Joanne Brokaw

Donate your Halloween pumpkins to feed wildlife

October 31, 2011 By Joanne Brokaw 1 Comment

Now that Halloween is over, don’t just throw your Jack O’Lanterns in the trash. Use them to benefit wildlife! The folks at Animal Advocates in Los Angeles, CA posted a reminder on their Facebook page this week reminding people to donate their pumpkins to animal wildlife centers. I’ve heard of rescue centers needing pet supplies. But [...]

Filed Under: Animal rescue, Wildlife Tagged With: Animal Advocates, Animal rescue, Halloween, Wildlife 1 Comment

Dogs and cats and spirits, oh my! – Halloween and your pets

October 31, 2011 By Joanne Brokaw 3 Comments

For the last 24 hours, our dogs have been unusually worked up. Barking, fighting, and generally squirrely. Last night I made a joke that maybe, on the day before Halloween, the veil between the dead and the undead had lifted a bit early.

Filed Under: Animal rescue, Holidays, Paganism, Paranormal Tagged With: Animal rescue, Black Cat Rescue, cats, Dogs, ghosts, Halloween, Paganism, spirits, Star Foster, Thorn Coyle 3 Comments

The Elephant Sanctuary in TN mourns the loss of Bella the dog, companion to Tarra the elephant

October 29, 2011 By Joanne Brokaw 6 Comments

Sad news today from The Elephant Sanctuary in Hohenwald, Tennessee: Bella, the dog who made international headlines as the treasured companion of The Sanctuary’s first elephant, Tarra, has died, likely as the result of a coyote attack. In a letter on The Elephant Sanctuary website, CEO Rob Atkinson writes: “We noticed Bella was not with Tarra at breakfast [...]