If you’re considering filing a personal injury lawsuit—or even if you just want to see your medical records—you have a right to request them and receive them without having to pay exorbitant fees to the doctor, hospital, or any other third-party service. Unfortunately, there are…
As a federal prosecutor in New York, I saw far too much gun violence. In 2016, ABC News reported on a sobering fact: active shooter incidents continue to rise in America. According to the FBI, there were 20 active shooter incidents in both 2014 and…
Losing a baby is something most parents don’t even want to think about. Unfortunately, it happens more often than we’d like to believe. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) states that in 2014, there were about 23,215 infant deaths in the U.S., caused…
The National Geographic states that 2017 hurricane season was the most expensive in U.S. history. Major storms, including Harvey, Maria, and Irma, caused unprecedented damage. In addition to all the human suffering, these storms also created a deluge of lost and abandoned pets. Even though…
The Smithsonian Magazine reported in 2015 that “America Has a Tiger Problem and No One’s Sure How to Solve It.” They noted that there are more captive tigers in the U.S. than there are wild tigers on the earth, estimating about 5,000 in captivity, though…
The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV) states that on average, nearly 20 people per minute are abused by an intimate partner in the United States, adding up to more than 10 million women and men. One in three women and one in four men…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) states that each year, about 20,000 women in the U.S. are diagnosed with ovarian cancer. It is the tenth most common cancer among women, and the fifth leading cause of cancer death. Though the cancer is rare—affecting…
Despite a number of advances in animal and pet care, animal abuse still takes place all over the country. Cruelty and neglect occur across all social and economic boundaries, with the most common victims being dogs, cats, horses, and livestock. Based on pet-abuse.com’s 2011 digest,…
Estimates are that worldwide, 44 million people are living with Alzheimer’s disease or a similar form of dementia. In the U.S., about 5.5 million people have the disease, and of these, 200,000 have the early-onset form of it. Unfortunately, data from the National Institute on…
They say that sharing interests helps keep couples together. Turns out that it can also bring people together. Back in 2012, Nick Ferraro was running a pet boarding and training facility called “South Hills Pet Resort,” when a lady named Ashley Rittle came in for…
