Pets & Animals

Zoo Atlanta Wins Two AMY Awards

3/12/10 Zoo Atlanta has been honored with two Atlanta Marketer of the Year (AMY) Awards for the Give So They Stay campaign. Presented by the Atlanta Chapter of the American Marketing Association, the AMY Awards recognize excellence and outstanding performance in results-driven marketing programs... More

Georgia Aquarium to Debut Four Harbor Seals

2/12/10 The Georgia Aquarium will soon add four new harbor seal pups (Phoca vitulina), two males and two females, into the Georgia-Pacific Cold Water Quest Gallery. Beginning Saturday, guests will be able to see the harbor seals at the Georgia Aquarium... More

Hawkinsville Horse Auction to be Held Sat., Feb. 6

1/25/10 Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Tommy Irvin has rescheduled the horse auction in Hawkinsville that was postponed in January due to freezing temperatures... More

The Georgia Front Page Takes a Trip to the SC Aquarium

Georgia Aquarium Welcomes Second New Manta Ray

9/3/09 – The Georgia Aquarium announced today the addition of a second manta ray into The Home Depot's Ocean Voyager gallery, the largest aquarium exhibit in the world with 6.3 million gallons. The addition of the female manta ray makes the Georgia... More

Protect Your Dog (and Cat) During Dog Days

7/22/09 With dog days and their accompanying high temperatures upon us, Georgians are doing their best to keep cool. Agriculture Commissioner Tommy Irvin is reminding pet owners that their cats and dogs need assistance in order to stay safe and healthy on sweltering days... More

Unique Dolphin Research Effort, Staffed by Trained Volunteers, Completes 20 Years of Work

Public invited to celebration July 18, near Savannah
7/11/09 Citizen-naturalists of The Dolphin Project (TDP) have completed 20 years of work in the nation’s longest-running dolphin research program staffed by... More

Sumatran Orangutan Dies at Zoo Atlanta

2/9/10 Officials at Zoo Atlanta announced today that Jantan (J.T.), a 20-year-old male Sumatran orangutan, passed away early yesterday evening. The Animal Management and Veterinary Teams had been actively treating the great ape for health complications caused by a long-term respiratory illness... More

Good Mews Kitty Kegger and Silent Auction November 21

10/22/09 Good Mews Animal Foundation, a non-profit, no-kill cage free cat shelter rated “Best Place to Adopt a Pet” by the readers of Atlanta Magazine for the last two years, is celebrating our 21th anniversary with a Kitty Kegger and Silent Auction... More

Clayton State to Collect Fish Samples for Henry County Aquarium

9/20/09 Clayton State University Associate Professor of Biology Dr. Christopher Kodani is preparing to go on a fishing expedition… and he won't have far to go. Kodani, and some of his students, will be assisting James Moore of the Henry County Stormwater Management Department in putting together a traveling aquarium for the... More

Keep Newnan Beautiful Installs First Pet Waste Station in the City

Jan Bowyer; Newnan-Coweta Historical Society) with grandson Ethan and Fenway, Pamela Prange (member of KNB and NCHS), Carol Duffey (Keep Newnan Beautiful Director and ‘Recycle’ available for adoption) Elizabeth Beers(NCHS) and Laurie Pope and Grover

7/22/09 Keep Newnan Beautiful is proud to announce the City’s first pet waste station has been installed at Temple Avenue Park. The Newnan- Coweta Historical Society’s generous donation made the first pet station possible in the city... More

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