Before each visit, Amy bathes Coco, her 11-year-old shorkie (a yorkie and shitzu mix), and puts a little red bandana around her neck. Coco excitedly spins in a circle a few times, and then she’s...

In the early dark hours of a Sunday morning, when most of Checotah, Oklahoma was still asleep, the parking lot at Happy Paws Animal Shelter was abuzz. People in Happy Paws and Anderson Humane...

When Eleanor decided to run a lemonade stand this summer, she had no idea how far the project would take her. Her initial plan was simple and admirable: Every week she would sell lemonade in front...

Stacey had no idea what her new beagle looked like until she’d made the nearly one hour drive home with him. “He was curled so tight in a ball at the back of the crate,” she said. “He was...

It was too soon. Maureen had lost her beloved cat, Kat, to kidney failure and went to find a new one at Anderson Humane’s main shelter. “I couldn’t find a cat I liked,” she said, realizing now that...