10 Best Bets This Weekend in Houston: Star Wars, Kentucky Derby and J.J. Watt
We can bet on the trifecta this weekend with multiple reasons to celebrate: Cinco de Mayo, the Kentucky Derby, and Star Wars Day. Feel-good events are in the mix too with the JJ Watt Foundation Charity...
View ArticleWoman Convicted of Animal Cruelty. Pets Starved to Death After She Left Them...
When Jamica Roshawn Chambliss moved out of her Fondren Road apartment in 2016, she apparently wanted to travel light. Or she was very forgetful. Or maybe she meant to return but couldn't because she...
View ArticleEl Gato is Streaming on Hive View, Giving H-Town its ASMR Fix
Tired of filling out all those TPS reports? Did your boss just ask you to work the weekend? Did the two Bobs call you into the conference room to justify your existence? Then jump on the ASMR bandwagon...
View Article10 Best Bets This Weekend: Sunday Polo and Jockeying for the Oval Office
All eyes are on Houston this Thursday with the Democratic debates, but that's just the opening volley for this weekend in Houston. We've got the "David Beckham of polo" coming for the International...
View ArticleCatch a Glimpse of the New Giraffe Baby at the Houston Zoo
Looking as distinguished as any baby giraffe could be, a 128-pound male Masai giraffe was born at the Houston Zoo on Monday. Weighing in at 128 pounds with a height of just over 6 feet tall, the...
View ArticleBest Bets This Weekend in Houston: Lamborghini Fest, Immersive Haunt
Things are heating up this weekend in Houston with the fevered pace of multiple art fairs, a symphonic look at Rick Steves' trek across Europe, costumed fun at the Zoo, an inspiring documentary at the...
View ArticleMeet Your Next Dog or Cat Bestie at CAP's Home for the Holidays Event
We intercepted some of the letters to Santa Claus coming out of CAP Animal Shelter, and almost all of the homeless dogs and cats indicated they just want to be in a new home for the holidays. Of course...
View ArticleShipping Dogs Out of State to a Better Life or Hell. Who Knows?
For more than a year, a Huntsville-based animal rescue group has been picking up dogs from municipal shelters in and around Houston and sending them to a Connecticut shelter with a history of animal...
View ArticleHouston's Seniors Get Help Feeding Their Pets Amid COVID-19 Concerns
In partnership with the Houston SPCA and Hill's Pet Nutrition, the Houston Food Bank has been delivering dog and cat food to vulnerable seniors involved in its Senior Box Program during the COVID-19...
View ArticleFelony Charge Made in Fort Bend County Dog Shooting Case
After a six-month investigation, justice appears to be on the horizon for Clarence, a 10-year-old Staffordshire Terrier who was shot twice in the face this past December and as a result, lost an eye....
View ArticlePandemic Plans and Furry Friends: COVID-19’s Impact on Houston Animal Rescues
The coronavirus pandemic has thrown Houston area animal shelters for a loop just like the rest of us. For the Houston Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and the City of Houston’s Bureau...
View ArticlePossible Santería Animal Sacrifice Found in Galveston
On Wednesday, August 5 at 2 p.m., Houston artist Autumn Smith and her boyfriend J.D. Hartman were walking on the trails in the East End Lagoon Nature Preserve. Because the trail is fairly short and...
View ArticleMan and Pig: A Relationship In Need of a Second Look
We've all been in a relationship that's reached its natural end: a childhood friend we've outgrown, the significant other who became insignificant, the job that lost its luster. Is it time to...
View ArticleFort Bend County Offers No Cost Spay & Neuter Program
Today starting at 8 a.m. Fort Bend County Commissioner Ken R. DeMerchant and Fort Bend County Animal Services in collaboration with Dr. Diarra Blue will be offering no cost spay and neuter services for...
View ArticleRescuing Throw-Away Food and Recycling It Into Dog Treats
Turns out ugly fruit and vegetables and parts of food that no human especially wants to dine on can be powdered, repurposed and baked into a treat for dogs that is not only supposed to be healthy but...
View ArticleSeeing Unicorns: Meet the Black Veterinarians Beating Down the Barriers in...
A few years ago, Dr. Aziza Glass was getting the cold shoulder from her professors — most of them white — at veterinary school, avoiding eye contact with her almost all-white classmates, and feeling...
View ArticleHow Come No One Noticed at BARC When a Dog Chewed off its Own Paw
City prosecutors are seeking a court order to euthanize a dog that bit a woman, but no one is interested in how the dog was able to nearly bite off his paw while at BARC.
View ArticleRemembering Sampson, Ren Fest’s Amazingly Gentle Warhorse
As if 2020 wasn’t rough enough, one of the most beloved figures in the Texas Renaissance Festival, Sampson the Warhorse, died on Sunday, November 8 after nine years on the fair fairgrounds delighting...
View ArticleMerry Christmas and Welcome to the New Baby Howler Monkey at the Houston Zoo
Just in time for Christmas, a baby howler monkey has made her appearance at the Houston Zoo. Proud parents Charlie (mom) and Howie (dad) welcomed her on November 17 and some of the first photos of her...
View ArticleHouston Hasn’t Seen the Pet Adoption Boom During the Pandemic
The quarantine resulting from COVID-19 has led to all kinds of new activities for the housebound, everything from that sourdough bread-making craze to people literally emptying out the exercise...
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