LEWISTON — A former employee of the Greater Androscoggin Humane Society set off a social media firestorm this week by claiming the shelter has doubled the number of dogs it deems so aggressive they must be killed. Amanda Kimball, one of three animal care team leaders at the shelter until she was fired recently, said […]
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Four-legged fundraiser
Henna artist Kristen Bishop of Palermo creates a design Sunday on the arm of Matty Lyons, 11, of Lisbon during the Pause for Pets Craft & Vendor Fair at the Ramada Inn in Lewiston. More than 50 local crafters and business owners participated in the fundraiser benefiting the Greater Androscoggin Humane Society. Bishop’s husband, Timothy, […]
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Humane society: Feds haven’t inspected Turner egg farm since 2010
With more than 2 million birds, the Hillandale Farms-run property is one of the largest egg farms in New England. Just prior to releasing undercover footage last month, HSUS formally asked both the state and the FDA to investigate the Turner facility. It cited the farm’s history of fines and owner Jack DeCoster’s ties to […]
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Humane Society says LePage wrong; state knew about egg farm sting
The president of the Humane Society of the United States bit back at Gov. Paul LePage’s comments on HSUS’s undercover sting at the state’s largest egg farm. The society last week released photos and videos that it claimed showed inhumane conditions at the Turner egg farm owned by Jack DeCoster and managed under a long-term […]
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New Gloucester selectmen get school budget info
NEW GLOUCESTER — School Administrative District 15 Superintendent Bruce Beasley updated selectmen Monday on the schedule for voting on the 2016-17 budget. The school board will vote on it May 4 and district residents on May 26. The validation referendum is set for June 14. The budget is $24.51 million, an increase of $496,991, or […]
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Humane Society CEO goes door to door in Bangor to solicit support to ban ‘inhumane, unsporting bear hunting practices’
BANGOR — The heated debate over whether to ban baiting, trapping and hounding in Maine brought the head of the nation’s largest organization dedicated to the protection of animals to Bangor on Saturday. Wayne Pacelle, president and CEO of the Humane Society of the United States, went door to door in a Bangor neighborhood with […]
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Maine pet charity bequeathed $395,000
BANGOR (AP) — A former volunteer at a pet charity in Maine has left the organization hundreds of thousands of dollars. The Bangor Humane Society said Thursday that the $395,000 left to it by former volunteer Shann Gillespie was an unexpected donation. Gillespie, who died unexpectedly in March, made the gift through her will. The […]
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Bath boy, suffering from ulcerative colitis, gets special Christmas delivery
BATH — Ten-year-old Cameron Pinkham unwrapped some pretty fantastic presents Christmas morning, among them a giant toy Rudolph and a computer tablet, to keep him busy during the long days he’ll spend at Maine Medical Center recovering from his next surgery. But nothing topped watching Jack, his new, three-month-old chihuahua mix, sniff out his new […]
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Shelter’s targeted feline spay/neuter program gets funding
LEWISTON — The Greater Androscoggin Humane Society recently received a $19,179 grant from the Belvedere Animal Welfare Fund of the Maine Community Foundation to support its Targeted Feline Spay/Neuter Program. Through the program, qualifying individuals can have their cat spayed or neutered for a $10 co-pay through a participating veterinarian (although due to a donor […]