Tag: Nov/Dec 2022
by Kelsey Warren-Bryant
In the wild, betta fish live in tropical fresh waters in Southeast Asia. They stay near
the surface of the water defending their territory, exploring their environment, and feeding on tiny crustaceans and insect larvae. There’s no doubt that these fish also make great household pets. In addition...
by Kim Doner
Wanna paint pets? Like:
Draw on dogs?
Tint those turtles? Sharpie some shells?
Color the cats, acrylic a crab, pigment the parrot, ink an iguana, rouge the rat?
I’ll be direct here:
Don’t. Don’t. Don’t.
Years ago, a very entertaining book titled “Why Cats Paint” achieved bestseller status. It was a spoof, beautifully...
by Karen Dugan Holman, B.S., B.S.E., M.S. | Photos courtesy of Karen Dugan Holman
Most of us remember the stories of Lassie saving Timmy from falling in the well or Toto barking at the tornado and the Wicked Witch warning Dorothy of danger in “The Wizard of Oz.” People love...
by Heide Brandes
If you spend any time talking with Lesa Staubus, DVM, the fact that she cares
deeply for the welfare and treatment of animals — any and all animals — becomes as clear as a rallying cry. As the new senior program officer at the Kirkpatrick Foundation in Oklahoma...
by Ashley Villines, executive director, Northern Oklahoma Humane Society, and Jay Glowacki, supervisor, Animal Control, Ponca City Police Department
A new spirit of cooperation between city government and the private
sector has paid huge dividends for dogs and cats in Ponca City.
Volunteers planted the seed, and the decision to implement a...
by Inger Giuffrida, executive director, WildCare Oklahoma
Holidays often have animals associated with them. In February, we all
look to a groundhog in Pennsylvania to tell us whether we will have six more weeks of winter. In the spring, we await the arrival of the Easter bunny, which hides chicken eggs...
by Kaycee Chance | Photo by Linda Earley
“Everyone needs a little bit of unconditional love,” Kelley Barnes, vice
president of community engagement at the Oklahoma City Community Foundation, says of her love of animals and being a “pet mom” to cats Sammy Jammy, Blue, and porch kitties Peeka and Boo....
by Rowena Mills
For several decades, Dr. Louis J. Camuti was the best-known veterinarian in New York City and one of the most famous in the world.
He was the first veterinarian to focus exclusively on felines. He elevated cats to the level of valued companions rather than mousers.
Louis Joseph Camuti...