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Adopt A Dog participated in the nationwide Clear the Shelters event on Saturday. The day started off well, with families lined up outside the gate before the event started. In all 19 dogs found homes. Congratulations to all the hardworking staff and volunteers! Continue Reading →
Best Friends, whose motto is “Save Them All,” expects to open its adoption center in SoHo in early 2016. Since its founding in 1984, Best Friends has helped reduce the number of animals killed in shelters nationwide from 17 million per year to an estimated 4 million. Since its founding in 1984, Best Friends has helped reduce the number of animals killed in shelters nationwide from 17 million per year to an estimated 4 million. Continue Reading →
Geoffrey Tischman’s photos will be on display at Meli-Melo from August 15 – Oct. 5 Geoffrey will make a donation of $50 for every family/pet portrait session booked during the show. He is available for sittings in the tri-state area and beyond. Please mention Meli-Melo when booking a family or pet portrait sitting and Tischman Pets will make a $50 donation to Adopt-A-Dog. Continue Reading →
At Greenwich’s 25th Anniversary Celebration of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), First Selectman Peter Tesei declared July 27, 2015 Americans With Disabilities Day. The First Selectman’s Advisory Committee for People with Disabilities, a letter from United States Senator Richard Blumenthal, and a representative from Congressman Jim Himes’s office also made appearances. Happy birthday, ADA! Continue Reading →
The ADA recently was refined to be more specific about where service dogs are allowed to go versus therapy and comfort dogs. On Monday at Town Hall, there were three dogs, including a Fidelco service dog sand two Guiding Eyes for the Blind dogs in training. They all behaved beautifully. Continue Reading →
Greenwich residents Lisa Wysocki, Suzanne Steinberg and Susan Maounis created Fido Fixers, mobile low-cost spay-neuter clinics for animals in southern states back in 2013. In Three years, they have altered 13,000 animals. Macon County Georgia, which is less rural than their other destinations, is their most productive location, altering 3,000 to 5,000 dogs per year. Continue Reading →
Former Adopt-A-Dog director Allyson Halm is New Canaan Animal Control’s newest officer. Born and raised in Greenwich, Halm is familiar with the Fairfield County and New Canaan area. Before joining the staff in New Canaan, Halm worked with Greenwich Animal Control for 12 years, then became the CEO of Adopt-A-Dog of Greenwich for seven years. Halm is excited to take on the position at New Canaan’s Animal Control. Continue Reading →
About a dozen dogs and an equal number of volunteers from a variety of local dog rescue groups had a great day in the parking lot of Coxe & Graziano Funeral Home on Hamilton Ave. Local families streamed in throughout the event on Saturday and a few adoptions are pending. Continue Reading →
Please stop by Coxe & Graziano parking lot at 134 Hamilton Ave on Saturday July 11 from 11:00am til 2:00pm for a multi-dog rescue group adoption event. There will be about a dozen dogs in a variety of sizes and breeds from Adopt-A-Dog, Cat Assistance, Rising Dove and Northwind Kennels. Continue Reading →
