Inner Nature: Chocolate — food or poison?
By Vidja Rajan, Columnist, The Times
Easter, with its egg hunts and chocolate eggs, is past. With the current school closures and social distancing, the kids are bouncing off the walls already, and don’t need any further stimulation. It’s time to get rid of the chocolate. But the reliable excess food disposal unit, aka Man’s Best Friend, is forbidden from gormandizing Godivas.
Why so?
In...
BVSPCA assists dogs rescued from Korean dog meat farm
Bella, one of three dogs rescued from a Korean dog meat farm, will be available for adoption this Friday.
WEST CHESTER — The Brandywine Valley SPCA (BVSPCA) announced today that it received three dogs on Saturday that had been rescued from a South Korean dog meat farm. These dogs spent their lives confined in cages, with little access to adequate food and water, and no veterinary care, and now...
Chesco SPCA says changes saving animal lives
Less animals being surrendered, more adoptions
WEST CHESTER — The Chester County SPCA (CCSPCA) has announced that the shelter achieved a 90% live release rate during the month of November. This is a particularly notable achievement because the CCSPCA is the only open admissions shelter for both Chester and Delaware Counties.
This high live release rate is attributable to significant changes...
