Carrie Sidener, resident parrothead (of a different sort), describes life with Simon.

What to do if you lose a pet? Ann Holland has some tips. Holland serves on the Lynchburg Humane Society’s Board of Directors and is a volunteer for various animal welfare causes.

Sandra Boydston, development director for the Lynchburg Humane Society, has some tips for living with Fluffy.

Karin Sherbin volunteers with the Bedford Humane Society. To learn more about adopting pets or volunteering, go to http://www.bedfordhumanesociety.petfinders.com.

Karin Sherbin is a volunteer with the Bedford Humane Society.

Here are a few pet-care basics.

Stop by the Lynchburg Humane Societyon July 26 for a birthday party for Puffin the cat, who runs the place.

TAMPA — Sharon Egan faced a tough choice at the “Think Like a Cat” game show auditions Saturday.

TAMPA - No matter how high gas prices go or how tough the housing market is, Angie Todd’s dogs will never go without the best.

Tedi Wright, a member of the board of the Humane Society/SPCA of Nelson County, adapted this article from one written by her brother, Dr. Michael Wright, a
veterinarian who practices in Florida.

Karin Sherbin volunteers with the Bedford Humane Society. You can find out more about the BHS at http://www.bedfordhumanesociety.petfinder.com.

If only introducing a new dog to the resident dog or cat were as simple as a pawshake.

Sandra Boydston, development director for the Lynchburg Humane Society, offers tips for keeping Fido and Fluffy cool.

Sandra Boydston is development director for the Lynchburg Humane Society.

NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla.—For 11 days, Stinky was laid low, suffering from wounds from an attack by a pit bull terrier. His owners didn’t care enough for their pot bellied pig to get him medical care.

How to know when you and your pooch are road worthy—Read on.

Nubs, the dog rescued from the Iraqi desert by Marine Maj. Brian Dennis and brought to the United States, got his first exposure to a Florida beach Thursday.

Amber Kimmich opened a cardboard box in her Powhatan County yard yesterday and 16 eager little bodies fluttered out.

Stepping outside was a new experience for an African Nile crocodile that had spent its first years of life inside a Virginia teen’s bedroom.

A two-headed dragon has been spotted in Kernersville!!!

Lauren Schwartz loves her shipoo — a Shih Tzu-poodle mix — but she didn’t love what he was doing.

Meet Marcy, a 2-year-old Virginia opossum. She sleeps soundly in her cage, body curled into the fetal position, paw resting on her pointy snout.