I grew up in a small New England town, surrounded by what by today's standards would be considered 'nosey' neighbors. To this day I remember their names, the Kerrys and Kellys and Jeffreys and their parents who had no problems doling out discipline, dinner, and hugs in equal measure. I've lived in many places since then. I can't tell you what my neighbors' names were; I'm not sure I knew it even then. When I was in vet school, a five year old boy down the street drowned in his pool. When a ... Read more »
Archives for May 2013
Be The Change
Helping Animals in Moore
Every animal disaster is a little different than the one before. The infrastructure may be fairly intact, or devastated. Local roads to receive supplies may or may not be accessible. The presence of local organizations and their willingness to help plays a major role in what constitutes an appropriate response. That is a field that is hard to navigate each and every time since the landscape is constantly changing from one disaster to another. What doesn't change? Who needs help. Why we do ... Read more »
Don’t Fitch the Homeless
I've never bought a piece of Abercrombie and Fitch clothing in my life, so to say I'm not going to in the future wasn't a big loss for me. I'm with everyone else who was disgusted with CEO Mike Jeffries' recent statement about their painfully shallow approach to marketing: "Because good-looking people attract other good-looking people, and we want to market to cool, good-looking people," he said. "We don't market to anyone other than that." And so on and so forth we only sell small sizes and ... Read more »
Be Kind to Animal People Week
May 5-11 is the American Humane Association's Be Kind to Animals Week. Hopefully, we're kind to animals every week, but it's good to have a reminder every now and then, and maybe a reason to go out of your way to do that thing you've been putting off. In last year's post I listed 5 ways to go about this, such as the shelter drive-by (still love this idea! I'm due for another trip!) But for today's post, I would like to discuss something that's been nagging at the back of my brain for a long ... Read more »