The estimated 140 animals have been spayed or neutered and vaccinated, and most have received microchip implants that help reunite owners with their pets, said volunteer Tiffany Chancellor-Pacheco. The adoption fee is $70 with proceeds going to the Moore Animal Shelter. About 80 dogs and 60 cats remain from the pets initially aken to the […]
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Pet rescue
Known for being animal lovers and founders of an animal-rescue nonprofit called MuttNation, the Lamberts arranged for out-of-state help in the pet recovery process. As a result, two mobile pet-rescue units from New York-based North Shore Animal League America and Red Star Rescue, which is an arm of American Humane Association, came to the tornado-ravaged […]
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Reigning cats and dogs
Credit: Brad Gregg According to a recent study by the American Veterinary Medical Association, the state ranks 10th in the nation for dog ownership and 18th for cat ownership. According to the report, 43 percent of Oklahomans own dogs and almost 33 percent have cats. The national average is 36.5 percent for dogs and 30.4 […]
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Precious cargo
In April, the nonprofit began its Homeward Bound program, which places dogs that have been surrendered by their owner for one reason or another. Their previous owners’ loss is the gain for dog lovers in Minnesota and Wisconsin. Christy Counts, president of Central Oklahoma Humane Society, said the program is off to a good start. […]
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The Raid: Redemption
About to hit — and I do mean hit — Blu-ray and DVD after a limited but lauded theatrical release in April, the film carries the barest of plots. For 10 years, a much-feared mobster in a 15th-floor compound has ruled over a decrepit apartment building housing not only his narcotic enterprise, but also the dregs […]
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Pet sights
Bring your pets out for a tail-wagging good time at the third annual Sit. Stay. Art! event, Saturday at the Individual Artists of Oklahoma Gallery. For the works exhibited in Sit. Stay. Art!, participating artists each used a homeless pet from Pets & People Humane Society in Yukon as inspiration. While the main focus of […]
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Purr-fect fix
That nearly 50 percent euthanasia rate is something shelter workers and animal welfare advocates hope the City Council can remedy in coming weeks. The potential solution: an ordinance that would allow the city shelter to launch a “community cats” program. Slated for a council vote Tuesday, the program is a simple one that begins with […]
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Go right meow
Based on T.S. Eliot’s “Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats” and composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber, the now-infamous “Cats” debuted in the New London Theatre on May 11, 1981, making it the second longest-running Broadway show of all-time. Don’t think London and New York gets all of that feline frenzy. Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma’s Thelma […]
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Go right meow
Based on T.S. Eliot’s “Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats” and composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber, the now-infamous “Cats” debuted in the New London Theatre on May 11, 1981, making it the second longest-running Broadway show of all-time. Don’t think London and New York gets all of that feline frenzy. Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma’s Thelma […]
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Go right meow
Based on T.S. Eliot’s “Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats” and composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber, the now-infamous “Cats” debuted in the New London Theatre on May 11, 1981, making it the second longest-running Broadway show of all-time. Don’t think London and New York gets all of that feline frenzy. Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma’s Thelma […]