News Archive

December 4, 2010

St. Louis PetLover Coalition appears at the St. Louis Holiday Magic Show

Members of the St. Louis PetLover Coalition participated in the first annual three-day St. Louis Holiday Magic Show, held Dec. 4-6 at America's Center.

Visitors were welcomed to the pet area called Purina Pet Pole where they could purchase pet items, as well as participate in the pet adoption process.

The event featured entertainment, cooking competitions, indoor rides and lots of unique shopping. More than 10,000 visitors attended the show which helped increase public awareness about the Coalition.

October 21, 2010

"Heffie's Help Line" A free resource for area pet owners and advocates

KSDK.com

June 29, 2010

Pet Lovers Band Together

Insights

May 1, 2010

For The Love Of Animals

St. Louis Commerce Magazine

March 1, 2010

Closing The Animal Control Center

St. Louis has made remarkable progress over the past few years in becoming a more pet-friendly city. That has meant acting on our resolution to treat all animals, beloved pets and ferals, humanely. Because of its age and obsolete design, the City's Animal Control Center is no longer able to provide humane care for stray animals. After consultation with its staff, I have decided to close the facility by summer, at the latest.

January 13, 2010

Pet Friendly St. Louis

The CVC has launched "Pet-Friendly St. Louis" section page on their website.

Kitty Ratcliffe, President of the CVC and St. Louis PetLover Coalition Community Leader Advisory Board member,was a guest on KSDK discussing the recent launch of the Pet-Friendly St. Louis website.

January 6, 2010

Consolidated St. Louis County animal shelter will end space woes

January 1, 2010

ST. LOUIS PETLOVER COALITION – ADD ONE

Nestlé Purina's Vice President of Animal Welfare, Betsy Cohen, said, "We had researched and spent time in other cities that have created these kinds of coalitions – Denver, Austin, New York, and others. And we saw the amazing things that happened when individual pet organizations came together to support each other and focus on their common goal: to save pets. "We wanted to see if we could make this work in St. Louis, too."