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The Au Sable River (/ ɔː ˈ s ɑː b əl / aw SAH-bəl) is a 138-mile-long (222 km) [2] river in the Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. Rising in the Northern Lower Peninsula , the river flows in a generally southeasterly direction to its mouth at Lake Huron at the communities of Au Sable and Oscoda .
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to preventing animal cruelty.Based in New York City since its inception in 1866, [4] the organization's mission is "to provide effective means for the prevention of cruelty to animals throughout the United States."
An animal shelter or pound is a place where stray, lost, abandoned or surrendered animals – mostly dogs and cats – are housed. The word "pound" has its origins in ...
Best Friends Animal Society, which has locations across the country and an extensive network of partner shelters, is offering people the chance to bring home a dog or cat for Valentine’s Day. It ...
Best Friends Animal Society is the largest no-kill shelter in the United States who adopts policies such as "Save Them All". [4] This shelter and many others strive to keep their animals as long as it takes to find them new homes. City shelters and government-funded shelters rarely have this policy because of the large number of animals they ...
Animal shelters often work closely with rescue groups, because shelters that have difficulty placing otherwise healthy and pet-worthy animals would usually rather have the animal placed in a home than euthanized; while shelters might run out of room, rescue groups can often find volunteers with space in their homes for temporary placement.
Ethics of animal-to-human transplants. Some people have ethical concerns with sacrificing pigs for people. "The kidney she received came at the cost of another’s life," said Alka Chandna, vice ...
The new city had a population of 4,828 at the 1890 census, while Au Sable Township remained sparsely populated and only had a population of 170. Along with neighboring Oscoda, the area became part of the thriving lumber region. After the lumber industry declined, the population dwindled, and Au Sable and Oscoda suffered a devastating fire in 1911.