During the weeks leading up to Thanksgiving, many businesses and stores run food drives for canned and non-perishable food items to be donated to those who are less fortunate and not able to afford a Thanksgiving meal on their own.

For animal lovers, this can mean a double dose of giving: along with donating some canned goods or a sack of groceries at the grocery store, consider dropping off an unopened bag or cans of cat or dog food, or even a bag of litter to your local Humane Society or pet shelter as well.
Not only do the food and supplies …read more

This is one of those rare times where two of my passions — pets and chocolate — collide, and without doing any harm to anyone!

From now until the holidays, when you make an online purchase from one of my personal chocolate recommendations, Sucré in New Orleans, one dollar from every order goes directly to the Louisiana SPCA!
Sucré Executive Pastry Chef Tariq Hanna and his dog Bon Bon are making this holiday season even sweeter. Bon Bon knows what it is like to have a kind, caring owner and she wants all of her less fortunate furry friends have the same …read more

Last week, Robin Starr, the CEO of the Richmond, Virginia Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA), accidentally left her 16-year-old blind and deaf dog in her sweltering car for four hours when she headed in to work.

She claims she didn’t realize that Louie, who often went with her to work, was in the car with her since her husband had put the dog in that morning while Starr was getting ready for work. However, she says her husband had forgotten to tell her he had done so.
Louie, who was suffering from heat stroke, was initially treated …read more