Dr. Jane
February 27, 2022
When 14-year-old, 70-pound Buster was brought earlier this month, it was sad for everyone. Buster’s owner had health issues and could no longer care for him. No one was at fault here; just bad circumstances. Buster was examined by the Aiken County Animal Shelter vet staff and put into a kennel. I went to check on him and found his …
Dr. Jane
December 30, 2021
Caregivers often do everything they can to make their patients as comfortable as possible during difficult times. But Jennifer Smith, RN, of the Grand Rehabilitation and Nursing Facility in Rome, New York, went a step further. At 7 a.m. on the Monday after Thanksgiving, Smith received a desperate call from one of her patients. Sixty-year-old John Burley’s beloved dog Boomer …
Dr. Jane
December 22, 2021
The friendliness of a New York nurse warmed hearts online after adopting a patient’s puppy when the owner’s health forced him to put his pet in a shelter. When 60-year-old John Burley was hospitalized with an illness the day before Thanksgiving, he had no choice but to hand over his beloved dog Boomer to the Rome Humane Society. Burley was …
Dr. Jane
November 11, 2021
When dog owner Jane Flanders Salazar from Tennessee discovered that her beloved dog Diego would go blind in the future, she rescued a second dog from a nearby animal shelter as a recommended companion. What she didn’t know was that she had actually found his full sister. Salazar and her husband had used the Embark canine DNA testing site, initially …
Dr. Jane
October 15, 2021
Rescuers adopt kittens rescued from the pipe Courtesy Brandon Mulvaney Fireman Brandon Mulvaney’s family just got a little bigger and furlier. In August, Mulvaney – a firefighter with the Saginaw Fire Department in Michigan – received a warning at 1 a.m. about an animal trapped in a rain drain. Mulvaney and several others were dispatched to answer the call and …
Dr. Jane
October 13, 2021
Old cats can still make new friends. Older animals tend to have a harder time being adopted. For a cat in North Carolina, however, its advanced age helped it find a home that was very special. Gus and owner (Catawba County Human Society) Jane Bowers, the executive director of the Humane Society of Catawba County, spoke to Fox News about …
elderly woman is holding her elderly cat that she has just adopted Catawba County Humane Society Here’s proof that there are such things as happy endings. This cute story from the Humane Society of Catawba County, NC will make any animal lover’s heart purr! Gus is a 19 year old animal shelter cat who was brought to the shelter in …
The adoption of the oldest cat at a North Carolina animal shelter has been described as a “heaven made match” after being taken in by a 101-year-old woman. Gus, age 19, was transferred to the Humane Society of Catawba County (HSCC) in North Carolina in mid-September after his previous owner was unable to keep him due to unforeseen work commitments. …
Dr. Jane
September 23, 2021
Fireman with the cat he adopted after saving it from a fire Courtesy Brett Maneri When the Pet Alliance of Greater Orlando caught fire on September 15, all hope seemed lost for the animals trapped in it, especially the cats housed in the wing where the fire was most intense. But one cat in particular was luckily hardly injured – …
Dr. Jane
September 5, 2021
A New Yorker shared heartwarming photos and videos on social media showing the thriving relationship between her beloved dog and a stray kitten she found and abandoned by her mother. Brittany Callan from Geneseo is the proud owner of six Dobermans, including Ruby, who is four and a half years old and breastfed a litter of six pups a few …