Living - Jan. 3, 2009
Humane Milwaukee pet of the week: Rollo & Jackson
Rollo and Jackson are silent victims of the unstable economy. Their family left them behind when they were forced from their residence. The boys spent about a month at animal control listed as "abandoned" and scheduled for euthanasia.
Tags: humane milwaukee, pet, pet of the week, cats

Kids & Family - Sept. 20, 2008
Companion Animal Resource Center pet of the week: Netta
Netta is a 2-year-old, distinctly marked black and white cat. She is spayed and current on vaccinations and also microchipped. She has been at the Adoption Center for about four months and is one of our gold star cats. Gold star cats are a select group of cats that are allowed free roam of the adoption center during closed hours.
Tags: pet of the week, netta, companion animal resource and adoption center, carac, pet

Living - Sept. 19, 2008
National Cat Day
As the unofficial OnMilwaukee.com "cat person," I felt it was my duty to report on National Cat Day. Until I received a press release yesterday announcing Companion Animal Resource and Adoption Center's (CARAC) plans for celebration, I had never heard of such a thing.
Tags: national cat day, pet, cats, companion animal resource and adoption center, carac, bucketworks, colleen page

Kids & Family - Sept. 2, 2008
Companion Animal Resource Center pet of the week: Natalie
Every once in a while, a dog enters our program that all of the volunteers fall for and several even contemplate personally adopting!
Tags: pet, dog, companion animal adoption and resource center, natalie

Kids & Family - June 28, 2008
Companion Animal Resource Center Pets of the Week: Roscoe and Riley
Roscoe has character beyond what we've seen in a cat in a very long time. At just eight months, this young cat has gone from abandoned stray to treasured pack member.
Tags: cat, stray, pet

Kids & Family - Aug. 24, 2009
Wally Wonders About Names
Wally Dog is wearing a look of bemusement because he is wondering just how people name their pets.  Cats are easy, he thinks, something like Fluffy or Smokey or Princess.  His own archnemesis, Mr. Tuxedo, got his name because he looks like he's wearing a tuxedo.  Well...duh!But wha...
Tags: dog, pet, dog clothes

Politics - Feb. 27, 2009
PETA dons KKK robes for the show; the doges derserve better
  These are strange new times when PETA dresses up like the Ku Klux Klan (complete with pointed hoods) to protest the purebreed AKC-certified lines of dogs entered in the famous Westminister Dog Show in New York City. The impact of the protest seem limited. People were stopping to snap pictu...
Tags: AKC, PET