The Velvet Snoot

Pits for Patriots had their first annual Harley Davidson Ride today in Woodstock, Illiniois. We were happy to be there as a vendor and show our support for the Veterans AND Bully breeds! Great people, great weather and great mucic made this a successful day. Thanks to Nina for inviting TheVelvetSnoot.com and thanks to Kelly [...]

Update from Haiti: Puppies in the Rubble Save & Rescue Animals in Haiti IFAW Emergency Relief members are still on the ground in Haiti, working with the Animal Rescue Coalition for Haiti (ARCH). The ARCH team is providing immediate care for injured and undernourished animals, while developing a comprehensive plan to keep Haiti’s animals healthy [...]

In other warming-threatened pinniped news, last Thursday the Center for Biological Diversity and Greenpeace filed suit against the National Marine Fisheries Service for failing to safeguard the ribbon seal under the Endangered Species Act. Scientific evidence makes it patently clear that the beautiful, strikingly patterned seal is threatened by global warming and the consequent loss [...]

Judge: Center Likely to Win Wolf Protection Case, But Wolves Can Be Killed Till Then This Tuesday, a federal judge gave us some very good news — and some very bad. The good: He agreed with the Center for Biological Diversity and allies that the feds likely shouldn’t have removed the northern Rocky Mountains gray [...]

Pacific Walrus Tooth-walks Toward Protection In response to a petition and lawsuit by the Center for Biological Diversity, this Tuesday the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced it’s evaluating the endangerment of the Pacific walrus. The blubbery, massive-tusked Arctic pinniped or “tooth-walking sea horse,” as its scientific name dubs it, is seriously threatened by oil [...]