Yosemite National Park is requesting help from visitors to protect newborn animals in the park. During the summer months, many baby birds, fawns, and other young wildlife can be found on the ground. They may appear to be in distress, but are not sick, injured, or abandoned. If moved from …
Read More »Here’s why more animals than usual don’t have homes during the holiday season in Merced County
Until the end of the year, Merced County animal rescuers will continue to see an uptick in the amount of dogs and cats they have to find homes for– and … Click to Continue »
Read More »More foster families needed for Merced County animals, especially during the holidays
Volunteers prepare animals for transport at the Merced County Animal Control in Atwater, Calif., on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017. According to founder and president of New Beginnings for Merced County Animals, Sharon Lohman, more than 20 cats and about 20 dogs are being transported to Seattle, Wash., for adoption. … …
Read More »Environmental group sues after Trump administration scraps effort to protect West Coast sea animals
An environmental group has filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s withdrawal of proposed limits on the number of endangered whales, dolphins and sea turtles that can be killed … Click to Continue »
Read More »Keeping animals cool at the Applegate Park Zoo
Zookeeper Josh Moreno explains how staff keep the animals cool during the summer at Applegate Park Zoo in Merced, Calif., on Saturday, June 10, 2017. … Click to Continue »
Read More »New Beginnings for Merced County Animals prepares dogs and cats for trip to Washington state to be adopted
New Beginnings for Merced County Animals, a nonprofit animal rescue, prepares animals for transport to Washington state, at Merced County Animal Control in Atwater, Calif., on Tuesday, March 14, 2017. The nonprofit animal rescue is sending 45 cats and 28 dogs to a shelter north of Seattle, Wash., where they …
Read More »What’s happening to stray animals after the closing of Merced SPCA?
After the closing last month of the Merced Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals the fate of many stray and abandoned animals in Merced County is in the … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced students bond with puppies, present funds they raised to help animals
Students at Franklin Elementary School made some new four-legged friends this week. New Beginnings for Merced County Animals brought three tiny puppies and a dog to meet the students to … Click to Continue »
Read More »Craft fair and sale in Merced this weekend to help support stray animals and veterans
Some two dozen craft vendors will fill the American Legion Hall in Merced this weekend to raise money to help veterans and lost or abandoned animals. The craft fair marks … Click to Continue »
Read More »Grants, donations help animals get ‘New Beginnings’
What happens in Merced County when a tiny stray terrier needs an emergency cesarean section? Or if a kitten’s leg is crushed by a garbage bin? Or if a puppy … Click to Continue »
Read More »Blauert on Outdoors: Zoo view of wild animals lasts longer
The most exciting encounters I’ve ever had with wildlife have occurred while hiking or camping – deer, elk, coyotes, eagles, newts, snakes, bobcats, bears, a wide range of birds and … Click to Continue »
Read More »Orange Cove Abanadoned Animals To Be Euthanized Under new City Plan
A stray animal problem in Orange Cove has city leaders and some citizens at odds.Volunteers say the city has ousted them and taken full control of the animal shelter. They say the city’s new solution to the problem involves killing healthy animals. Friends of Orange Cove Animal Shelter Kerry O’Keefe …
Read More »Orange Cove Sbanadoned Animals To Be Euthanized Under new City Plan
A stray animal problem in Orange Cove has city leaders and some citizens at odds.Volunteers say the city has ousted them and taken full control of the animal shelter. They say the city’s new solution to the problem involves killing healthy animals. Friends of Orange Cove Animal Shelter Kerry O’Keefe …
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