At the Libby-Tozier School in Litchfield, Cheryl Woodard’s prekindergartners learn from the class pets.
Animal Tales
Animal Tales: Lewiston shelter turns to facial recognition to get lost pets home
With just 4% of lost cats returned to their families, the Greater Androscoggin Humane Society hopes a high-tech solution will help.
Animal Tales: Auburn sanctuary changes life for horses, people
Maple Hill Farms sometimes cares for more than 100 homeless, distressed or unwanted horses at a time.
Animal Tales: After years on the streets, Wilton stray adopted
Thousands of people followed Burt’s story online. One family took him home.
A wild life at Misfits Rehab
Animal Tales: Jennifer Marchigiani has spent 17 years caring for injured and orphaned wild animals.
Animal Tales: 15-year-old Odin is still a K-9 officer at heart
At 15, Odin is one of the oldest retired police dogs in Maine.
Animal Tales: Wilton stray comes in from the cold
Thousands of people online have followed the cat’s capture.
Animal Tales: Making a match, one horse at a time
When a horse and a home need to find each other, they turn to the Maine Horse Matchmaker.
Animal Tales: Dogs on the defense
GORHAM — He is surrounded by people and toys and interesting furniture, but Echo’s focus never shifts from the two guys in padded suits. The 2-year-old Dutch shepherd has been in this situation before. He knows what he is about to be allowed — encouraged — to do. So when owner Rozalynn Parkhurst orders,”Get him,” […]
Animal Tales: Horse trainer focuses on love, not force
AUBURN — Forced to run when he did something wrong, and later rescued from a slaughter auction, Bob was one of the most stressed-out horses trainer Chris Lombard had ever met. Running was what Bob knew, so run he did. “Very scared, I’d say — a lot of anxiety,” Lombard said. But recently, on a […]