Gaia was a dog, she was murdered in a terrible way. Her owner tied her up in a plastic bag and then abandoned her in the Kalkara skip [in Malta]. Gaia was later found by people walking by, who heard the poor dog struggle to get out of the bag. Gaia later died from the …

So I was looking up information on ‘Animal Awareness Day’ to see if it existed. I didn’t find much, just a few small organized events. Anyway, that blog will have to wait. During my research I was brought to someones facebook page. This facebook page was like my blog in a way. It was getting …

Her brother was dead, she was half dead. Tina. I was visiting my guinea pig Yak at the vet. He had just had surgery, and the vet was taking care of him. As we went to put him back in his cage, we saw a scrawny puppy in the room. Her stomach was on a …

I burst into my apartment, with my dad and yelled to my mom, ” We saved a dog!” My mom was sitting by the guinea pigs who had just come back from having surgery. One had a hernia, and the other had breast cancer. Anyway, my mom looked at my me and my dad and …

The other day I was riding the bus to school and one of my friends said,”Look at that truck!  It’s full of chickens!” I turned as well as a few others. The truck was filled with cages of chickens and ducks. I felt so bad for the animals. They had no room to move, and surely …

When I was younger, I was told to stay away from pitbulls because I would try to pet every dog I walked by. I got the idea pitbulls aren’t very friendly, and I always felt sorry for them. I thought all dogs were nice. The truth is not all dogs are nice, any dog can …

The other day I asked my mom, “What’s the difference between pet store animals and shelter animals?” It was a question that had been bugging me because everyone always says to adopt and not to buy, but don’t all the animals need homes? She replied,” Pet store animals are bred so that the breeders can …

Saturday April 23rd, my mom and I got a tour of the HSNY. It was just us. (HSNY – Humane Society of New York is not the same as HSUS – Humane Society of the United States). Though these two places do the same thing, they are not related at all. Anyway, I was very impressed …

I volunteer at Sean Casey animal shelter in Fort Hamilton every Sunday with one of my very close friends, and my mom. We usually clean the small animal cages, and after we might walk dogs, or just play with the animals. I love volunteering and being around animals. Also volunteering makes you feel good, like you’ve …

For February break, I went to Jamaica for one week with my mom and dad. It was a lot of fun, we stayed on the resort most of the time, but the one day we left, we went to climb a waterfall, and swim with dolphins. Swimming with dophins was definately the highlight of the trip. …