Fish Tails Pet Emporium is cashing in on a nationwide trend: For a small fee on the week around Valentine’s Day, customers can name a cockroach after an ex-partner and feed it to the store’s 30-inch Savannah monitor lizard, Brutus.
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Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
The Maine Millennial: My rescue dog, myself
My experience with Janey serves as proof that even the weird, scared and temperamental strays are worth a chance.
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Posted inLocal & State, News
More pet owners giving up animals for adoption amid housing shortage
Finding apartments that accept pets is especially difficult in the current tight market, forcing owners to make hard choices.
Posted inLocal & State, Word on the Street
Central Maine’s Pickles Mcbutterpants The Muffins Slayer takes top whacky pet name prize
The Nationwide insurance company says it looked at more than 1 million of their insured pets and put up 10 names for people to vote for as their favorite crazy name, with the Gardiner cat receiving the most votes in its pet category.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, News
New $6 million animal shelter gets greenlight for former farmland in Augusta
The Kennebec Valley Humane Society shelter will be built off Leighton Road.
Posted inLocal & State, Uncategorized
Missy the cat survives mystery injury and brings cheer to Winslow family
Whitman family could not cover the $5,000 bill for emergency surgery for Missy, but the goodwill of others allowed a more-affordable solution.
Posted inBusiness
You know it’s bad when pandemic shortages affect the family pet
Pet owners are having trouble finding canned food. Supermarkets are having trouble stocking it. And guess who is most displeased about the situation? Yup, your finicky cat.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
The Maine Millennial: Janey gets lessons in how to canine
A former stray dog becomes part of a happy pack, with all the stick fetching and cat chasing that implies.
Posted inLocal & State
Waterville animal shelter reopens after ill animals, overcrowding force closure
The Humane Society Waterville Area at 100 Webb Road is searching for a new executive director as it works to stabilize operations.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
The Maine Millennial: Home is where the rescue dogs are
We’re up to three, now that my mom has happily surprised us by adding Rocky and Kingsley to the family.