Pasadena Humane Society hopes to help lucky black cats

Share: Since 2012, The Pasadena Humane Society and Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) has held the Lucky 13 black cat adoption on the 13th of every month. The event aims to increase adoptions of black or black spotted cats by discounting the cost of adoption and basic health services. The organization also hopes to dispel any myths or preconceptions about black cats, sometimes regarded as the “black cat syndrome”. “Black cats are the least likely to get adopted in shelters across the …

An annual day of remembrance: HIV and AIDS is still here

Share: For those of us who lived through the time when the media called it the “Gay Cancer,” who have lived through its terror, and who have been affected by the still present stigma associated with the disease, the existing ignorance on the prevention of the spread of HIV and AIDS, on the medical advances available, on the assistance that is available for those affected, and on the overwhelming numbers of worldwide infections, is still shocking. Follow: