Tag: Jan/Feb 2024
by Nancy Gallimore
The image came to me rapid-fire from various sources, as often happens when there is a Dalmatian in need.
This dog was a seven-month-old puppy in a small town in northern Missouri — a bit outside the normal range of my Oklahoma-based Dalmatian rescue. When I clicked...
by Inger Giuffrida, executive director, WildCare Oklahoma
Before beavers were hunted to the
brink of extinction for their fur, the
North American beaver population was estimated to be 400 million. Extirpated from most states, including Oklahoma, by the early 1900s, beavers have been reintroduced into many areas. Today, the North American beaver...
Story and photos by Karen Dugan Holman, B.S., B.S.E., M.S.
Combativeness, anger, hostility, cruelty, and lack of empathy and
compassion plague our society. This negativity has given me a purpose behind sharing a story of love, grit, and a whole lot of luck. I know many of you have an emotional...
by Cynthia Armstrong | Photos courtesy of Tim Ajax, Oklahoma Primate Sanctuary
Located outside Newcastle, the Oklahoma Primate Sanctuary (OPS)
has cared for hundreds of primates in need for the past 25 years. Primate residents range from a few years old to more than 30 years of age and represent 16...
by David Gallant
On a crisp morning in Springfield, Ohio, Heather Cline and her
dynamic partner in agility, 10-anda-half-year-old Boxer extraordinaire Serge Ibarka, stepped onto the scene of the 2023 North American Dog Agility Council (NADAC) International Agility Championships. This elite event, also known as CHAMPS, gathered the finest competitors in...
by Anne Cosgrove Wimberly | Photos by Linda Earley
Hit by a car. Shot by a pellet gun. Hungry. Scared. Covered in burrs. Scrawny. Young. Old. Large. Small.
Healthy. Choked by a rope. Hiding in a haystack.
Those are the conditions of the dogs that Alyson and Dr. Brian Geister and their...
John Lennon (1940–1980) achieved spectacular
international musical success and lasting fame with the Beatles, but he is also still known for his lifelong love of cats.
Lennon was born in Liverpool, England, on October 9, 1940. As a boy, he cycled to the fishmonger’s shop to buy hake for his cat....
by Jennie Lloyd | Photo by Cindy Alvarez
Popular portraitist and artist Patrick (P.S.) Gordon says what many dog owners are thinking: “My dogs are the most important relationship I have.”
He looks down at his two Norwich Terriers, Sister and Logan, playing and jostling in his lovely living room overlooking...
