Rescued Pups Ready for Adoption

Uvalde Shelter rescues ready for families

"...County in connection with a large seizure of neglected animals from the Uvalde Animal Shelter are healthy and ready..."

April 27, 2012 News Post by Jordan Smith

WilCo Humane Society Takes in Animals Seized from Uvalde Shelter

Donations needed to care for medically-neglected animals

"...care for, and place into adoption more than 200 animals rescued from the Uvalde Animal Shelter, which has been..."

April 13, 2012 News Post by Jordan Smith

Famous Long Ago

Legendary "Humanzee" Oliver, his friends, and the bitter fight over animal welfare at a Texas refuge

"...animal rights organization People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals produced a surreptitiously recorded video showing some 40 cruelly..."

Dec. 15, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Pet Rescue Work Turns 'Surreal'

Bastrop residents hope to reunite with their pets

"...news coming out of Bastrop can look to the animals...."

Sept. 9, 2011 News Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

A Better Place

For nearly 30 years, Primarily Primates has offered a refuge for misplaced animals

"...them, then I take them in." They tended the animals and worked outside jobs to make ends meet for..."

Aug. 5, 2005 News Feature by Cindy Widner

Primarily Primates: AG Folds on Apes

Lawyers representing warring factions in bitter dispute over operation of Hill Country primate sanctuary square off over conditions of settlement between attorney general and sanctuary's board and management

"...that is home to 250 primates and numerous other animals, assembled for a final battle – squared off over..."

May 4, 2007 News Feature by Jordan Smith

[UPDATED] No-Kill Nightmare

Austin Animal Center forced to euthanize animals for space concerns

"...when it logged a 90% save rate of its animals. This week, that record may end, as adoptions fail..."

May 15, 2012 News Post by Monica Riese

Day Trips & Beyond: Mid-September Travel Updates

Travel news from around Texas and beyond

"...animal sanctuary is still giving abused and neglected wild animals a safe forever home. In May the 32-year-old organization..."

Sept. 10, 2020 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips: 10 Adventures for 2017

Don't wander around next year wondering where to go next; take one of these day trips

"...Boyd, gives visitors a chance to see and help rescued animals. www.bigcat.org...."

Dec. 30, 2016 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

WilCo Humane Society Helps Bell Co Breeder Close Up Shop

This, and more animal welfare news

"...reports that its recent successes in helping to rescue animals from local puppy mills has prompted one Bell County..."

Oct. 27, 2011 News Post by Jordan Smith

AHS Rescues 150 Dogs Living in Squalor

Shelter is asking for help for the pooches

"...asking for help to help care for 150 dogs rescued over the past few days from a home in..."

May 25, 2011 News Post by Jordan Smith

2002 Summer Camps

"...AUSTIN ZOO Our very own Hill Country Zoo of rescued animals lets kids in on the animal antics with..."

May 10, 2002 Features Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

2001 Kids' Summer Fun Guide

"...AUSTIN ZOO Our very own Hill Country Zoo of rescued animals in its singular setting lets kids in on..."

May 4, 2001 Features Feature

Day Trips

The fine folks at the Wild Animal Orphanage offer love and care to abused and neglected wild animals

"...neglect are the common themes through most of the animals' lives...."

Feb. 6, 2004 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Budget Outlook Grim for Animal Center

City shelter will need to do more with less

"...sense was in paying APA $120,000 to bring in animals from outside city limits (under the terms of the..."

Aug. 10, 2012 News Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Free Puppy (And Kitty) Love

Two great adoption specials coming up – and a great hound hunt!

"...The AHS is hoping to move some of the animals who have been flooding the shelter this summer on..."

Aug. 4, 2011 News Post by Jordan Smith

Central Texas Pig Rescue Puts on a Pig Pageant

Animal rescue groups educate and entertain

"...bunnies, and Tito the tortoise represented Austin Wildlife Rescue. Rescued Sanctuary for Animals and other orgs had reps on..."

March 6, 2020 News Feature by Kat McNevins

How to Help After Harvey

Donate, send goods, foster a dog, do your part

"...the flood. More than 15,000 people have already been rescued, and yet officials are still uncertain how much has..."

Aug. 30, 2017 News Post by Sarah Marloff

Walking the No-Kill Tightrope

As Austin's animal welfare center moves to a new building, will the delicate balance of 'no-kill' and resources be maintained?

"...at City Hall while her staff loaded trucks with animals and caravanned them east across I-35 to the new..."

Nov. 4, 2011 News Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Safety Net or Dead End?

The politics of Austin animal welfare

"...the staff of not caring and of hating the animals has got to stop, because that is wrong. I..."

Feb. 18, 2011 News Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Five Years of No-Kill in Austin

What has the city learned about animal welfare, and how far does it have to go?

"...kennels, Norton was overwhelmed by the sheer amount of animals in need of new, permanent homes. While the couple..."

Dec. 23, 2016 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Winograd Fixes Austin: NKE Knows Best

Nathan Winograd makes his case for 'taking back' the animal center

"...Austin's record of protecting the lives of homeless "companion animals." "Your shelter," he said, referring to the Town Lake..."

Oct. 31, 2008 News Feature by Patricia J. Ruland

My Penguin Friend

Jean Reno forges a bond with a penguin named DinDim in this touching family film

"...from a maritime spill and almost dead, he is rescued by João, and they become lifelong friends...."

Aug. 16, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Christopher Robin

Back to the Hundred Acre Wood in this live-action sequel

"...stories for his son, and Christopher Robin is never rescued by magical stuffed animals: Even as a small boy,..."

Aug. 10, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Waste Not

Local groups work to "rescue" food from loss and landfills

"...Rescued from what? The landfill. The Natural Resources Defense Council..."

Feb. 20, 2015 News Feature by Robyn Ross

Firehouse Dog

A Hollywood pooch gets lost during a stunt and ends up a stray outside a downtown firehouse captained by a single dad with a stubborn school-skipping son.

"...wasn’t scared because he’s 5 now. Once the dog rescued a firefighter (Claudette Mink) by digging her out of..."

April 13, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The Problem Is Irresponsible Guardians

"...fosters for a rescue group. These were not cats rescued from TLAC, but cats rescued off the streets –..."

Nov. 22, 2005 Postmarks

Herding Cats ... and Dogs ... in Austin & San Antonio

The high cost of being a no-kill city

"...the kind Austin Animal Services depends on to keep animals moving safely out of the shelter, so Angelo and..."

Feb. 3, 2012 News Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Day Trips

"...surface is a humanitarian organization rescuing abused and neglected animals. Opened in 1994, the zoo isn't affiliated with the..."

March 29, 2002 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips

"...have been abandoned, neglected, or abused. Many of the animals are on the wildlife endangered or threatened list, and..."

Sept. 18, 1998 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

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