If you’re looking for a great opportunity to give an older dog the best years of her life, Cheri is the furever one for you. She is a 12-year-old Miniature Pinscher mix who is completely housebroken, great with other animals and in nearly perfect health. Cheri weighs about 15 pounds and really enjoys being a […]
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Meet Lobo: His Energy Will Motivate You to Move
If you’re like a lot of folks around here, you may be thinking the new year is the perfect time to add the pawfect friend to your family and to get in shape. Adopting Lobo gets you to both goals. He’s a 3-year-old pit bull mix who loves to run and play so you’ll have […]
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Meet Primrose: Cat Loves to Cuddle, Doubles as Paperweight
Primrose is a sweet and affectionate 11-year-old girl who would love a furever family that loves to cuddle and doesn’t mind a little cat hair with their paperwork. “She is a very friendly female, roughly 11 years old, who only wants to be close to you … on your papers …while you’re working,” the folks […]
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Meet Magic: A Special Dog Who Needs a Special Home
After she was found cold, dirty and afraid on the streets of Racine, 7-year-old Magic understandably takes a little while to warm up to people. Once she does, though, she’s an affectionate girl who loves to snuggle. Magic is a miniature poodle who needs a patient family willing to allow her the time she needs […]
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Meet Nimm: 1 of 3 Pups Looking for Furever Family
Look at that sweet face! Nimm is one of three siblings who are looking for their furever family. The puppies are nine weeks old and believed to be a mix of Yellow Lab, Boxer and German Shepherd. They are available now for adoption through HOPE Safehouse. If you are interested in meeting Nimm or any of his […]
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Attention Farmers: Control Rodents by Saving a Cat or Two
Rodents roaming through barns and other farm buildings are a normal part of farm life, but their populations can quickly get out of control without the help of a few good cats. The Wisconsin Humane Society is launching a barn cat program to try and rehome cats that might not fit in with a family. […]
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Humane Society Searching for New Digs
At just 7,500 square feet, the Mount Pleasant campus of the Wisconsin Humane Society is too small for the growing population of animals and services there. So, Human Society officials are searching for a new home, a story in The Journal Times reads. WHS spokesperson Angela Speed told the newspaper the organization houses 60 cat kennels […]
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Celebrate 1-Year Anniversary of Humane Society in Racine County
Submitted by the Wisconsin Humane Society: The Wisconsin Humane Society (WHS) is hosting a one year anniversary party of the Wisconsin Humane Society Racine Campus on Sunday, January 26, 2014 from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the WHS Racine Campus, 2706 Chicory Rd., Racine, WI 53403. This event will feature an exciting raffle, facility tours, birthday cake, […]
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Woman Rescues Kitten After Pulling It from Under Truck
Updated 10 a.m. A stray kitten is safe and warm today after a Racine woman Monday night pulled him from underneath a truck when she stopped for gas. Naida Smith-Keech stopped at Speedway at Washington and Ohio around 5:30 p.m. Monday to get gas. When she got out of her car at the last pump, […]