PARIS — Responsible Pet Care is featuring Steven, a gentleman cat with two loves in life: napping and cat nip. Steven likes to nap under a blanket and doesn’t like to be disturbed. When his nap time is disrupted, he will poke his head out from the covers and give a disagreeable look to whomever […]
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Franklin County Animal Shelter's Dog of the Week just likes to relax
FARMINGTON — The Franklin County Animal Shelter has announced its Pets of the Week. Dog of the Week is Trudy, a 5-year-old female Staffy mix. She is a very sweet girl who is sometimes misunderstood because she doesn’t like to share her food. Trudy is quiet and gentle, low-energy and has a lotof love to […]
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Lewiston shelter denies it is euthanizing more dogs
LEWISTON — A former employee of the Greater Androscoggin Humane Society set off a social media firestorm this week by claiming the shelter has doubled the number of dogs it deems so aggressive they must be killed. Amanda Kimball, one of three animal care team leaders at the shelter until she was fired recently, said […]
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Lewiston 7-year-old helps shelter pets
Delaney Dill of Lewiston presents the Greater Androscoggin Humane Society on March 26 with the donations from her 7th birthday. Dill, a first-grade student at the Acadia Academy, asked for donations for the pets in lieu of birthday gifts. Party guests donated pet food, blankets, toys, timothy hay and cleaning supplies to help with the care […]
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Lewiston shelter dog kills family Yorkie; two people injured
LEWISTON — Two people were injured Monday afternoon when they tried to separate two dogs at an apartment, where one of the dogs died of its injuries. “We’re just devastated,” said Diraida Santos, owner of the 5-year-old Yorkie that was killed. Santos said the attack occurred after a friend of her 17-year-old daughter stopped at […]
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People You Know: After 36 years, time for another new beginning
LEWISTON — Back in 1979, Mary Ruchinskas was on board to help start the nonprofit that would become Safe Voices and was wrapping up a one-year position helping to launch Advocates for Children when her boss told her about the opening of a teen shelter, New Beginnings. They were hiring. She should look into it. “I […]
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United Way has grant money available
LEWISTON — United Way of Androscoggin County has announced that it has been selected to administer a grant from the Emergency Food and Shelter National Board Program to aid in the local fight against homelessness and hunger. The grant will be administered by a local board comprised of area nonprofit leaders, local municipalities and members […]
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A kitten nursery saves tiny lives in a city aiming to become ‘no kill’
LOS ANGELES — They are brought into shelters in crates, boxes and flower pots at this time of the year: Tiny, mewing kittens with eyes barely open, with pink, toothless mouths — and usually with no mother to nurse them. And here’s what it takes to keep them alive: people to hand-feed formula through a […]
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McConaughey gives birthday donations to Greater Androscoggin Humane Society
Logan McConaughey of Auburn presents the Greater Androscoggin Humane Society on April 12 in Lewiston with the donations from his 14th birthday. Logan, an eighth-grade student at the Auburn Middle School, asked for donations for the pets in lieu of birthday gifts. Party guests generously donated pet food, hay, blankets, towels and pet supplies to […]
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Farmington volunteer helping Louisiana flood victims
FARMINGTON — People in Ascension Parish in Louisiana, one of many parishes hit hard by flooding in mid-August, are looking forward to rebuilding, Todd Tisdale, a volunteer with the American Red Cross of Maine, said Monday. He is among several Maine residents with the American Red Cross who were sent to Louisiana to help flood […]