Tucked inside the Mountaineer Mall on Green Bag Road is The Animal Friends Thrift Shoppe. Operated by Animal Friends of North Central West Virginia (AFNCWV), a local no-kill animal shelter, the shop offers bargains on a variety of new, antique, and gently used items donated by the ...
Giving pets as presents It’s a classic Christmas scene: The oddly large box under the tree (maybe with a few holes poked in it) that shivers and thumps, from which quiet barks or muffled mews emerge. The kids open it with a chorus of delighted squeals to reveal a puppy or kitten inside, ...
WVAQ’s Just Jaime will be “ruffin’” it (to borrow Erin Cleavenger’s pun) outside of The Glass Factory in Star City this weekend. She’ll be pitching her tent in the parking lot as part of the Camping for Canines fundraiser for Animal Friends of North-Central West ...
by Sarah DeYoung An estimated 3,000 pets were still missing more than a week after deadly wildfires ripped through Maui. When disasters of this magnitude strike, people often flee with their pets if it’s possible for them to quickly grab their dogs, cats or other kinds of ...
A local radio talent will be “ruffing” it next weekend as part of a multiday fundraiser in support of Animal Friends of North Central West Virginia. For the third consecutive year, WVAQ’s Just Jaime -- Jaime Williams in her everyday life -- will be Camping for Canines in the parking ...
Throughout the year, animal welfare organizations in the area work to reduce the number of homeless cats and dogs in Monongalia County and to promote appropriate care for homed pets. Because February is spay/neuter awareness month, nonprofits make extra efforts to spread the word about the ...