Did anyone else have a beloved childhood pet they fully believed was sent to live on a farm, not realizing until years later that the animal was actually put down? It’s hard explaining to kids that ...

Over the past couple of years I've written about various aspects of the rich and complex emotional lives of animals, including essays on grief and mourning. I began one of those essays by writing, ...

These animals mourned their humans. In 2021, after Sheriff Dan McClelland died battling cancer, his crime-fighting partner, a dog named Midge, died hours later of what many called a broken heart. In ...

WITH MORE ON THIS TONIGHT. EDDIE. YEAH, SEVERAL INCHES OF WATER ALL OVER THE PLACE. THE FLOODING PUT SHELTER DOGS AND CATS IN DANGER. BUT THEY WERE RESCUED BY SHELTER WORKERS WHO SCOOPED THEM UP. THE ...

Staff at the Frederick County Division of Animal Control and Pet Adoption Center have a wealth of knowledge in the fields of animal sheltering and humane law enforcement. One of our roles in the ...