Fund Set Up for Park to Memorialize Supporter - Fort Worth, TX

A month after a Fort Woof Dog Park regular and volunteer drowned in an icy pond trying to save her two dogs, a fund has been established in she and her canines' names to support the place she loved to go. (Source: Jason C.N. Smith).

The Andrea, Artimus, and Mallory Benua Memorial Tribute Fund for Fort Woof Improvements is a tribute to the Fort Worth, Texas woman and her pups and donations are being sought for the site that will be made in honor of Benua and her pooches.

If you wish to contribute, visit fortwoof.org.

In unrelated animal news, The Humane Society of the U.S. (HSUS) is asking citizens to sign an online petition to end "cruel and deadly" wild horse roundups.

"For too long, the Bureau of Land Management has 'managed' wild horse and burro populations by unjustifiably - and often inhumanely - removing them from their environment by the thousands," states a press release. "In October 2009, the Department of the Interior (DOI) released a comprehensive five-year plan to potentially transform the BLM's wild horse and burro program."

HSUS says the BLM must cease the roundups immediately and seriously reconsider its current policies and procedures, choosing humane, fiscally responsible methods such as fertility control.

To send a message to Ken Salazar, the Secretary of the Interior, urging him to place an immediate moratorium on wild horse roundups in the U.S., access https://secure.humanesociety.org/site/Advocacy?pagename=homepage&page=UserAction&id=4389&autologin=true&JServSessionIdr004=n15cjso4x4.app303a.

In other pet news, the Everman Animal Shelter in Everman, TX is in need of puppy food donations. The address is 3961 Bluebell Street and contact number is 817-561-5495.

The Animal Control Bill passed the Senate in Massachusetts, according to the MSPCA, which an email stated is good news.

"For many years animal advocates have been trying to update legislation that has been in place for many decades - in some cases even more than a century," reads a press release.

Warren, a 14-year-old Yellow Labrador Retriever is now fully recovered after a surgeon removed a 21-pound tumor from his groin. (Source: mspca.org).

The American Kennel Club's Canine Health Foundation President's Award recently went to Roy and JoAnn Kusumoto. The group's Third Annual Fiesta takes place March 6 in Scottsdale, AZ and is sponsored by The Fiesta Cluster Dog Show.

In other news, at the Fort Worth Zoo black bears celebrated winter with red and green ice block enrichment treats filled with Jell-O, cranberry juice, cranberries, blueberries, bamboo leaves, and honey.