Despite the challenges of the past 11 months, the pandemic has brought one silver lining: the demand for pets has increased dramatically. With the pandemic forcing people to stay home, many now have the time and capacity to take care of pets.
Last Chance Pet, a local organization, had its adoptions...
In 2013, junior Vedha Mahesh and her family adopted her dog, Waffles, from KenMar Rescue Center in LaCanada, California. Ever since then, they have had an amazing, unbreakable bond.
Pets have a great impact on people’s lives and can even change them for the better. “Although I adopted Waffles...
There are 70 million stray animals living in the United States right now—and according to the U.S. Humane Society, a mere six to eight million of them are brought into a shelter every year. These animals are most often put up for adoption as long as they are tame, and in the past few years, adoption...
Written by Stephy Jackson
I have a pretty big family. I live with seven animals; my twin, my two little sisters, my parents and, until he moved to college, my big brother. And one of the results of this living situation is that everyone in my family wanted a pet, or multiple pets of their own. That's...
Written by Shannon Yang
We often see geckos on television through the green gecko with the British accent portrayed in GEICO ads. Sophomore Jenna Kaplan has a gecko of her own—and she looks nothing like the GEICO Gecko. “The GEICO gecko’s green and spotted—not spotted, but splotchy,” Kaplan...
Compiled by Ariel Pan
The Oracle: What are the names of your bearded dragons?
Allen Su: One of them has a shorter tail because the other one bit off her tail. My brother and I were just like, let’s call one of them Short-tail and the other Long-tail, so that’s what they’ve been kind of called...
Compiled by Jennifer Gao
Q. Why do you have a pig? A. Pigs are incredibly intelligent animals and so I thought it would be really fun to own one. Also, they are really cute.
Q. What’s your story behind owning a pig? A. I had seen a ton of videos on Instagram of teacup pigs and they looked so adorable...
