I like liberals but I'm not a cat.

" yet growing up in the south it was just kind of a casual thing."

Thanks! I'm active in the skeptic/feminist community so I purposely adopted two black cats (unrelated, they were born a month apart) and gave them lady-scientist names. I'm hopeful that little Hypatia doesn't meet the same fate as her namesake, however.

8 years ago in October a woman went to a flea market in Llano Texas where she saw 6 dogs. She came back the next day and there were only 3. Happy he had sold 3, she asked about the other 3.

These are my two furry roommates, Louie and Marley. Louie is the fat, orange tabby and Marley is the pretty lab mix. I've had Louie for pretty much my whole life-my parents got him for me at a garage sale when I was five and he's now reached the ripe old age of 20. He is such a lover, literally wants the all the pets…

Here's my rescue kitty, Cosmo!

My turn. It's Scout! Part foxhound part something else (greyhound possibly?)... all awesome.

Athena was found under a car with her newborn pups and taken to a Georgia kill shelter. Our local shelter here in Jersey has an arrangement with Georgia, and she and the pups were shipped up here, whereupon all the pups were adopted out, and our girl was left, waiting, in her crate. First dog I saw when I visited.…

My sister rescued a one eyed shih tzu too. We got a three legged rescue. Good dogs, those tzus.

Love this story! This is my rescue pup Maeby! She is so full of love and kisses all the time. She is just the BEST.

Here are my two beautiful girls:

My rescue doggie, Lo, and the child she happily tolerates. The dog is an angel. I once tearfully confessed to my boy that the dog was my soulmate—he just looked at me and said "I think she's mine too."

Indeed. This handsome gentleman was a rescue. He is ornery as hell but he is the sweetest guy I know.

Perfect opportunity to show off my rescue baby, Patrick

All hail the shelter kitties - This is James Tiberius Kirk tempting me into a belly scratch (This is a trap. It's always a trap)

Here is my rescue Pitmation. Meet the JOEBEARASARUS.

He rescued me.

Bodhi Sherman the rescue pup both approves of this post AND would like to follow in Emma's footsteps if his mom would just free up some time for agility training!

Roo McClanahan (yes...that's her name) is a rescue and while she doesn't have the motivation to compete at Westminster, she's "best in show" of my heart every night.

"I can flyyyyyyyy!"