Star Tribune Pet Central Articles

A Career in Kindness Feb. 7th, 2008                                          Two years ago I was a fledgling freelance writer in the city and loving every minute of it. Then Hurricane Katrina hit, and I was in a van along with others from a Minnesota animal shelter, headed for Best Friends' Katrina rescue camp in Tylertown, Miss. It was six months of communal living in a tent or a trailer with whoever else took a leap of faith and drove down to help the animals in distress.

Providing Solace Dec. 6th, 2007                                               Pets are often shuffled from one home to the next, exchanged from owner to owner, or in and out of shelters. It's a rare and lucky pet that lives in one home for its entire life. And if a pet happens to have a medical problem, the odds are stacked against it finding a home at all.

Living in a Bird House Oct. 27th, 2007                                         An owner of severe macaw learned the hard way to understand how to properly care for this demanding, intelligent, delicate creature that lives in her Minnetrista home.

Discovering Kermit Oct. 4th, 2007                                                    I don't know if Kermit had a name or anything to distinguish him from the 170 other dogs he lived with in rural Nebraska. But from his extreme fear of humans and of everyday things in my home, I don't believe anyone thought he was special.