monkey’s Fame Not Enough To Boost Sanctuary’s Indiegogo Campaign

IKEA Monkey’s Fame Not Enough To Boost Sanctuary’s Indiegogo Campaign IKEA monkey Darwin opens Xmas gift at Story Book Farm Primate Sanctuary — photo from Facebook.The infamous IKEA monkey who has been living at Story Book Farm Primate Sanctuary northeast of Toronto is being used to help raise $490,000 via crowdfunding site Indiegogo to move the primate…

TOMS Does More Than Mouth The Words Elephant Shoe

TOMS Does More Than Mouth The Words Elephant Shoe We know cat patterns are popular, but how about switching it up and wearing an elephant — on your shoes? Philanthropic shoe company TOMS has just released its newest limited edition collection from the TOMS Animal Initiative in support of animal protection worldwide and it’s only available online at TOMS.…

Shelter Me and Wings of Rescue Provide Novel Solutions To Pet Adoption

Shelter Me and Wings of Rescue Provide Novel Solutions To Pet Adoption Dogs and cats ready to board the Wings of Rescue flight — photo courtesy of WoR Facebook page.Two California-based men are bringing pioneering solutions to a sinister global problem. One is a documentary filmmaker, the other a commercial real estate developer and amateur pilot; both…

ResQwalk Mobile App Funds Animal Rescues One Step At a Time

ResQwalk Mobile App Funds Animal Rescues One Step At a Time ResQwalk founder Bailey Schroeder and her dog Charlie — photo courtesy of ResQwalk.What do you get when you combine something most of us do every day — walking — with a love of rescuing animals? You get Bailey Schroeder's brilliant new mobile app, ResQwalk, where all you have to do is take a few…

How Your Pet Can Provide Therapy in Hospitals, Nursing Homes, Schools

How Your Pet Can Provide Therapy in Hospitals, Nursing Homes, Schools Linda Quinn gets a visit from Picasso — photo courtesy of TPOC.Most people think their pets are pretty special. Those wanting to prove it to the world while doing something good in their community should consider contacting Therapeutic Paws of Canada (TPOC). The non-profit, entirely…

Mad Men’s Sally Draper Actress Kiernan Shipka Rescues Buddy

Mad Men’s Sally Draper Actress Kiernan Shipka Rescues Buddy Kiernan Shipka, who plays Sally Draper on Mad Men, seen here at the 2014 MuchMusic Video Awards — photo courtesy of MuchMusic.Mad Men’s Kiernan Shipka, who plays Sally Draper on the hit AMC series, is a dog lover who rescued her latest pet from Los Angeles' Westside German Shepherd Rescue,…

One of a Kind Turtle Hospital Saves World’s Most Endangered Species

One of a Kind Turtle Hospital Saves World’s Most Endangered Species Dr. Sue Carstairs releasing a snapping turtle — photo courtesy of KTTC.If turtles could talk, they’d be blabbing ears purple singing the praises of the one-of-a-kind Kawartha Turtle Trauma Centre (KTTC) which last year treated over 800 turtles hit by cars or suffering other shell-…

Dr. Lesli Preuss' Ranch Animals Help Asperger's, ADHD & Gifted Kids

Dr. Lesli Preuss' Ranch Animals Help Asperger's, ADHD & Gifted Kids The remarkable Harvey — all photos courtesy of Dr. Preuss.It was 3 a.m. eight years ago when Dr. Lesli Preuss woke up to feel her new rescue dog, Harvey, with his mouth around her throat. "Just prior to that, he had been getting really territorial around me and nipping at…

Wildlife Waystation Rescues Neglected, Abused Lions, Tigers & Bears, Oh My!

Wildlife Waystation Rescues Neglected, Abused Lions, Tigers & Bears, Oh My! Martine Colette — with a tiger — founded California's Wildlife Waystation in 1976 — photo courtesy of WW.Martine Colette, founder and director of the Wildlife Waystation in the Angeles National Forest, just north of Los Angeles, California, can't remember a time in her life…

Virunga Documentary Honours Defenders Of Few Living Mountain Gorillas

Virunga Documentary Honours Defenders Of Few Living Mountain Gorillas Virunga National Park director Emmanuel de Merode was attacked and shot by gunmen two days before the premiere of Virunga.The story of the Congo is largely a tragic one, and one of its sad chapters involves Virunga National Park, the subject of a new documentary bearing the park's name…

Global A-Team for Wildlife Recruits Youth To Save Endangered Species

Global A-Team for Wildlife Recruits Youth To Save Endangered Species 16 kids, aged 8 to 18, comprise the international A-Team members, as of January 2014, representing five countries — photo courtesy of A-Team for Wildlife. If Ken Jones has his way, that old saw about ‘youth being wasted on the young’ will be made obsolete. The long-time environmental…

Dawn Dish Soap Cleans Oil-Slicked Birds, Main Campaign Saves Wildlife

Dawn Dish Soap Cleans Oil-Slicked Birds, Main Campaign Saves Wildlife This Great Horned Owl was recently captured for a bath, after being found in the San Gabriel River contaminated with a clear substance on its chest and under its wings – photo credit: International Bird Rescue.Corporations and conservationists typically occupy vastly different worlds.…