Andalusia Area Humane Society, Inc.

10/05/2024

This laundry shop protects a stray dog from dogcatchers 👏

09/20/2024

08/27/2024

When your dog comes to the dog pound because you’re tired of him, because he bothers you, prevents you from going on vacation or other excuses...
He sits and waits.
He's waiting for you to come get him.
A second, a minute, an hour, a day, a month, a year --- he's waiting for you.
He doesn’t know why, but he’s waiting because he trusts you, because unlike you, he loves you.
Listen up well then. Your animal is not a toy.
Think twice before getting a pet. You have the responsibility of a living being and of a family member.

07/12/2024

Truth!

07/11/2024

A compassionate breathrough!

During harvest season, grain fields become a death trap for helpless animals when combine harvesters arrive. Now, a groundbreaking initiative in Hungary uses thermal-camera equipped drones to scan fields early in the morning, identifying and marking locations of vulnerable animals.

What mapping the fields and rescuing the animals looks like in practice: https://bit.ly/3y1h9mS

Follow David Attenborough Fans for more.

06/14/2024

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06/14/2024

06/10/2024

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05/20/2024

“A cat has absolute emotional honesty: human beings, for one reason or another, may hide their feelings, but a cat does not.”
Ernest Hemingway

Catrin Welz Stein

05/07/2024

They are all the best of us and they give us so much and need so little in return. How can anyone not be kind and loving to them. ❤️

The best time of the day! 😻💤

05/06/2024

This is such a cool idea!

05/05/2024

Orangutan asks, "what took y'all so long".

Scientists working in Indonesia have observed an orangutan intentionally treating a wound on their face with a medicinal plant, the first time this behavior has been documented.

04/19/2024

Now THIS is a cat room!!

Beautiful room

04/16/2024

“The Sweetness of Dogs” by Mary Oliver

What do you say, Percy? I am thinking
of sitting out on the sand to watch
the moon rise. It’s full tonight.
So we go

and the moon rises, so beautiful it
makes me shudder, makes me think about
time and space, makes me take
measure of myself: one iota
pondering heaven. Thus we sit, myself

thinking how grateful I am for the moon’s
perfect beauty and also, oh! how rich
it is to love the world. Percy, meanwhile,
leans against me and gazes up
into my face. As though I were just as wonderful
as the perfect moon.

“The Sweetness of Dogs” by Mary Oliver from Dog Songs

04/13/2024

It is said that, years ago, anthropologist Margaret Mead was asked by a student what she considered to be the first sign of civilization in a culture. The student expected Mead to talk about fishhooks or clay pots or grinding stones.

But no. Mead said that the first sign of civilization in an ancient culture was a femur (thighbone) that had been broken and then healed. Mead explained that in the animal kingdom, if you break your leg, you die. You cannot run from danger, get to the river for a drink or hunt for food. You are meat for prowling beasts. No animal survives a broken leg long enough for the bone to heal.

A broken femur that has healed is evidence that someone has taken time to stay with the one who fell, has bound up the wound, has carried the person to safety and has tended the person through recovery. Helping someone else through difficulty is where civilization starts, Mead said."

We are at our best when we serve others. Be civilized.

- Ira Byock.

04/11/2024

“Hell is empty, all the demons are here.”

William Shakespeare

04/03/2024

03/31/2024

Livestock in Texas, Kansas and Michigan are confirmed to have the virus, and herds in New Mexico and Idaho have also tested positive. The threat to the public is low, federal officials say.

02/27/2024

Ricky Gervais

02/19/2024

It's never too early for "The Talk." 📞

🐾 Kittens can get pregnant at 4 months of age.

🐾 Cats can have 3 litters per year, of 4 to 6 kittens. That's at least 12-18 kittens born per cat in 1 year.

🐾 Spay/Neuter before 5 months because it's the right thing to do.

Email [email protected] for other low cost options near you.

https://www.shelbyhumane.org/shelby-spay-neuter