A new charity fundraiser is calling for pet owners to submit pictures of their furry friends for a chance to be featured on limited-edition beer cans.
The Animal Welfare League of Arlington is teaming up with The Board Room brewery in Lyon Park to host a pet photo competition. Through Monday, June 30, the Rescue Brew Pet Photo Contest will accept pictures in the categories of cats, dogs and other “small companions.”
As plenty of former federal workers are likely feeling down, a local animal rescue organization wants to help lift some spirits.
Lucky Dog Animal Rescue — a regional nonprofit based along Langston Blvd in Arlington’s Yorktown neighborhood — is asking out-of-work federal employees to consider fostering a cat or dog.
Get ready for a new mouse infestation — in your heart.
Adorable hand-tamed mice Tina Turner and Whitney Houston will always love you and are looking to go to a new home together.
A special Christmas visitor at an Arlington home last week is causing quite a hoot on social media.
In Santa-like fashion, a barred owl welcomed itself into Savannah and Jason Burgoyne’s Donaldson Run home through the chimney on Wednesday night. To the delight of the couple’s daughters, it proceeded to perch atop their Christmas tree, knocking over the star.
An animal advocacy group is offering a reward for information after a dog succumbed to injuries last week in Arlington.
The Animal Welfare League of Arlington responded around 8 p.m. Wednesday to a report of a dog in critical condition near the intersection of 14th Street S. and S. Walter Reed Drive, a few blocks south of Columbia Pike.
Through kindness and painting, a local teenage artist is giving some of Arlington’s shelter pets a helping hand.
Keira Cheng, 17, is a volunteer artist for Lucky Dog Animal Rescue at 5159 Langston Blvd. The Woodson High School student has been creating portraits of the rescue’s resident cats and dogs since summer 2023, all the while advocating for their adoption via social media.
A dog with bomb-sniffing capabilities has joined the Arlington County Sheriff’s Office’s K9 team.
Weaver, a 1.5-year old Labrador retriever, is tasked with ensuring the safety of the Courthouse neighborhood and surrounding areas.
There’s a new sheriff’s dog in town.
Hope, a yellow Labrador retriever puppy, will serve as a “wellness dog” in the Arlington County Sheriff’s Office’s K9 unit.
Amazon’s blowout Q1 earnings are not the only cause for celebration at HQ2.
The Pentagon City office complex will also get some special outdoor guests, starting this week: live alpacas. The South American camelid mammals will be outside of Peruvian Brothers (1450 S. Eads Street) from 4-6 p.m. Friday for the restaurant’s first Alpaca Happy Hour.
Rep. Don Beyer is standing up for donkeys everywhere and trying to save their hides.
Last Tuesday, the Congressman re-introduced legislation that would effectively ban the sale and trade of donkey-hide gelatin, otherwise known as ejiao.
A new pet urgent care is hoping to open this weekend in Buckingham.
Urgent Animal Care of Arlington at 249 N. Glebe Road hopes to start caring for furry best friends by the weekend, per co-owner Kayleen Gloor. The business claims it’s the first “sole dedicated [animal] urgent care in any capacity within Arlington,” though others like Bond Vet in Clarendon bill themselves as combination urgent and primary care for pets.
Both Loyal Companion pet stores in Arlington are closing within a few weeks.
Parent company Independent Pet Partners announced it was filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy earlier this week and is planning to shutter all of its stores outside of Colorado, Kansas, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Illinois by the end of the month.
