Amanda Nuzum and Shelly, the tortoise
As a teenager, Amanda Nuzum loved her sulcata tortoise, Daisy. After high school, she kept Daisy, but she was busy, working three jobs. To her dismay, she had to give [...]
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Posted April 05, 2023in People & Pets
Posted March 01, 2023in People & Pets
Award-winning corgis
Walking into Shirley Harder’s home, friendly corgis clamor for attention, almost saying, “Look at me! See how wonderful I am? Here’s my toy — when can we play?” Meanwhile, two [...]
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Posted February 01, 2023in People & Pets
Kernel comforts
Zac Fox and his wife, Lindsay, have fostered dozens of rescue dogs the past 10 years, dutifully finding them forever homes. But after a decade, they needed a break, as [...]
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Posted January 04, 2023in People & Pets
Trio of dogs
An abandoned street dog, a dog with two broken legs, and another dog weighing only 7 pounds all found love and healing with their new owners. Sarah Jennings and Kristen [...]
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Posted November 30, 2022in People & Pets
Brian Connolly and his axolotls
When Brian Connolly was a young boy, his parents raised exotic animals, including a monkey, an ostrich and an emu. So it was only fitting he has axolotls as pets. [...]
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Posted November 02, 2022in People & Pets
Flash for mental health
The Flash is a sci-fi superhero who is a courageous character in comic book life. Flash is also a German shepherd owned by Eleanor Vestal — and he is her [...]
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Posted October 05, 2022in People & Pets
Cuteness overload
One Thursday evening at the Valley Junction farmers market in West Des Moines, people of all ages circled around two balls of curly fur with wagging tails. As I clamored [...]
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Posted August 31, 2022in People & Pets
Snakes and cats coexist
As Hades pounces on Shade, he seems mildly annoyed at the kitten’s antics. Meanwhile, Dresden avoids the spectacle, as he’s had his own tussles with Shade in the past. Regardless [...]
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Posted August 03, 2022in People & Pets
Homeschooled corgi
Jennie Bailey and her family once had 13 pets in their home, including a hedgehog, chameleon and a gerbil. Today, they are down to just three pets — a Pembroke [...]
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Posted July 06, 2022in People & Pets
Black diamond stingray
As other fish enthusiasts fill their tanks with colorful orange clown fish or blue bettas, Alex Meyer’s fish tank is a stark opposite. Inside his freshwater tank lives a black [...]
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