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Like many others who grew up with pets, we didn’t take our pets to the veterinarian often, and we certainly never took them to get their teeth cleaned. Yet dental disease in pets is hugely common— and can lead to serious problems, not to mention be painful for our beloved buddies.A couple years ago, during […]
Smokey, a border collie mix, was found wandering in a Marin park. After being brought to safety at Marin Humane, it took several days for this fearful dog to relax enough for behavior volunteers to start slowly socializing him. Smokey had obviously never been indoors; carpets frightened him, and he was terrified of walking on […]
• Sausalito’s City Wide Yard Sale features more than 80 booths from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the MLK parking lot at 610 Coloma St. in Sausalito. Admission is free. For more information, visit sausalito.gov. • The Marin Art and Garden Center hosts a plant swap from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and […]
Mahatma Gandhi said, “The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated.” Treating animals well can take many forms — from rescuing a lost dog to teaching a child to care for the family pet to making one’s voice heard at the ballot box on animal welfare issues. Be […]
Marin Humane offers employees a paid, weeklong sabbatical related to animal welfare. I chose to spend this time volunteering at the Wild Horse Rescue Center in Webster, Florida. The large property with its sprawling trees and Spanish moss offers an enchanting refuge to animals and people alike. As the name suggests, their mission is to […]