When Mariah posted about her three rescue dogs in a Facebook group, including her two Bahamian “Potcakes” (which will be explained below), I knew I had to feature her pack in a Street Tails post. I once worked as a prospect researcher for a conservation non-profit in New[...]
This month’s Street Tails is a bit different from the rest. In this edition, I stray from the usual interview-style format in order to tell the story of Álvaro Múnera, a former bullfighter from Medellín, Colombia turned animal rights activist. After a bull tossed him into the air twice[...]
We met Jeanny, Chad, and Coba on the Animal Travelers Facebook group. We all happened to be in Cusco, Peru at the same time, asking the group whether it is possible to visit Machu Picchu with a dog (it is and it isn’t. You can read the post I wrote to learn more.). I[...]
I met Travis through Instagram after I published our first Street Tails series. He reached out to tell me that he had once rescued a street dog in Mexico while on a trip with his father in 2000. I asked him for more details and he sent me a heartwarming blog post he had written about[...]
Meet Laura, Reza & Pacha I met Laura Irwin, Reza Noori and their pooch, Pacha (which means Earth in the indigenous language, Quechua) of Fifty7 Degrees South on Instagram, and we quickly connected over two things: 1) We’re both cycle touring South America, and 2) Laura and[...]
I met Emily Lagasse and Fenway (virtually) when they participated in #bikewithyourdogday by providing winners bags of Fedwell, the best healthy natural petfood you can find, that Emily would eat herself. She started the company after returning home from her Peace Corps service in Togo[...]
After helping Flavia adopt Tupac (read their story below!) we decided to start a series on the blog called Street Tails. Street Tails will tell the story of street animal rescues from around the world. If you’ve been following us for awhile, you know how much we love the street[...]
