Updates from Petey's Promise

1.) Adopting in Haste – Adopting a new cat should be for keeps, so consider carefully before you make that decision.
2.) Failure to Spay or Neuter a New Cat – The overwhelming cat population problem society faces is reason alone to spay and neuter. Add the medical problems averted by S/N and there is no [...]

SWITCH to cage-free or free-range eggs.
REDUCE animal products in your diet by eating more fruits, vegetables, and legumes.
SAVE money (and animals!) by using an egg substitute. Once 16-ounce box of egg replacer costs about $6 and equals about 100 eggs.
ADOPT a “Meat-Free Sunday” or another tradition to incorporate humane eating at your dinner table.
KNOW your [...]

With the help of two great volunteers (Suzy and Toby) Sara and I were able to hold an open food pick up at our office on Saturday, January 16th. We had no inkling of an idea going in that morning we would be able to help feed over 200 animals in the span of just a little over [...]

So this post doesn’t contain photos of pets dressed in their Halloween costumes like you can see here, here and here, but shows creative pumpkin carvers and the dogs they were inspired by. Enjoy!

The Humane Society of Charlotte offers a free spay/neuter program to those who are income eligible.  If you, or know anyone, who receives Unemployment Insurance, Social Security, Medicaid, Medicare, Food Stamps, AFDC, Free School Lunch, or falls within the government’s poverty guidelines, two free surgeries are available.  This includes FeLV/FIV testing for cats, heartworm testing [...]

Here is the second installment of pets in their Halloween costumes. Want to see our first post? Click here.
Want to add your pet to our website? Send a photo and your pet’s info to peteyspromise@gmail.com.
Have an email of pets in costumes that we don’t have? Forward that to us too!

It’s that time of year again: the air is getting cooler, the leaves are turning colors, all the Jack-O-Lanterns have been placed on doorsteps and spiderwebs in the trees. Oh yea – and the hundreds of emails showing pets in their Halloween costumes are being forwarded around the world! Below is a collection of photos [...]

October is always a busy month with Fall Festivals, the NASCAR races at “home” in Concord, NC, and Halloween. However, this year we are going to be even busier with many exciting events coming up.
First, October 14th, from 11am-7pm Petey’s Promise has been invited to participate in the Greg Biffle Foundation Day at Roush-Fenway Racing. [...]

Well, as Sara reminded me last week, it has been a “Hot Minute” since the last time I blogged. Luckily, it hasn’t been due to a lack of great things to tell you, just a lack of time.
If you haven’t heard, NHRA Top Fuel driver, Cory McClenathan and Funny Car driver, Jack Beckman, are both [...]