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For years, off and on, I have worked on a memoir called “An Ark of Sorts.” The book tells the stories of many of the animals we have fostered and…

On a lazy summer day, Alicia, one of our faithful hay clients, texted me about a baby bunny needing a home. She had been living in the parking lot of…

On the way home from Children’s Hospital, Matt and I encountered a stray puppy, but this was no ordinary puppy. Matt had broken his ankle at a basketball camp, and…

Beagle, beagles, beagles everywhere. In July of 2022, the Humane Society of the United States removed 4,000 beagles from a facility that breeds animals for research purposes. The facility had…

From the beginning, Bonnie Beagle tried our patience or worse. Shortly after we adopted her, she escaped from the yard. Unfortunately, the gate had not latched completely, and Bonnie discovered…

Volunteers for the national and local House Rabbit Society chapters and other rabbit rescue groups dread Easter—with good reason. Four to six weeks after Easter they find themselves awash in…

The March 10th release date for “A Very Naughty Beagle Named Bonnie” should be cause for celebration. Instead, I feel like I’m dropping one of my children off for their…

I once made the mistake of counting the animals under our roof. Fittingly, I came up with this brilliant idea while sitting in the waiting room at our vet hospital.…