Every one of us has a destination and purpose in our lives. What’s yours?
You may think you know about animal rescue organizations, but Furkids Animal Rescue and Shelters is someplace special. It’s a destination you have to experience for yourself, in your own way. You...
View ArticleThe animal wrangler: Jamie Stimach on why raccoons make great costars
Jamie Stimach created a database of 5,000 animal actors to cast in specific roles.Photograph by The Sintoses Atlantans is a first-person account of the familiar strangers who make the city tick. This...
View ArticlePandemic pets and the humans who love them
Kesi-Alani The Mini Rex Bunny Owner: Kennedi-Rae Smith I’m sure that my teenage daughter, Kennedi-Rae, was surprised that I said yes to the bunny. When her older sister, Kamani, moved out to be closer...
View ArticleMeet the Atlantan who’s rescued more than 1,000 cats from trees
Normer Adams posts GoPro footage of his rescues on Facebook under his nonprofit’s name, Cat Man Do Rescue.Photograph by Growl Atlantans is a first-person account of the familiar strangers who make the...
View ArticleWhat it’s like taking care of fish and invertebrates at Georgia Aquarium
I work with a team of marine biologists to take care of all of the fish and invert habitats, all of the galleries—cold water, freshwater, sharks, corals, a snail, a plant. We arrive around 6:30 in the...
View ArticleSouth of Savannah, gopher tortoises find an island getaway
In June, lightning struck St. Catherines Island 157 times, sparking massive fires on land already parched by drought. An uninhabited sea island south of Savannah, St. Catherines is privately owned and...
View ArticleWhy I’m enraptured with Atlanta’s raptors
A Cooper’s hawkPhotograph by Walt Eastland / 500px / Getty Images The other day in traffic, while stopped at a red light on the busy five-lane thoroughfare that cuts through my neighborhood, I watched...
View ArticleA walk on Florida’s wild side (as told through a series of animal encounters)
The Crystal River area is a prime location for manatee spotting.Photograph by Getty Images Manatees and Mermaids You could traipse through the Florida wilderness with hiking boots and binoculars,...
View ArticleIn Johns Creek, a refuge for injured wildlife
State-licensed wildlife rehabilitator Jess Legato gives a nine-week-old joey water with a syringe.Photograph by the Sintoses This spring, 10 baby possums arrived by cardboard box to a newly opened...
View ArticleThese rescue horses in Milton have two jobs: enjoy life and bond with seniors
Betty Lim King Cuyugan, Andrew Nakrin, Teresita Lim King, and Joy Lim Nakrin with their animals at Joyous Acres.Photograph courtesy of Joyous Acres For most of his life, Geronimo pulled a plow in...
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