About Adrianne Gallatin

Adrianne has been an animal lover since age three when she was deemed the guardian of her first pet, Snowball the parakeet. Over the past two decades she has been inspired by Snowball to rescue and foster over twenty different birds, but she is also a definite crazy cat lady. Her two cats rescues, Cosmo and Max, have been her best friends for almost fifteen years.

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128 Dogs, 1 Cat Rescued From Back Of U-Haul Truck

January 18, 2012

When Tennessee police pulled over Bonnie Sheehan and Pamela A. King-McCracken’s moving vans Tuesday and smelled something rank, they expected to find drugs. Instead they found 130 animals, some crammed 5 to a crate, being transported without food, water, or ventilation. Further investigation showed that these two women were moving Sheehan’s dog rescue organization—”Hearts for Hounds”—from Long Beach, California, to Virginia, authorities say. The 129 dogs and 1 cat had been without food or water in this tiny space filled with excrement since Saturday, January 14. 

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Antibiotics For Pigs Hurt Everyone

January 18, 2012

(ANIMAL SCIENCE/HEALTH) Proponents of the use of antibiotics in factory farming are missing the point. Rather than using antibiotics to solve the problems that factory farming has created, our country should ask why Americans are willing to compromise factory farmed animals’ quality of life as well as their own health simply for cheap meat. Discover in-depth how antibiotics used to promote growth and health in farm animals are hurting all of us. — Global Animal

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Help Animals And Send Betty A Birthday Card

January 17, 2012

(ANIMALS AND CELEBRITIES) What do you give the woman who has everything? Betty White doesn’t want jewelry, and she doesn’t want flowers, either. America’s Golden Girl Betty White wants you to help our four-legged friends by donating to MAF. — Global Animal

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Hero Dog Changes Women’s Shelter Pet Policy (VIDEO)

January 16, 2012

(PET NEWS) MISSOURI — Even though this Great Dane saved his guardian’s life by jumping in between her and her abusive husband, he wasn’t allowed to come with her to the battered women’s shelter. Pet-friendly shelters for victims of domestic abuse are rare, and some women will choose to stay in an abusive home rather than leave their pets behind. Because of the special nature of the relationship between this Great Dane and his guardian, shelters are reassessing the role that animals play in rehabilitation, installing kennels and allowing more pets. Read more about this hero dog. — Global Animal

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Blonde Penguin Baffles Scientists

January 15, 2012

(ANIMAL SCIENCE) ANTARCTICA — Penguins’ black and white coloring is essential to their survival, so exactly why has this blonde penguin survived? He’s leucistic—not albino—which means his coloring is muted but he still has pigmented eyes, making camouflage and fishing more difficult. Yet despite these disadvantages, blonde penguins are regularly found breeding normally. Read more about this beautiful blonde penguin. — Global Animal

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Diva Horse Fly Named After Beyoncé

January 14, 2012

(ANIMAL SCIENCE) AUSTRALIA — Australian scientists have crowned a previously unnamed species of horse fly as the “Diva” of the flies, naming her after singer Beyoncé. Many celebrities have insects named after them, including Stephen Colbert, Mick Jagger, and Arnold Schwarzenegger, and some people can take it as a dig. We think Beyoncé should be proud of her namesake: a horse fly with enough bling to rival any Beyoncé outfit. Read more about scaptia (plinthina) beyoncea. — Global Animal

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15-Year-Old Tabby Rides Bus For Free

January 13, 2012

(FUNNY PETS) UK — Artful Dodger, a 15-year-old cat named after the pickpocketing Oliver Twist  character, helps decrease pollution and cut down traffic by riding the bus whenever possible. He rides the bus so much that the human passengers let him ride on their laps. His namesake would definitely approve of Dodger’s sneaky methods to travel the world, or at least the ten miles away from his house, without ever spending a dime. Read more about Artful Dodger and his obsession with public transportation.  — Global Animal

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Ireland Bans Puppy Mills

January 12, 2012

(ANIMAL NEWS) IRELAND — The reference to Ireland as the Puppy Mill of Europe is one that legislators there hope to wipe out. Two 2012 laws require dog breeders to uphold certain standards and give local law enforcement the authority to shut breeders down if they don’t. Irish breeders can still have large numbers of dogs, but they can no longer raise them in dangerous, cramped conditions. By instating these regulations, legislators and authorities hope to find and shut down all the puppy mills in Ireland. We hope that other countries will follow suit. Read more about the new Irish puppy mill laws. — Global Animal

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