by Melissa Byrd of PAWS of Bainbridge Island and North Kitsap Thank you Paws & Fins Pet Shop for sponsoring our weekly Animal Tales feature. Cora was left at a local shelter by her owner, languished there for months, and was basically miserable. She had a rep as a moody hellion who alternated between being affectionate…
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Animal Tales: Cora the Ninja Finds her Sweet Spot
Posted on 15 June 2013.
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The Giant Grange Beehive Gets Gently Relocated: Photo Gallery and Video
Posted on 09 June 2013.
At 8 a.m. on Saturday, June 8, three white-suited and head-netted volunteers, looking like astronauts ready to fly their mission to Mars, bravely faced the challenge of relocating the giant Bainbridge Grange beehive. The beehive had grown so large and was so deeply embedded in the building’s roof and walls that it was causing structural…
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Find a Fawn? Let It Be, Let It Be
Posted on 07 June 2013.
Here in the Pacific Northwest spring means lovely things, like fruit and flowers and fawns. What looks more vulnerable than a fawn alone, without its mother? Well, here’s the deal. Mothers really do know best, and in the case of does they hide their very young, helpless fawns and often browse and sleep at a short…
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BIFD Rescues Second Dog in Less Than a Month from Dangerous Cliff Fall
Posted on 07 June 2013.
For the second time in less than a month, a dog trapped on a steep embankment has required a complex rescue response by the Bainbridge Island Fire Department (BIFD). At 8:28 last night, June 6, the BIFD responded to Sunrise Bluff Lane on Bainbridge Island for a report of a dog over a cliff. The…
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Wildlife Watch: Children’s and Harrison Hospitals Donate Bottles for Baby Raccoons
Posted on 03 June 2013.
by Lisa Horn, Executive Director of West Sound Wildlife Shelter Thank you to our Wildlife Watch sponsor Bay Hay & Feed. “I found an orphaned, eyes-closed baby raccoon. What do I do?” At West Sound Wildlife Shelter we are receiving many calls like this every day. Sometimes baby raccoons (and other young animals) will be found…
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Sign Up Now for Humane Society’s 20th Annual PetsWalk
Posted on 02 June 2013.
Our area Humane Society holds its annual PetsWalk at the Kitsap County Fairgrounds on Saturday, July 13, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Participants of all ages are encouraged to sign up early to collect pledges from family, friends, and co-workers for this important Kitsap Humane Society (KHS) fundraiser. Prizes will be awarded to the most successful…
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Animal Tales: Cat Sibs Lose Mom After Abuse and Divorce in the Family
Posted on 01 June 2013.
by Melissa Byrd of PAWS of Bainbridge Island and North Kitsap Thank you Paws & Fins Pet Shop for sponsoring our weekly Animal Tales feature. Whodini and Magica had no shortage of love from their human mom, who adored them and gave them daily affection. However, she was abused by her husband and was forced to…
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Part 3: What Now for Olympic Animal Sanctuary’s “Unadoptable” Dogs?
Posted on 29 May 2013.
Olympic Animal Sanctuary (OAS), Steve Markwell’s home for abused, aggressive, fearful, and/or feral canines, continues to be the subject of much speculation, accusation, and defense. (Read more background.) The FaceBook Group Some members of a Facebook page forum are attempting to convince authorities to shut down OAS, located in Forks, Washington, because of what they say…
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Animal Tales: Lover Boy Leroy the Maine Coon Gets His Broken Leg Fixed
Posted on 25 May 2013.
by Melissa Byrd of PAWS of Bainbridge Island and North Kitsap Thank you Paws & Fins Pet Shop for sponsoring our weekly Animal Tales feature. Despite some tough times, Leroy is a fool for love and will show his affection Maine-Coon style with friendly head-butts and occasional happy drooling. This three-year-old honey came to PAWS from…
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Big Changes for PAWS Are Something to Purr About
Posted on 24 May 2013.
The first thing you don’t notice when you step into the bright inviting space of the spiffy new Bainbridge Island PAWS facility at Pleasant Beach is that it doesn’t stink. In fact, I would go so far as to say it is smells good, with nary a whiff of unpleasantness in the place after well…
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Coop Scoop: Chick Fever! Breed, Incubate, or Buy?
Posted on 22 May 2013.
by Allison Krug, science/medical writer and Bainbridge Island chicken farmer Thank you to our Coop Scoop sponsor Bay Hay & Feed. “Hey, Alli, got a chick emergency here. They fell into their water and they’re going to die of hypothermia. Do you have a heat lamp I can borrow?” I love getting a call like…
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Animal Tales: Got Love and Energy? Shelby the Bluetick Coonhound Is Your Boy
Posted on 19 May 2013.
by Melissa Byrd and Julie Hall Thank you Paws & Fins Pet Shop for sponsoring our weekly Animal Tales feature. Shelby is a strikingly handsome 2-year-old 75-pound Bluetick Coonhound who came to a local shelter as a stray. He waited out his stray period at the shelter, and no one came to claim him. His good looks caught…
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Wildlife Watch: Bainbridge Makes Way for Goslings
Posted on 16 May 2013.
by Lisa Horn, Executive Director of West Sound Wildlife Shelter Thank you to our Wildlife Watch sponsor Bay Hay & Feed. I love stories with happy endings, and yesterday the staff at the West Sound Wildlife Shelter took part in a long uncertain adventure with a very happy outcome. On Wednesday, May 14, Director of…
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Animal Tales: Lincoln’s Hard Road to Freedom
Posted on 13 May 2013.
by Melissa Byrd, of PAWS of Bainbridge Island and North Kitsap Thank you Paws & Fins Pet Shop for sponsoring our weekly Animal Tales feature. Lincoln was one of last year’s kittens, part of our Presidents litter from a feral colony. The local trap-and-release group, which captures and spays/neuters feral cats and releases them, often brings…
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Community Help Needed: Does Anyone Know Who Is Missing a White Poodle?
Posted on 11 May 2013.
A reader reported that at 8:23 this morning, May 11, a white poodle was running south of Tolo on Miller Bay Road. The dog ran into the Grand Forest when people from several cars stopped to try to rescue it. If you know anything about this dog, you can post information here and on our…
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BI Fire Department Rescues Disney Movie Star from Perilous Fall Over Cliff
Posted on 10 May 2013.
An extremely hirsute local movie star named Shamen, a member of the canine species, was treated to a heroic four-hour Bainbridge Island Fire Department high-angle rescue last night. Shamen had been missing for two and a half days and his human family, John and Marcia Fox, had been searching desperately for him. They could hear…
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Photo of the Day: Pregnant Doe?
Posted on 08 May 2013.
It’s that time of year again when our resident black-tailed deer (a subspecies of mule deer) give birth. Typically through May and into June does birth one or two spotted fawns. This doe in the Battle Point Park area looks like she may be pregnant. Since she is not bulging at the middle, she may…
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Animal Tales: Charming Chis Need New Home After Mom Gets Sick
Posted on 05 May 2013.
by Melissa Byrd, of PAWS of Bainbridge Island and North Kitsap Thank you Paws and Fins Pet Shop for sponsoring our weekly Animal Tales feature. Dobby and Scotty are loved and lovable Chihuahuas in need of a new home. When their person became too ill to care for them, she called upon friends for help rehoming them….
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Wildlife Watch: Bainbridge Storage Staff Rescues Duckling, Shelter Reunites Him with Mom
Posted on 30 April 2013.
by Lisa Horn, Executive Director of West Sound Wildlife Shelter Thank you to our Wildlife Watch sponsor Bay Hay & Feed. It is springtime in the Pacific Northwest, and with that comes the arrival of baby animals. One tiny downy duckling found himself in a frightening situation last week when he became tangled in brambles…
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Animal Tales: Affectionate Confident Redhead Seeks Loving Family
Posted on 28 April 2013.
by Melissa Byrd, of PAWS of Bainbridge Island and North Kitsap Thank you Paws and Fins Pet Shop for sponsoring our weekly Animal Tales feature. There is something about an orange male tabby. Everyone seems to be attracted to them, and they seem to know they have this appeal. Herbert was a stray who came to…
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