Another Orange Jewel When My brother and I were little, one of our favorite games was to guess at which butterfly we were seeing at a distance. Was it a monarch or a viceroy? We learned to note flight pattern differences. Monarchs flap and flutter while viceroys are more apt to glide. The latter also […]

  Vinny came to us as a forced surrender back in September. He was severely abused by his previous owners. He was burned with cigarettes, and spent the first few months of his life on a chain, tied to a car in a junkyard. He has lost trust in most humans. So it will take […]

Since we shared our longest resident dog, let’s introduce our longest resident cat. Meet Dino-Man, or Dino for short. Dino came to us as a stray in 2021. He’s a 4-year-old, big ball of fluff. Dino has the best personality a cat could have. He loves hanging out with his humans and getting all of […]

Just a few days ago I found a rare wintergreen (Chimaphila maculata) while walking through the woods at the Bucks Ledge Community Forest. Although it wasn’t in bloom, I recognized the genus immediately since this species of Pipsissewa hugs the ground, has stripes and is threatened in a number of states. In Maine, it is […]

We need to shed light on our boy Shadow. Shadow found himself at Responsible Pet Care in January of 2022 after his owner passed away. He had no other family to care for him. 730 days in a kennel. When he first arrived, he was terrified. Not to mention, so were the staff. He couldn’t […]

  This is Harmane (pronounced like Harmony). She is an older gal, around 13 years old. She was surrendered to Responsible Pet Care in July of 2023 because her owner was moving and couldn’t take her with him. Life at the RPC has been difficult for Harmane at an older age. She has been eating […]