by Greg Markelz | Sep 13, 2019 | Animals, Author, Greg Markelz, News, Success Stories
This week as many of us blogged, posted, tweeted and read about the tragedy of September 11, 2001, I saw several stories about one hero from that terrible event who had recently passed away. Bretagne (pronounced Brittany) was a search and rescue dog from Texas, and...
by Greg Markelz | Aug 26, 2019 | Animals, Author, Greg Markelz, News
This is my 9th Blog post and It is time to get real! Here is a real story of an Animal Rescue experience. Thanks to Robin Carroll and Tom Van Winkle of the Hinsdale Humane Society for submitting this story: A Mother’s Love This is the story of Shadow and her baby girl...
by Greg Markelz | Jul 26, 2019 | Animals, Author, Greg Markelz, News
ANIMAL RESCUE VOLUNTEERS, AND FUEL by Greg Markelz We all know how valuable volunteers are to any charitable cause. These are the people who have the passion, the time, and the energy to help advance their favorite causes. For each animal rescue site, this is no...
by Greg Markelz | Jul 12, 2019 | Animals, Author, Greg Markelz
Cool findings about Pets, particularly Dogs: Top Pets by Population DOGS over 76 million CATS over 58 million BIRDS over 7.5 million HORSES over 1.9 million (wondering if these are all actually pets or if this number includes work horses and...
by Greg Markelz | Jun 5, 2019 | Animals, Author, Greg Markelz, News
In researching ways to prevent some pets from being turned in to a shelter, I discovered a great way to deal with this problem, a more sensible and humane method for treating the animals in question. There is a website called “Get Your Pet” (https://getyourpet.com/)...
by Greg Markelz | May 21, 2019 | Animals, Author, Greg Markelz
Approximately 6.5 million companion animals arrive at one of the community animal shelters nationwide. Why do so many animals enter shelters? The 3 most common reasons: Stray animals are often found on the streets and brought in by Good Samaritans or local law...
