TulsaPets Magazine September 2021

4 TulsaPets • September/October 2021 D o you love monarch butterflies? Then don’t miss the annual Monarchs on the Mountain event planned for September 18 at Turkey Mountain. You can learn all about the monarchs and how to plan your own butterfly garden, butterfly tagging, and more! The event will include many vendors and is a family-friendly educational day. Ultrasound in older dogs has proved to be a most beneficial diagnostic tool, and Nancy Gallimore explains more about how this procedure helps to reveal early evidence of disease. In many cases, it can be lifesaving. It’s worthwhile to explore this valuable method to help our pets. Anything about kids and pets is a treat, and we’ve included a great article by Lauren Cavagnolo about members of a local Girl Scout troop who built and refurbished doghouses for Unchain OK. Check it out on page 16! How about some vulture culture? Kim Doner gives us some little- known facts about these birds and how important they are to our food chain. I’ve never given much thought to vultures, quite honestly, but I’m glad to include this interesting and educational piece so we can all appreciate them. We all want a more humane world, especially in these troubled times, right? Heide Brandes writes about raising humane kids, which starts with humane animal treatment. She says teaching children from a young age to be compassionate to animals is the first step in teaching humanity to be compassionate to everyone and everything. It’s certainly a win-win! We thank you for picking up this current issue! We will offer holiday ornaments for sale to benefit local rescues in November, so keep on the lookout for more information on our Facebook page. All the best! Marilyn and Elmer TulsaPets Volume 15, Number 5 PUBLISHER Marilyn King 918.520.0611 mking@tulsapetsmagazine.com EDITOR Rowena Mills (918) 274-9251 hrmills444@yahoo.com CREATIVE DIRECTOR Amanda Watkins WEB MANAGER/AD SALES Steve Kirkpatrick 918.230.2493 steve@tulsapetsmagazine.com ADVERTISING SALES Marilyn King 918.520.0611 mking@tulsapetsmagazine.com Steve Kirkpatrick 918.230.2493 steve@tulsapetsmagazine.com Rosalie Childs 918.630.5775 rfchilds@me.com Rowena Mills (918) 274-9251 hrmills444@yahoo.com CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Heide Brandes Lauren Cavagnolo Kim Doner Nancy Gallimore Mary Green Anna Holton-Dean 918.520.0611 www.tulsapetsmagazine.com P.O. Box 14128 Tulsa, Oklahoma 74159-1128 ©2021 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced without the express written consent of the publisher. FROM THE PUBLISHER Elmer ON THE COVER Marley and Coco Photo by Cindy Alvarez, Snoots Pet Photography