Watch CBS Videos Online Check out this amazing video from CBS News about an unusual friendship between a dog and an elephant. (Sniff!)

The Winnipeg Humane Society, a Petfinder member in Canada (yes, we do have rescue groups in Canada, as well as Mexico, posting their pets on Petfinder!) has some labradoodle puppies for the Obamas. According to AFP: The Winnipeg Humane Society helped police break up an illegal puppy mill in the …

Officials in the California city of Lancaster have adopted an ordinance that requires, among other things, all pit bulls, rottweilers and pit and rottie mixes to be spayed or neutered (read the L.A. Times article here). This is breed-specific legislation, to be sure, but is it perhaps not a bad …

Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy Petfinder’s own Kim Saunders was on Sunday’s episode of the TODAY show talking about things to consider before adopting a dog (for more great tips on that subject, check out our new book, the Adopted Dog Bible). Also …

Photo (c) Dogfessions.com Studies show expense is one of the top five reasons people give up their pets to shelters. And these days, with the economy in such a bad state, pets are being hit hard. But there are lots of ways to fit Fido and Fluffy into the budget …

Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy Check out this great clip from this morning’s episode of the TODAY show, featuring our own VP of shelter outreach, Kim Saunders, and Petfinder member Mt. Pleasant Animal Shelter in East Hanover, NJ. I love that this clip …

One adopter, Christine in West Wareham, MA, was moved by Tuesday’s historic Presidential inauguration to send in this touching Happy Tail: Nola, happy and healthy today Today is January 20, 2009, inauguration day for Barack Obama. While a great deal of lucky folks are witnessing history in DC, I am …

Pearl, from the movie Hotel for Dogs, was adopted by a crew member (photo from BestFriends.org). Anyone who thinks you can’t get an A-list dog from a shelter or rescue group hasn’t been to the movies lately. As Julia Szabo points out in her New York Post column, the star …

A pet skunk (pic from skunk-info.org) Skunks can be actors, too. One of our Petfinder members, Skunk Haven, Inc., in North Ridgeville, OH, and its founder, Deborah Cipriani, will be featured in the new PBS Nature documentary, Is That Skunk? One of Deborah’s rescues, Monk, will portray the skunk on …

President-elect Obama, with a rescued puppy mill dog, in a photo from the book A Rare Breed of Love The Obama family is making the transition to First Family, and we all know what’s next: getting that new First Dog. We’re so happy for daughters Malia, 10, and Sasha, 7, …