Meet Quackers
Watch Quackers follow his friends around Lollypop Farm, and learn about the care he received there.
Reading to Dogs
Reading to dogs helps students who are learning to read better. It also helps dogs find their forever homes! Watch this video of Jacksonville Humane’s program in action, with Nehemiah from our May/June 2025 issue!
Tips: What to do if you find wildlife
When you love animals, you’ll want to help wherever you can. That includes wildlife in trouble! Read on for what you need to know to help a wild animal in need.
5 Ways to Help Shelter Pets
Animal shelters are in need of money, supplies, and volunteers now more than ever! Learn about why pets are travelling across the country to find fur-ever homes in the March/April 2024 issue of Kind News, and click below to read about how you and your family can help!
Fetching Cats
Do cats play fetch? A recent study showed that 41% (more than a third) of cats will do it. Don’t believe us? Check out this video from Catz Club!
The Buzz about Bees
How do you feel about bees? Bees are helpful to us, and there are many ways to help them back! Check out these videos to learn more.
Parrots as Pets?
Parrots require special care. Check out these tips and watch a video on wild bird intelligence!
At Work with Animals
Want to take a look inside careers in veterinary medicine? You can check out the day in the life of a “street vet” and veterinary technician, and also learn about the training you’ll need if you’re considering a career in veterinary medicine.
HarPURR's Journey
HarPURR the paraplegic kitty teaches everyone he meets about resilience, the ability to be happy again after something hard happens. Watch HarPURR use his cart, and meet the dog who befriended him as a kitten in this heartwarming video from AlaskasKAATs and The Dodo.
Jenna says, 'Adopt a Rat!'
Our Humane Hero Jenna Repich and her family love rats and mice. In this production from Lollypop Farm, they help show how these small but mighty animals make perfect pets.
You can Be Fear Free®
Do you want to try Fear Free training with your pet or another animal? Check out “Happy Cat?” and “Happy Dog?” Learn how pets “talk” to you with their bodies. See how you can show them they have nothing to fear, and practice Fear Free at home!
Explore the world with Sy Montgomery!
Rwanda, French Guiana, and Borneo. These are just a few of the places author and naturalist Sy Montgomery visited to meet the animals of her dreams. She became friends with gorillas and emus and an octopus to name a few! Scroll down to “The Voyages of Sy Montgomery” to view an interactive map of Sy’s travels and click on a critter to learn more.
Girl Scout Troop 42017 helps the Humane Rescue Alliance!
Girl Scout Troop 42017 helped people and pets at the Humane Rescue Alliance by making blankets for shelter pets, collecting towels to donate, and preparing bags of pet food for the HRA’s Pet Pantry. Read more about Troop 42017 in the January/February 2024 issue of Kind News magazine!
Helping a pet pantry, together!
Troop 42017 explains step-by-step how they made donations of cat and dog food for the Humane Rescue Alliance, helping pets and their people who use the HRA’s pet pantry! Do you want to start a group that helps animals or people? Check out our club planning tips to see how you and your friends can get started!
Learning to be kind to animals has never been so fun!
Are you a kid looking for fun ways to learn about animals and help them? We have lots of ideas, like joining our Junior Advisory Board or watching videos about animals on our RedRover Reporters YouTube channel! Ask your parent if you can subscribe to the magazine or learn more!
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Ways to
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Coloring Pages & Activities
It’s the year 2050; the Earth has mysteriously become a dreadful, unkind place full of angry, lonely people and animals wandering the streets with no homes. Raja, a warrior from another world, has been sent on a mission… But his fate takes a sudden turn when he becomes compelled to help a lonely Earth boy, AJ. The only problem? Once Raja arrives on Earth, he discovers that he’s been transformed from a brave warrior into a domestic — and fearful — Earth cat!
