Today marks the beginning of the trial of Ray Stanfill of Louisiana who is accused of shooting and killing Gage on March 12th 2008. Gage was the 7 yr. old beloved pitbull owned by Shana and Britt Burke, Stanfill's neighbors. Allegedly, Stanfill said Gage jumped the acre fenced-in yard over to his … [Read more...]

I received a phone call early this morning from my husband,Ed, saying there was a four-point buck outside of the Riverside Elementary School. Riverside School is located on Centre Avenue directly across from Charles Evans cemetery. Centre Avenue is also Rt. 61 which is heavily traveled. The cemetery … [Read more...]

Governer Ed Rendell with Bill Smith of Mainline Rescue and HB , a puppymill dog with one ear and three legs at the Schuylkill River Dog Park I drove to Philadelphia yesterday to hear Governor Rendell speak at a press conference in which he said the brutal killing of the 80 dogs in Berks County has … [Read more...]

Over 100 hundred people showed up for tonight's candlelight vigil to remember the 80 dogs that were shot to death by Elmer and Ammon Zimmerman. We walked along Rt. 222 onto to the lane where Elmer lives. This photo was taken as Bill Smith of Mainline Rescue (www.mlar.org) (pictured below) carried … [Read more...]

A candlelight vigil is being held tomorrow evening for the 80 puppymill dogs who were killed in cold blood by brothers, Elmer and Ammon Zimmerman. The vigil will be held at Kutztown and Hottenstein Roads. This is located directly off Rt. 222 North. It is requested that you park on Hottenstein Road. … [Read more...]

Tune into BCTV (Ch.13 -Comcast, Ch19 - Service Electric) to watch my program ~ A Closer Look at Animal Welfare Issues at 7PM ~ when my guests, Sarah Speed, Pennsylvania State Director of the Humane Society of the U.S. and Pierre Grzybowski of the Humane Society of the U.S. and I will be disussing … [Read more...]

Like it, hate it? More importantly, is it effective against the war on pet overpopulation? You decide. http://www.youtube.com/v/kaiSdKIdISI&hl=en&fs=1 … [Read more...]

At a recent book signing I attended of Jana Kohl, author of "A Rare Breed to Love" about her dog, Baby ,who lived as puppymill mother for over nine years, she told the crowd that Barack Obama will indeed adopt a dog. A picture of Barack and Baby can be found in her book. She said she had been in … [Read more...]