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The Scratching Post with Kate Karp

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Help Long Beach bail out a flood of adoptable kittens

Avatar photo by Kate Karp March 15, 2024March 15, 2024

Kittens under 8 weeks old are vulnerable to shelter euthanasia because of the numbers of them entering shelters and the lack of shelter staff and resources to care for them. Thousands die every year in shelters across the country.

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Shelter worker and friend to animals dies at 49

Avatar photo by Kate Karp March 8, 2024March 8, 2024
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Dr. Melanie Wagner takes up the leash as LBACS’ top dog

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You needn’t be a bulldog to enter the Bulldog Beauty Contest

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Retired FBI agent organizes grassroots community cat workshop

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A ‘ringworm spa’ Christmas vacation

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Meet the woman helping the unhoused and their pets

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Give a shelter pet a home for Christmas

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These pet calendars are a hair of the dog for morning blahs

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Another look at pets as gifts

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