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Kitten gets the royal treatment with a mealtime throne
Pavlova needed a place to sit down. And not just any seat would do for this special kitten. When he came to Best Friends from a shelter, Pavlova had megaesophagus, a large dilation of the esophagus that makes it difficult for food to pass to the stomach. The condition can cause animals to regurgitate meals, putting them at risk of aspirating and developing pneumonia.
Couple’s plan to adopt one dog changes with a bark
Excitement filled the car as Cindy and Jeff Fronk began the three-hour drive to the Best Friends office in Houston. They had set out on a journey to meet Tator (formerly known as Biscuit), a delightfully scruffy pup whose mesmerizing eyes and spunky personality leapt off the page of his online adoption profile. One way Best Friends is helping shelters reach no-kill is by taking in and placing their pets in new homes.
Faces of No-Kill: Sassy cat trades swats for snuggles
Pumba is a tortoiseshell-colored cat with a mountain lion-sized personality. The 7-year-old feline is the boss of her own world, and she isn’t afraid to let you know. When building relationships with people, Pumba lives by the motto: Trust is earned, not given. But there’s someone for every pet, even the sassiest cat. This story is a part of our Faces of No-Kill series, highlighting the journey of pets who lost their place to call home.
Meet ‘the puppy lady’
Lorie Comer always believed fostering a dog would be a fun and rewarding experience. Yet she’d never pursued the idea beyond saying to herself “Someday I will” or "What would happen if I did?” That is, until she stumbled upon a social media post from Best Friends one rainy morning in October 2023. The team in Northwest Arkansas was in urgent need for someone to foster a mother dog and her lone pup who had just arrived from a shelter.
Senior dog finds love on the beaches of California
They say age is just a number, as long as your heart stays young. At 12 years old, Spots has clearly adopted this mantra as his personal key to happiness. He embodies the spontaneity of a free-spirited puppy, along with the strength and wisdom of an old friend who just seems to have the meaning of life all figured out. Simply put, Spots is a cool dog, and everyone knows it within minutes of meeting him. That’s not to say he hasn’t had his fair share of challenges.
Trans Philosophy
Establishing trans philosophy as a unique field of inquiry, offering tools for our quest toward a more just and equitable world Trans Philosophy defines this burgeoning and polymorphous discipline as philosophical work that is accountable to and illuminative of cross-cultural and global trans experiences, histories, and cultural productions. Across language and politics, feminism and phenomenology, and decolonial theory, it addresses trans worldmaking in all its beauty and mundanity.
Faces of No-Kill: Injured cat finds comfort in new home
The Faces of No-Kill series highlights stories about pets who have become a statistic in the best way. These are just a few of the many pets who once slipped into danger; they lost their homes, they had health or behavioral challenges, their families couldn’t care for them, or all the above. But each one of them got assistance, and today they are thriving thanks to an animal shelter program that helped them rather than killed them.
Anxious dog goes home with his kindred spirit
Shy pup meets his trusted person Kory Davis came to Best Friends in search of a new dog friend. He had recently lost his loyal companion Scooter, who had been his right-hand pup for nearly 10 years. Kory told the adoptions team at Best Friends that he was searching for a dog who wouldn’t mind just chilling on the couch and watching movies with him. “I’m a naturally nervous person, so I wasn’t looking for a dog who barked a lot or had tons of energy,” Kory explains.
Dismantling Structural Racism in the Academic Residency Clinic
The adverse effects of dual loyalties in academic medicine echo and extend a long history of racial capitalism. Harkening back to medical experimentation on Black and Brown bodies, the disproportionate burden of health risks arising from dual loyalties represents similar exploitation of marginalized communities.19,20 The normalization of this insidious process reifies the notion that some populations are expendable.
Run for Your Life: How to Run, Walk, and Move Without Pain or Injury and Achieve a Sense of Well-Being and Joy
Book Title: Run for Your Life: How to Run, Walk, and Move Without Pain or Injury and Achieve a Sense of Well-Being and Joy Book Author: Mark Cucuzzella Publication Information: New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 2018, 384 pp., $26.95, hardcover Mark Cucuzzella, MD, is a lieutenant colonel in the Air Force Reserve, family physician, and competitive long-distance runner who lives in Shepherdstown, West Virginia with his wife and two children.
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