PETA official takes issue with column
Re: “PETA: Does a Bavarian spit in the Black Forest?” (Dec. 15), the issue with using anti-animal idioms such as “bring home the bacon”...
For The Madera Tribune
Dec 19, 2018
Shelter adoption fees halved for holidays
Adoption fees have been reduced by half at the Madera County animal shelter in an effort to get all the animals a new home for the...
DJ Becker
Dec 5, 2018


Shelter to host shot clinic
DJ Becker/The Madera Tribune Carrie Tuttle, left, an FMAS board member and long time volunteer, writes a free pit bull spay/neuter...
DJ Becker
Nov 28, 2018


Dennis the tuxedo cat takes over a household
Nancy Simpson/The Madera Tribune Here is Dennis, showing he is a cool cat during a National Night Out get together at the Simpson...
Nancy Simpson
Nov 17, 2018


Supes vote for $100k to support animal shelter
Wendy Alexander/Madera Tribune File Photo Bradley Flores, and Madera County Animal Shelter Director Kirsten Gross, hold animals at the...
DJ Becker
Sep 15, 2018
‘Evil’ by any other name
Dear editor Chuck, Between reports on the antics of your landlord, that ill-tempered cat, and Fresno State’s Randa Jarrar, I see a sharp...
For The Madera Tribune
Aug 1, 2018
Rabid brown bat is found
A small brown bat found in a backyard on Evergreen Drive off Crane Valley Road (Road 426) has tested positive for rabies, an often fatal...
DJ Becker
Jul 28, 2018


Animals in dire conditions seized
For The Madera Tribune Many small Chihuahua-mix dogs pant without water in 111-degree heat, while stacked in 2-by-3-foot crates inside...
DJ Becker
Jul 28, 2018









