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0 Pets These pets are waiting for their forever home in South Side area shelters. Pet News , Patch Staff Posted Reply Want to add a furry friend to your family and do something good for the world at the same time? Adopt a dog, cat or other animal from a local shelter! Many animal shelters in and around South Side are still working to find forever homes for dozens of cats, dogs and other adorable critters coming through. Millions of pets and other companion animals are given to animal rescue organizations each year nationwide, according to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Of those, approximately 3.3 million are dogs and 3.2 million are cats. Shelters often look after other animals in search of a permanent home as well, including pigs, birds and even horses. However, only around half of all shelter animals are adopted each year, ASPCA data shows. This means millions of animals — some right … [Read more...] about Adopt From South Side Area Shelters: See New Local Dogs, Cats

0 Pets Looking to adopt a furry friend? Check out this week's list of pets waiting at shelters in and around Forest Park. Pet News , Patch Staff Posted Reply Do you want to add a furry friend to your family? Look no further than these Forest Park animal shelters for a pet available for adoption. Animal shelters have dogs, cats and other animals ready and waiting for someone to take them home. About 6.5 million companion animals are given to animal pounds each year nationwide, according to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. However, only around half of all shelter pets are adopted each year, according to ASPCA data. For those looking to adopt, a great place to start your search for a lovable new family member is at Animal Care League, where Linda the rabbit is waiting patiently, or another local animal pound. If you aren't sure if you have time to take care of a pet year round, many shelters also … [Read more...] about See The Latest Adoptable Pets In The Forest Park Area

0 This post was contributed by a community member. The views expressed here are the author's own. Community Corner Orphans of the Storm animal shelter finds record number of dogs and cats await adoption due to pandemic Alan Blitz, Volunteer Media Writer , Community Contributor Posted Reply The animal welfare industry has been in crisis over the last year. With staffing and veterinarian shortages, coupled with the increases in returns, surrenders, and abandonments, and decreases in adoption rates, shelters are seeing record setting capacity levels. Pets returned to a shelter sometimes have a harder time finding a new home, as potential owners worry there are behavioral or health issues with a dog or cat. “With capacity levels high, dogs needing more specific homes are constantly being overlooked, especially large size dogs,” said Kristen Tump, Shelter Manager and Event Coordinator, Orphans of the Storm (OOTS), animal shelter, 2200 … [Read more...] about Community can help alleviate pandemic-induced animal shelter crisis

1 Arts & Entertainment The second annual Lake Forest Music Festival is set for Saturday in the parking lot behind City Hall. Jonah Meadows , Patch Staff Posted Reply LAKE FOREST, IL — The second annual Lake Forest Music Festival is set to take place Saturday with two stages of live music, kids activities and showcase dishes from several chefs. The volunteer-run festival, created by the Friends of Lake Forest Parks and Recreation Foundation, runs from 3 p.m. to 10 p.m. in the parking lot behind City Hall at 220 E. Deerpath Road. This year's headliners are the country duo Maddie & Tae, winners of the 2022 CMT Music Award for group/duo video of the year for their song " Woman You Got ." Other scheduled performers include Bruce in the USA , Blackberry Jam Chicago and Brass Buckle . "Tequila and tacos" is the theme of this year's festival, with organizers planning to offer more than a dozen types of … [Read more...] about Lake Forest Music Festival’s Second Edition To Feature Tequila, Tacos

The tragedy that took two young lives at Devils Hole in the Mojave Desert on a summer night in 1965 involves several colliding factors, some unearthly. A hidden lake below the desert; an ancient seismic event; a group of kids from Las Vegas making bad choices; and one of the rarest animals on Earth — the Devils Hole pupfish. For centuries, the mysterious opening in the desert just over the Nevada border confounded those who stumbled across it. On its surface, a gap in the rock the size of a living room drops down 30 feet to a limestone shelf and hot water pool. Below, a series of tunnels lead to numerous caverns and the “infinity cave,” a giant underwater lake that has never been fully mapped. Several adventurers have tried to find its deepest contours. One diver, Jim Houtz, dove into the hole dozens of times in the early ’60s. It was his dispatches describing the strangeness below that inspired the group of four young men who set off on June 20, 1965, to explore the natural … [Read more...] about ‘It’s like infinity’: Inside the historic tragedy at Death Valley’s Devils Hole

Dallas rapper Trapboy Freddy, who legal name is Devarius Dontez Moore, was arrested on weapons charges Wednesday after police served the 30-year-old a federal warrant. However, police were surprised to also find a caged tiger cub inside the rapper's Oak Cliff home during a search. Animal Services was called to come collect the tiger during Moore's arrest, according to the Dallas Morning News , and the tiger is currently being held in protective custody at an undisclosed location. This tiger cub was found when Dallas police were assisting federal agents with a warrant at the home of Devarius Dontez Moore known as Rapper Trapboy Freddy. Sources say the cub was taken by Texas Parks and Wildlife. @wfaa pic.twitter.com/ITfupTs4T0 — Rebecca Lopez (@rlopezwfaa) August 18, 2022 New picture of tiger confiscated at Trapboy Freddy’s house. @wfaa pic.twitter.com/KHFDeT9w2O — Rebecca Lopez (@rlopezwfaa) August 18, 2022 Erin Dooley, a spokeswoman for the U.S. … [Read more...] about Tiger cub found in Texas rapper’s home didn’t actually escape Dallas Zoo