My Piglet’s So Cute, You Want One, Too? First, Add 100 Pounds and $100k.

Peppercorn the potbellied piglet, all 12 pounds of him, came into my life squealing one April afternoon about five years ago. He was skittish and jumpy, obstinate and forever hungry--and really, really tiny. It was love at first oink.

When the Wedding Favors Have Fins

White linens lined the tables, and Barbra Streisand's voice filled the air. The banquet hall oozed with love. We paid our respects to the bright-eyed newlyweds and took our seats. And that's when I first saw him. The glass vase, the centerpiece of it all, confined not flowers, but fins. There he swam, in endless circles, … Continue reading When the Wedding Favors Have Fins

Teddy - Wags 4 Hope - The Every Animal Project

This Shaggy Dog Beat Heartworms–Now the Art He Inspired Is Saving Others Like Him

(By Laura Lee Cascada / Photographs by Annie Blumenfeld) Meet Teddy. Four years ago, he bounded into Connecticut teen Annie Blumenfeld's life and changed it forever. Now, in 2016, Teddy spends his days watching chickens and roosters peck around the neighborhood, eagerly awaiting his next adventure with each walk and car ride. He lives a … Continue reading This Shaggy Dog Beat Heartworms–Now the Art He Inspired Is Saving Others Like Him