Category Archives: Animal Corner

Spring Migration Brings Millions of Birds Across Indiana
Indiana Audubon said early this week nearly 20-million birds would be moving into and across the Hoosier state. And Region residents can help migrating birds, the nonprofit said on its website, by tur...
Laura Waluszko Apr 30, 2025

Local Artist Unveils New Poster Featuring Humane Indiana's Great-Horned Owl
Humane Indiana Wildlife announces a special collaboration with artist Kristina Knowski, watercolorist and owner of Ancillaerie in Chesterton. Known for her depictions of birds, Knowski was selected as...
Laura Waluszko Apr 10, 2025

Independent Cat Society 2025 Sweetheart Day Event and Contest
The Independent Cat Society announces their 2025 Sweetheart Day Event to raise funds for the care and shelter of cats and kittens. The fundraiser to help the non-profit is scheduled for Saturday March...
Laura Waluszko Mar 11, 2025

Hagrid's Hope Cat Rescue Adoption Event
Hagrid's Hope Cat Rescue says it is holding a cat adoption event on Saturday February 8, 2025. The rescue said they are looking for 'furever homes' for younger and adult cats and are also accepting do...
Laura Waluszko Jan 31, 2025

Paw Palooza Pet Festival and Adoption Event
In Merrillville, Second Chance 4 Pets Network announces their Pet Palooza Pet Festival and Adoption Event is happening Sunday October 6, 2024, 11 am to 4 pm at The Region Cat Cafe on West 80th Place i...
Laura Waluszko Sep 12, 2024

Shirley Heinze Land Trust Spring Benefit Fundraiser, 'Branching into New Waters'
Shirley Heinze Land Trust announces its 2024 Spring Benefit Fundraiser, 'Branching into New Waters'. "Did you know that if you took just the named waterways in the northern six counties of Nort...
Laura Waluszko Mar 14, 2024

Protecting Pollinators in Late Winter and Early Spring
With more and more sunlight and warmer temperatures Region residents may get the urge to start cleaning up yards and gardens, but experts urge everyone to please wait. Save the Dunes says it is extrem...
Laura Waluszko Feb 23, 2024

Griffith Animal Shelter 2024 Fundraising Calendar
In Lake County, Region residents can pick up the 2024 Griffith Animal Shelter Fundraising calendar at multiple locations including the Griffith Police Department and Griffith Town Hall on North Broad ...
Laura Waluszko Jan 03, 2024

Animal Shelter in Pennsylvania Adopts Out All Animals
In Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, officials at Adams County SPCA say their shelter is empty for the first time in nearly 50 years. Managers posted on Facebook late last week that the staff has worked very ...
Laura Waluszko Dec 27, 2023

Monarch Highway Bridge Art Going Up In Iowa
The first of these bridges is set to open this week on County Road F-22 (126th Avenue) over I-35 near Elkhart in Central Iowa. The other six will be built over the next six or seven years.
Laura Waluszko Dec 20, 2023





