animal welfare

Volunteers help CPAW NJ (Communities Promoting Animal Welfare) maintain its spay/neuter van, purchase food and supplies and assist with the veterinary bills by 'Crafting for a Cause' cat-ear headbands for CPAW NJ to use and sell at future events, Sunday, Oct ...

The Rev. Anya Sammler-Michael of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Montclair, writes that this Unitarian Universalist version draws from the inspiration of St. Francis of Assisi, to bring pets or pictures of your pets, or your dear stuffed animals, and take a moment to grieve the animals that have died, share our gratitude for the animals that make our lives better, bless the animals that

By Jaimie Julia Winters winters@montclairlocal.news As volunteers help with cat adoptions, Liz Morgan opens up the door to the kennels and in a firm, yet gentle voice yells quiet! The barking immediately ceases. Two years ago a fire ripped through the Montclair Township Animal Shelter, sparing every animal’s life, but leaving smoke and water especially to the kennels that were finally re-opened la

Animal rescue group PAWS of Montclair will hold its annual Holiday Bazaar and Tricky Tray on Saturday, Nov. 11, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the Commonwealth Club, 26 Northview Ave. Last year’s bazaar raised around $7,400, according to a release from the organization. Proc ...

By LINDA MOSS and ERIN ROLL moss@montclairlocal.news roll@montclairlocal.news Montclair authorities are planning to bring animal-cruelty charges against a man who pulled a small dog out of a vehicle and hurled it into traffic in a road-road incident that went viral...

By LINDA MOSS moss@montclairlocal.news Walnut Street residents are mourning the hit-and-run death of a perennial visitor to the township, a female mallard duck named Florence who was struck and killed by a vehicle last week. The bird and her mate Chauncey have been annually returning to the Walnut Street area for about a dozen years, according to Lisamarie Suriano, co-owner of the Corso 98 restaur