Making Roads Safer for Wildlife
Automobile traffic can be a huge threat to wildlife. In an interview, we learn what one state is doing to reduce the number of animals killed by vehicles.
Author Rob Blizard
Rob Blizard
Rob Blizard has more than twenty years of professional and volunteer experience in the animal welfare field. While executive director at an SPCA in Virginia, he wrote a biweekly column about companion animal issues in the Virginian-Pilot newspaper for three years. He now writes a blog called Animal Matters. Click to see author's profile.
Feeding Hungry Souls and Spirits
Christie Smith offers her advice and looks back on 35 years of helping companion animals via a local organization devoted to sheltering and adoptions.
Advocating for Animals and Other Causes
A seasoned animal advocate discusses what she’s learned from decades of working to help animals in a variety of ways, from fighting for legislative changes to saving dogs from post-Katrina floods.
Helping Kitties and Their Helpers
Occasionally, a shelter volunteer will have an experience that leads them into a whole different direction of supporting animals in need. Such is the case with Julia Grosz from Centreville, Virginia.
Focusing on Animal Welfare as One Component of the World’s Well-Being
What if more organizations aimed to address the interconnected well-being of animals, humans, and the environment?
Breaking the Chains of Mistreatment
Unchain America focuses on helping dogs who are tethered or penned in small enclosures and who live outside permanently, often without any significant human companionship.