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Kate J Kuligowski

Out of Sight, Out of Mind

Seldom do my husband Wally and I find ourselves in the Southwest quadrant of our city where crime statistics have intimidated outsiders for decades. During that visit, we frequent only one business, a decades-old, hole-in-the-wall…

Rescue | July 3, 2020

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Kate J Kuligowski

A Work In Progress

“What is it with that man? I have no time for this!” PACA (People’s Animal Cruelty Association) volunteer Gloria had been growling about the stranger who had been following her every move for the last…

Rescue | April 1, 2020

Jen Reeder

Be sure to watch Jill Rappaport, DWAA Keynote Speaker, on Animal Planet’s “The Dog Bowl”!

We are so inspired by the work of Jill Rappaport, a tireless advocate of senior dog adoptions…and an upcoming keynote speaker at the DWAA Awards Banquet on Feb. 10 at the Hotel New Yorker! Please…

Rescue | February 1, 2019

Jen Reeder

Celebrate Adopt a Senior Pet Month with Posts and Progress

Our friends at The Grey Muzzle Organization are teaming up with DWAA Vice President Laura Coffey this month to shine a light on senior dogs! Here’s more from them: There’s never been a better time…

Rescue | November 2, 2018

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Lisa Begin-Kruysman

New Rescue Anthology from Major Publisher Features DWAA Members

Reprinted from Ruff Drafts, Fall 2018 On September 18th, Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group, released a new rescue anthology titled Second-Chance Dogs: True Stories of the Dogs We Rescue and the Dogs Who…

Rescue | October 3, 2018