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Fuzzy black kitten with white patch on chest stares out the window, with colorful curtains on the side.

For National Adoption Week, consider a special-needs pet

by Kate Karp Mar 3, 2023Mar 3, 2023

A man and his bulldog peer through a window in a booth decorated with blue and yellow hearts, sunflowers, and the words "Paws for Ukraine."

Local volunteers join in global effort to help pets—and humans, too—in Ukraine

by Kate Karp Feb 24, 2023Feb 24, 2023

February is Spay/Neuter Awareness Month. Every month should be.

by Kate Karp Feb 17, 2023

adorable tan puppy sits with a bird cartoon in front of her, head resting on a red pillow. Hearts float around the photo.

Share some love this Valentine’s Day with shelter and rescue pets

by Kate Karp Feb 10, 2023Feb 10, 2023

An orange kitty with white nose stripe and body and a tabby-patch with tabby head and back spot with white body peer our of a round cat tree.

Journaling offers a way to channel grief over loss of a pet

by Kate Karp Feb 3, 2023

woman with brown hair holds a big orange cat with big feet over a green blanket. Cat kennels are in background.

A conversation with Long Beach animal shelter manager Staycee Dains

by Kate Karp Jan 27, 2023

a group of people, some shelter volunteers and staff, stand in front of a man and a woman who have just adopted a tan pit bull

Long Beach Animal Care Services celebrates record-high adoptions

by Kate Karp Jan 22, 2023

big gray bunny with white nose and short ears sits on a towel.

Hoppy Year of the Rabbit! Celebrants to honor the Lunar New Year this weekend

by Kate Karp Jan 20, 2023

three brown English bulldog puppies lie on round beds in a pen, with toys and pee-pads.

Fix Long Beach Pets opens city’s first canine parvovirus ICU

by Kate Karp Jan 13, 2023Jan 13, 2023

Bespectacled woman looks over her beautiful white cat who's sticking his head out of a cover.

Cat owners have to get creative to access this apparently effective treatment for a deadly feline disease

by Kate Karp Jan 6, 2023Jan 7, 2023