Pets

    Meeting the Mini’s (miniature horses) was the educational element at the Feb. Manes and Tails (MT) Meeting at Deb Lavine’s farm in Monticello. During the warmer months of 2009 Lavine hosted a weekly program for a month which turned out to run all summer. Young people learned handling and grooming of these little horses as well […]

By Christine Cowett RobinsonSpecial to the Aroostook Republican     The weather has been so awesome! As I am out and about I see more and more people out with their dogs enjoying the sunshine. What really bothers me is the number of unrestrained dogs I see in the back of pick-up trucks. It is illegal. […]

    Last Wednesday, Shelter Director Heather Miller, Assistant Director Courtney Nelson and I attended the annual meeting of the Maine Federation of Humane Societies, held at the Black Bear Inn in Orono.  We received a “scholarship” for this from the Humane Society of the United States which was really nice because these annual meetings are […]

Animal cruelty problems are people problems PET BULLETIN ‘Mews and Yips’ from the Central Aroostook Humane Society By Christine Cowett RobinsonSpecial to the Star-Herald     Saturday at Tractor Supply was AMAZING! I was not able to attend, but the members who were there said it was great to meet so many wonderful people and chat […]

Sharon Watson     Halfway Home Pet Rescue, Inc., (HHPR) of Caribou has named Sharon Watson of Fort Fairfield to its board of directors. Watson replaces Everett Milton who passed away on March 3, and will continue his term of office as board secretary and memorial chair.

By Christine Cowett RobinsonSpecial to the Aroostook Republican     Saturday at Tractor Supply was AMAZING! I was not able to attend, but the members who were there said it was great to meet so many wonderful people and chat about their critters. We adopted out four of the six cats that were there; they were […]

    Thank you so much to all of you who participated in the annual St Patrick’s Day Box Lunch. We were trying to figure out how long we’ve been doing this and the closest we can figure is 18 to 19 years. This is based on my recollection of the year we were making our […]