Pets in Need of Homes

Pets in Need of Homes: Big Papa and Buster White

These pets at the Center for Animal Health and Welfare in Williams Township need new homes.

Note: In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, the Center for Animal Health and Welfare is especially in need of donations. BIG PAPA Big Papa came to the center as a stray in the summer of 2012. Big Papa is up to date on shots, neutered, litter-trained and microchipped. He is big, friendly, gorgeous and in need of a forever home. BUSTER WHITE Buster White had a home but his owner passed away. This nine-year-old fella is social and looking for a family to spend his senior years with. He doesn't mind other dogs or cats and is ready for family now.

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Pets in Need of Homes: Aztec, Mayan and Sirrom

These cute pets from the Center for Animal Health and Welfare in Williams Township need new homes.

Pet profiles are provided on a weekly basis by the Center for Animal Health and Welfare, 1165 Island Park Road, Easton, PA 18042. Visit the center's website or call 610-252-7722 for more information about adopting a shelter pet. AZTEC AND MAYAN Aztec and Mayan are female American bulldog/pit bull terrier mixes who came in together from the Palmer Police Department's holding pen. They weren't found together, but they were housed near each other and became friends. They are very sweet and like other dogs. They are ready for a forever home (and can be adopted separately). Mayan is about 3 and Aztec is about a year old. SIRROM This cute little guy is in need of a loving home! He is up to date on shots, litter-trained, neutered, microchipped …

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Fees Drove Wedge Between Animal Shelter and City

Until recently, Bethlehem paid only $40 to bring stray dogs to Williams Township shelter, but shelter officials say that doesn't nearly cover the expense of caring for the animals.

  A few days ago, a Good Samaritan turned up at the Center for Animal Health & Welfare in Williams Township with a cardboard box filled with 12 kittens that had been found abandoned on the Sand Island towpath. The box had been taped shut. Even the handle holes in the box had been taped closed to keep the kittens from escaping, said Wendy Benedict, the vice president of Northampton County’s largest animal shelter. Incidents like it are not all that unusual, according to shelter officials. Nary a morning comes when someone hasn’t stopped by overnight to tie an unwanted dog to a bench or pole on the shelter’s grounds or left one to run loose, Benedict said. Every morning, the shelter manager walks the grounds to look for animals that have …

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