Making the News

Dog Heroes from across the United States are gathering in Beverly Hills to honor the Best of the Best. Last year’s winner led his blind person down endless flights of stairs to safety at 9/11. WOW!

America’s top celebrities and animal advocates gathered at New York’s Gotham Hall for American Humane Association’s “Super Heroes Among Us,” honoring heroes to animals and the eight courageous canine finalists in the charity’s 2012 Hero Dog Awards.

American Humane Association is partnering with Animal Planet to raise funds for animals in disasters. The appeal is part of Animal Planet's ROAR campaign and sees the channel match US donations dollar-for-dollar to support the American Humane Association’s Red Star™ Rescue teams.

You might think of this gymnasium-sized room at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago as being a sad place. There’s a teenage gun shot victim learning to walk again, an older women working hard to come back from a stroke, a young boy recovering form brain surgery and a young man dealing with a spinal cord injury following an accident.

Able to leap worrisome wardrobes in a single bound, he saved those dealing with terrifying attire from the dangers of committing fashion faux pas on the Emmy-winning series Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, but on September 12th celebrity stylist Carson Kressley will use his star wattage to shine a spotlight on courageous canines and human heroes for animals at American Humane Association’s Super Heroes Among Us event.

Founded by doggie designer Jody Miller, a long time publicist in the music industry, Couture by Sophie is named for her certified Therapy Dog Portuguese Podengo Pequeño pup, who is her partner, muse and model.

As a parent, there is nothing more terrifying than the thought of losing your child. The sheer panic that consumes you is suffocating and is one that can stay with you for years, even after you’ve long been reunited with your child.

It's safe to guess that just as many moms have a smartphone in their purse as they do a half gallon of milk in the fridge. Which makes smartphones a smart place to post about missing children.

The cost of pet ownership, a lack of time to care for a cat or dog, and grief over an animal’s death are among the main reasons people don’t have pets, according to the first phase of an American Humane Association survey.

Check out the amazing story of 2011 American Hero Dog Roselle by Michael Hingson, the man she guided out of the World Trade Center on the morning of September 11, 2001. Now available in paperback at local bookstores or online.