BY PATRICK O’NEILLWhen Kaitlyn Stone was looking for something to do this summer, spending a week in Mexico at a pet clinic was probably the last thing to cross her mind. But after helping spay and neuter almost 200 pets and learning about issues of animal treatment and euthanasia, she now wouldn’t trade the experience for anything ...

BY DERRICK PERKINS Residents of Brady Avenue again challenged a plan by the Salem Animal Rescue League to construct a new animal shelter in their neighborhood. Raising concerns over traffic, noise, animal waste and odor, potential neighbors of the 15,000-square-foot shelter lined up at the Tuesday, June 24, Planning Board meeting to ...

BY TOBY HENRYA High Street couple, horrified after a coyote attack on one of their sheep, said the run-in with the canine was the only predator attack they’ve had in more than 30 years of raising animals. “It was terrible,” said Francis Huard. “There was no way to save (the sheep), really. We’ve seen coyotes out back ...

Diesel at 8 weeks old playing outside on a fall day

An Eastern Chipmunk coming from its winter sleep and waiting for springtime in the cold weather of Northern NH, with the much snow of 2008 covering the ground.  This small one could not find much food, thus soon went back underground and only came back out a few weeks later when snow coverage was less.

Red squirrel on the hunt for bird seed.

A hawk in my yard in the fall of 2007.

This is Fenway, on a windy day at Hampton Beach.

Vinnie, Belgian Tervuren dog, enjoying the snow.

Our 5.5 lb Yorkshire Terrier "Peanuts" ready to ride with her "Bad to the Bone" shirt.