The Humane Society of the United States has a point to make. “If just one of every five Americans wanting to add a cat or dog to their family in the next year adopted from a shelter, not one single healthy, treatable cat or dog would lose his life in a shelter.” Meet Summer, an…
Park Ranger Suzanne Moody has lived at Chiricahua National Monument for 23 years, and she finds something new in the park to fall in love with each day. “You would think after working here all these years I would have more than enough photos, but there’s always something slightly different,” Moody said in…
Take our short quiz to find out what iconic Arizona Sonoran Desert animal you are. Click here to see the other animals you were not. Victoria Teplitz is a reporter for Arizona Sonora News, a service from the School of Journalism with the University of Arizona. Contact her at vteplitz@email.arizona.edu
The Ocelot, one of the rare gorgeous cats that has been endangered since 1982, according to Pima County information. The predator is mostly awake at night and stays in shady areas during the day. Click here for more information. The Lesser Long Nosed Bat migrates to Arizona for its summer vacation. It loves fruit and sweet…
Roxy, a French Bulldog-Chihuahua mix, is the talk of Arizona. She was the first-ever Arizona shelter dog to go to Animal Planet’s Puppy Bowl. This 6-pound puppy and her best friend, Oscar the cat, were featured in a segment called “Pup Close and Personal,” which aired during the Super Bowl. These two animals were…
