WASCO CO. — A big charcoal pompom of a doodle is reviving the Wasco County therapy dog program, in partnership with Kimberly Hulke, Wasco County parole and probation officer and a member of the Mid-Columbia Interagency Peer Support Team.

THE DALLES – On June 8, Dog River Pet Supplies, located in Hood River, closed up shop to volunteer at the Columbia Gorge Humane Society, and put a fresh coat of paint to the shelter’s exterior.

WHITE SALMON — From cats to goats, Tina’s Animal Care is the newest licensed and insured pet care business in the Gorge.

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THE GORGE — Highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza, or bird flu, has been ripping through poultry flocks and dairy herds across the United Sta…

WASCO CO. — Dogs. Dogs at large, dogs gone missing, dogs barking, dogs whimpering, dogs stuck in too-hot cars, dogs chasing and biting humans …

HOOD RIVER — Riverside Community Church is going to the dogs. And cats, birds, chickens and guinea pigs.

While on an evening ride of Riverfront Trail last Thursday I witnessed the feeding of a half dozen of the many feral cats that live along the Trail east of Kiwanis Pocket Park and Klindt’s Cove. Dry cat food had been scattered in the gravel at a distance from the feeding site to lure 18 of the resident wild raccoons away so the feral cats could eat from plates and piles of dry and moist cat food undisturbed.