Impact Oklahoma annual meeting April 25 Will Rogers Theatre 4322 N. Western Ave. impactok.org Free Impact Oklahoma has given more than 40 grants in 13 years, and the membership is now preparing to choose this year’s beneficiaries. The organization, a network of women who aim to make the “community stronger and better for everyone,” pools […]
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OKG Shop: Holiday, spirit
Unless you are Robert Parker, buying a bottle of wine can be a real guessing game.
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ANIMAL conference helps set safe, humane standards
Kirkpatrick Foundation will host The ANIMAL Conference, a two-day symposium on current and future trends affecting animals.
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Whoa, Nelly!
Credit: Brad Gregg Although a new state law that would allow horse slaughterhouses takes effect Nov. 1, a federal judge on Aug. 2 approved an injunction against allowing such facilities to operate in the country. The Humane Society of the United States contends in litigation that the U.S. Department of Agriculture failed to perform a […]
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Pet project
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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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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Monkey saved, monkey do
It had been a days-long trip for the two Japanese macaques, rescued from a roadside zoo in upstate New York. Their journey finally had ended on the outskirts of Newcastle, at a remote location called Mindy’s Memory Primate Sanctuary. Bob Ingersoll, the sanctuary’s board president, greeted the monkeys. “Hiya, buddies!” he said. “You’re about to […]