Tag: adoption
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Ready, set … adopt: Cat Fest Colorado set to reach 600th adoption this year
The internet may love cat videos, but Colorado Springs prefers the real thing. From adoptable kittens and celebrity cats to fashion shows and cat bingo, Cat Fest Colorado returns this Saturday with enough feline fun to have cat lovers themselves purring. And the next cat to find a forever home at Cat Fest Colorado won’t…
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National Mill Dog Rescue’s Festival in the Bark: Meet the dogs looking for forever homes
Soft puppy eyes press into the cold bars of a kennel, and a dog blinks through a metal grid that’s always stood in its way. Beneath the glare of fluorescent lights and surrounded by a constant chorus of barking, rows of that same picture fill a commercial breeding space. Many of those dogs have spent…
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‘Worst situation we’ve ever seen’: Peyton-based nonprofit rescues 165 dogs, starts road to recovery
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save National Mill Dog Rescue, an animal-welfare nonprofit based in Peyton, recently rescued more than 160 neglected dogs from hazardous, unsanitary living conditions that shook even the most seasoned veterinary professionals. “In our 18 years of…
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‘Worst situation we’ve ever seen’: Peyton-based nonprofit rescues 165 dogs, starts road to recovery
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save National Mill Dog Rescue, an animal-welfare nonprofit based in Peyton, recently rescued more than 160 neglected dogs from hazardous, unsanitary living conditions that shook even the most seasoned veterinary professionals. “In our 18 years of rescuing over 24,000 dogs, this was the worst situation we’ve…
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Colorado justices to hear cases on grandparent visitation, lawyers’ neglect in appealing on time
The Colorado Supreme Court announced on Monday that it will decide whether two grandparents are entitled to seek visitation of their grandchildren following their adoption by the other set of grandparents, and also how strictly to hold lawyers to the deadline for filing appeals. At least three of the court’s seven members must agree to…
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Humane Society of the Pikes Peak region names Kelley Likes as new President and CEO
When Kelley Likes was growing up, she wanted to be a veterinarian, but that career path hit a roadblock when she was in college, she said. “I was majoring in pre-med,” Likes said. “We were doing a lot of work in anatomy and physiology, and I very quickly realized how squeamish I was.” Years later,…