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Trying to throw a wrench in a working machine

by Colleen Dougherty, guest columnist | Oct 19, 2023 | Columns, Opinion, Paw It Forward | 0

In April of 2022, the Wildlife Conservation and Public Safety Act went into effect in New Mexico.

Treetop flyers

by Colleen Dougherty, guest columnist | Sep 20, 2023 | Columns, Opinion, Paw It Forward | 0

They climb up ropes like spiders, leap from branch to branch like squirrels, and float to the...

Flyers misunderstood; brains, home and heroes Part II

by Colleen Dougherty, guest columnist | Aug 17, 2023 | Columns, Opinion, Paw It Forward | 0

Paw it forward In the 1950s, psychologist B.F. Skinner taught doves to hit a ping pong ball back...

The wisdom of trees

by Colleen Dougherty, guest columnist | Apr 20, 2023 | Columns, Opinion, Paw It Forward | 0

Paw it Forward Nearly a century ago, writer Hermann Hesse (1877-1966) described his vision of the...

In war and rubble

by Colleen Dougherty, guest columnist | Mar 16, 2023 | Columns, Opinion, Paw It Forward | 0

Within days after Russia invaded Ukraine, animal welfare groups and veterinarians from around the world mobilized rescue and assistance efforts to help people and their pets fleeing from the war.

A look back at some humane strides forward in 2022

by Colleen Dougherty, guest columnist | Jan 19, 2023 | Columns, Opinion, Paw It Forward | 0

Starting with the “smallest beasts,” the FDA Modernization Act was signed into law by President Biden on Dec. 27. This law amends a law originally passed in 1938 that required drug companies to test new drugs on animals before testing them on humans.

A Place to Just be (with Cats)

by Colleen Dougherty, guest columnist | Dec 15, 2022 | Columns, Opinion, Paw It Forward | 0

The very first cat café on record, the Cat Flower Garden, opened in Taipei, Taiwan, in 1998. The idea was simple: offer the residents of this crowded city, living in tiny apartments that didn’t allow pets, a place to just come and be with cats, to “provide relaxing companionship in what otherwise is stressful, urban life” (otherwise known as a cat fix).

Paw it forward: The Alebrijes

by Colleen Dougherty, guest columnist | Oct 20, 2022 | Columns, Opinion, Paw It Forward | 0

You may know of the alebrijes from seeing them at festivals, galleries, small shops or, in the 2017 movie, “Coco.” Beyond their fascinating and sometimes macabre shapes and beautiful colors, the alebrije’s history is as rich as the culture itself.