In Valparaiso, Humane Indiana Wildlife's 10th annual Festival of Owls is Saturday, November 15, 2025, 9 am to 4 pm, at the Porter County Expo Center. The event features opportunities to meet owl ambassadors and attend expert talks, and includes a vendor marketplace with local artisans and nature-inspired goods. Activit...

In Hobart, the Hobart Humane Society says a country-themed fundraiser, Western Paw Down, will be held Saturday October 25, 2025. The event is from 5pm to 10pm with all proceeds to go The Humane Society of Hobart medical fund to help save animals who are injured or in need of life-saving measures.

Tickets are on sale for the Independent Cat Society's 2025 Black Cat Boogie Mewsquerade Ball. The event will be at the Purdue University Northwest - Westville, Indiana, campus on U.S. Highway 421 at the Dworkin Center Great Hall on Saturday October 25, 2025. Costumes encouraged (but not required) and the fundraiser fo...

In Porter County, a fundraiser in Chesterton will help out the Independent Cat Society (ICS). A Chili Cook off is happening Saturday October 18, 2025, 1pm - 3pm at Duneland Distillery on 8th Street in Chesterton, with a grand prize awarded for best costume. $20 entry fee includes sampling and voting; $5 sample all and ...

In La Porte County, Giant Paw Prints says their biggest event of the year is their Raise a WOOF Gala and will be held October 18, 2025. The all-volunteer nonprofit organization says proceeds go directly to helping their giant breed dogs. Ticket sales end October 7, 2025.

In LaPorte County, the Independent Cat Society (ICS) will be hosting their annual Aunt Kitty's Treasure and Trash Fall Yard Sale at the ICS Shelter on County Line Road in Westville, Indiana, October 4 and 5, 2025, from 9am to 4pm both days. The event will be filled with a variety of bargains, plus food and baked goods,...

In Texas, rescuers recently freed a toad who'd gotten stuck in a sprinkler access cover. In late August, Friends of The Colony Animal Services in The Colony, Texas, a city near Dallas, says the toad was apparently trying to get through a small hole in an access cover to the water sprinklers in the shelter's back yard. ...

In northwest Indiana, Humane Indiana's Paws in the Park is happening Saturday, September 20, 2025, from 9 am to 7 pm. The annual fundraising event will be at Community Park on Calumet Avenue in Munster and will include live music, vendors, food trucks, and more. Plus, there will be a one-mile dog-friendly walk through ...

In Westville, the Independent Cat Society's Summer Open House is Saturday August 23, 2025, 10am to 4 pm CT, and Sunday August 24, 2025, noon to 4pm CT, at their shelter. "Celebrate the summer with ICS with raffles, baked goods and, of course, lots of kittens! Hope to see mew there!" the nonprofit said. Here ...

There's a two-day fundraiser coming up to help the Independent Cat Society. The nonprofit is holding its annual Used Book Sale at the Moose Lodge in Valparaiso on Indiana Avenue, Saturday July 12, 2025, from 10am to 4 pm, and Sunday July 13, 2025, from 11am to 4pm. Cat toys, Independent Cat Society merchandise, and mor...