Kids & Family - April 25, 2009
MECA provides 24 / 7 care for ailing pets
There's good news for critically ill or injured animals and their caregivers and it's called the Milwaukee Emergency Center for Animals. (MECA) The state-of-the-art facility, 3670 S. 108th St., opens on June 1 and is equipped to accept the city's most critical care cases.
Tags: pet care, veternarian, vet, dogs, cats, lizards, birds, MECA

Living - Jan. 3, 2009
Humane Milwaukee pet of the week: Rollo & Jackson
Rollo and Jackson are silent victims of the unstable economy. Their family left them behind when they were forced from their residence. The boys spent about a month at animal control listed as "abandoned" and scheduled for euthanasia.
Tags: humane milwaukee, pet, pet of the week, cats

Living - Nov. 6, 2008
How many pets are too many?
All the talk of the new Obama family dog has me thinking about pets. They are a fun, fulfilling and important part of so many people's lives and I know I wouldn't feel complete without my fuzzy feline companions.
Tags: pets, cats, dogs, obama dog

Living - Nov. 4, 2008
Humane Milwaukee Pet of the Week: Nala
We can't quite decide who is more in love with Nala: the humans who serve her or Nala herself! If there is one thing we can all agree on, it is that Nala knows exactly what she wants and it is nothing short of everything.
Tags: humane milwaukee, companion animal resource and adoption center, pets, nala, cats, dogs

Living - Sept. 19, 2008
National Cat Day
As the unofficial OnMilwaukee.com "cat person," I felt it was my duty to report on National Cat Day. Until I received a press release yesterday announcing Companion Animal Resource and Adoption Center's (CARAC) plans for celebration, I had never heard of such a thing.
Tags: national cat day, pet, cats, companion animal resource and adoption center, carac, bucketworks, colleen page

Kids & Family - Aug. 26, 2008
Companion Animal Resource Center pet of the week: Carson
"I was destined to be a statistic but now I am Carson!"
Tags: Companion Animal Resource Center, Humane Society, cats, stray, no-kill shelter, dogs

Marketplace - Oct. 14, 2007
A busy Saturday morning at St. Paul's Vet Clinic
St. Paul's Veterinary Clinic may just be the hardest-working animal clinic in the city.
Tags: st. paul's veterinary clinic, vet, pets, cats, dogs, dr. singh

Marketplace - Dec. 24, 2003
Puppy pals inspire Brady Street's Metropawlis
In October, Metropawlis opened its doors to all felines and canines at 1327 E. Brady St. To say the least, Geri and Augie Ray, as well as the neighborhood, are quite happy with the fit of a boutique for the urban pet.
Tags: pets, dogs, brady street, Metropawlis, cats

Marketplace - Feb. 19, 2003
"The Cat Doctor" brings modern medicine to Third Ward
Since graduating from Madison's vet school in 1998, Dr. Kathryn Christensen has treated cats -- and cats only -- in her busy Third Ward business called "The Cat Doctor." Recently we asked her opinion on many cat-related issues, from brands of food to feline toilet training.
Tags: dogs, cats, veterinarian