Alice lie in her bed alone, except for the quiet mass of fur with soft, round eyes of coal lying along side her body. This was her support and companionship to shadow her last days. Jasper was never demanding, yet totally present and focused on her every move. Unconditional love at its finest - the beauty and lessons from our furry friends. We saw this often with our hospice patients. Sometimes pets were an integral part of the patient's emotional support team, and sometimes, the beloved pet was the sole emotional support team. What was also happening was an incredible angst was developing as some patients came closer to dying. What would happen to their beloved pet? Would they be loved and cared for by other family members who with loving intention transitioned them into their households? Often the patient's pets were older and the transitioning families were young and already had a household of pets. And then, the greatest fear of some patients was their beloved pet would end up at a shelter feeling completely abandoned by them, or even worse, end up in an abusive or neglectful household.

One day, Alice, with Jasper at her side, called us in unexpectedly and asked us to set up euthanasia for Jasper within minutes after she would pass away. Jasper was not ill, but Alice's fear was overwhelming her. We tried to talk her out of it, as this lovely devoted friend still had many years of life in him. But in complete honesty, we could not guarantee Alice an outcome on her pet. A community veterinarian was contacted and agreed to hear her wishes. Boxer Puppies For Sale Ft Smith ArHe came out of her room teary eyed, but understood her fears and that her decision was based on her love for Jasper. Lenovo T61 Laptop BagAll the staff were feeling helpless to change the outcome, but our households were already brimming full with our own pets. Mass Air Flow Sensor Cleaning Ford Expedition

What could we possibly offer Alice as a solution for Jasper? From this angst, Safe Place for Pets was born. It would be a safe place for our patient's beloved pets and would be established with resources from PPHPC and the community. As always, our pet friendly community said yes, how can we help? All Breed Rescue, Humane Society of Pikes Peak Region, Junior League of CS, and veterinarians from the community offered assistance in this new arena for us. A new non profit was establish with wonderful community support. The rest is history, a glorious history. We never looked back, as this was now our new promise to our patients. We love your pets, as though they are our own. We will honor you, and your wishes, by promising you that we will follow through by placing your beloved pet in only the most loving, caring, life long homes. We have honored that promise made long ago, because of the outstanding individuals who volunteer their time with commitment and love, both for the wonderful pets and the patient's who have come our way.

Footnote: Jasper was placed in a loving home and Alice passed away knowing this. Welcome to our adoption pages! We hope you see some homeless pets that you simply must meet in person! Check back often, as our pages are updated every hour. Keep in mind that you may see an animal that is already in the adoption process, so please be open-hearted to falling in love with another pet that needs a home. Learn more about our pet adoption process Learn more about our equine adoption process Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, Auburn University Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida Mary Cross, Practice Manager Animal Care Specialist Certificate, Ashworth University Veterinary Technology, St. Petersburg College Annabel, Certified Veterinary Technician Bachelor of Science, Medaille College Student at University of Central Florida Marlene, Groomer and Kennel Assistantis a creator of plays, poems, and stories. Her plays have been seen throughout New York City.

Her poetry and prose have been published in various literary journals, including Burning Word and McSweeney's Internet Tendency. Elisa lives in Massachusetts, where she is currently hard at work on her first novel. is a Nigerian writer, a lover of arts and a welder of words. He's an alumnus of 2015 Ake fiction writing workshop, his poems are published/forthcoming in Kalahari Review, Praxis magazine, Tuck magazine, Atlas poetica, African Writer and elsewhere. is a writer based in New Delhi, India. He hails from Silchar, Assam. His first volume of poetry, For the Love of Pork, was published from Les Editions du Zaporogue, Denmark in January 2016.  is lazy, a day dreamer and a habitual procrastinator. When she is not reading, she is writing and vice versa. When she is doing neither, she is teaching English literature to a bunch of thoroughly disinterested students. Whenever she can steal time, she escapes to the hills of North Bengal. She currently lives and writes from Calcutta. is a writer, essayist and occasional photographer.

He also serves as an Assistant Editor and Social Media Associate with Afridiaspora Webzine. A recipient of the Ake Festival Master class for Creative Short Fiction certificate in 2013 and a Writivism Creative Writing Workshop Alumni for 2014 and 2015. Tolu Daniel 's works have been featured in the Muwado Hub, the African Writer, Saraba Magazine, Afridiaspora, Waza Africa just to mention a few. He lives in Abeokuta and can be found on twitter via @iamToluDaniel. He is currently working on his first novel.Michelle D’costa is an Indian writer and bibliophile, born and raised in Bahrain. She loves taking photographs of places. Her photos are of a children's amusement park in Bahrain at 2.30 pm when the rides are closed. /is a writer living in The Bahamas. More of her work can be found in PANK, Tongues of the Ocean and at . She can be contacted at . teaches at Fayetteville State University, The Poetry Barn, and the Eckleburg Workshops.  She is the author of Humbug: A Neo-Victorian Fantasy in Verse, which was released by Misty Publications in 2013.

Hammack's poetry can be found in Menacing Hedge, Gargoyle Magazine, A capella Zoo, Rhino, Mudlark, Arsenic Lobster, The Golden Key, Life and Legends, and Bone Bouquet.  Her current project is a collection of short stories, based on the Pendle witchcraft trials of 1612.  Already published selections include “Afflicted by Spirits” (in a previous issue of Elsewhere Lit) and “Alisoun Device and the Black Dog” (in Papercuts). A third story is forthcoming in a special issue on “Folk,” compiled by Anthropoid: The Collective. Hammack edits Glint Literary Journal, which will release its seventh issue in fall 2016. ()  is an award winning poet and playwright. She was the first woman to win the coveted Stewart Parker Award for Best New Play in 1992 with her play 'Howling Moons, Sons'. Other plays include 'Dreamframe', 'A Moving Destiny', 'Ghost Acreage at Vixen Time,' 'Borrowed Days' and 'Golden Moon.' 'Howling Moons, Silent Sons' was published by New Island Books in 'Fishamble Pigsback first plays' in 2002.

She was shortlisted for The Patrick  Kavanagh Award in 2010, and won the Listowel Poetry Collection Prize in 2011. New Island Books published The Language of Coats in 2012, her first collection of poetry. New poems have been published by Abridged, Deep Water Literary Journal, Boyne Berries, The Lake, The Bombay Review, Three Drops From A Cauldron, The Screech Owl, The Derry Post, The Donegal Collection and s.w.collective. You can listen to her read some of her poems by clicking on the Youtube link on She blogs at . She has been the judge of the Children's Poetry Competition for North West Words for the past three years. She is delighted to be appearing in Else Where. is the author of Dancing in the Baron’s Shadow, a debut novel recently mentioned in The Root’s list of Books by Black Authors To Look Out For in 2016. Her fiction, non-fiction and poetry have been featured in The Master’s Review, Grist Journal, Damselfly, Hinchas de Poesia, Off the Coast Journal and The Caribbean Writer, as well as in Eight Miami Poets, a Jai-Alai Books poetry anthology.

She lives in Miami.works nationally and internationally in theater for young audiences with an emphasis on new play development and networking. He tells stories on stages as producer of new plays, and tells stories in writing with lineated poems, prose poems, creative non-fiction, flash fiction, haiku, haibun, and microfiction, with work appearing or forthcoming in print and on-line in journals including The Journal of Compressed Creative Arts, Red Paint Hill, Elsewhere, Frogpond, Mudlark, and Counterexample Poetics. He is fond of avant-garde jazz, murder mysteries, contemporary poetry, and travel, and lives in Alexandria, VA, with his bride, two Maine Coon cats, and a Tibetan Terrier named Finn. www [dot] kimpeterkovac [dot] tumblr [dot] com is a weekend writer that works for an architecture firm. She holds a Master's degree in Art History, where she studied architecture zines and urban planning. She is also the audio archivist for a Brooklyn-based arts radio station. Her work has been published in numerous print and digital literary journals, including;

491, Spillway, Eunoia Review, Futures Trading, The Bicycle Review, Lone Star Poetry Magazine, and Belleville Park Pages. is a poet currently in conversation with biomedicine, inheritance and her particular brand of transnational baggage. Her work has been featured and is forthcoming in Hard Food, Puerto Del Sol, Elsewhere, Cecile's Writers, Bone Banquet and other delights. She co-edits the digital space Diaspora Drama and has been shortlisted for the 2016 Brunel African Poetry Prize and Plough Prize.  Laugh with her @ruffneckrefugee. is widely published in several countries, prestigious anthologies included Men In The Company of Women, Penn International MK etc and featured in various radio programs in Canada and USA and collaborated with photographers for an exhibition at Venice and with performers for several audio publications . He is a lawyer and an English teacher presently living at Kolkata and writing poetry, fictions and sketching for an art-poem book. He authored, The Circus Came To My Island (Spare Change Press, Ohio) and A Place For Your Ghost Animals (Ripple Effect Publications, Colorado Springs) and his forthcoming book is Herding My Thoughts To The Slaughterhouse.

is into tokusatsu, witchcraft and comics, amongst other things. He writes from the San Francisco Bay area.  fiction has appeared in The Caravan, Daily News & Analysis, BL Ink, and numerous others; poetry has appeared in Vayavya. His first novel, Neon Noon, is due in July 2016. is a young Nigerian who uses poetry as a handy tool to hide his frustration with the society. He is currently a youth corps member serving in Benue state, Nigeria.Katie Toth is an alumna of Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism and she has contributed to National Public Radio, the Village Voice and VICE Canada. You can find her on Twitter at @kat_toth. is an economist and social researcher based in Lagos, Nigeria. His works have appeared or are forthcoming at The Bond Street Review, Indiana Voice Journal, Jawline Review, Jalada, Ink, Sweat & Tears, Chiron Review, Asian Signature, Ann Arbor Review, Yellow Chair Review, Bombay Review, Snapdragon: a journal of art & healing, The Cadaverine, Souvenir literary journal, Birmingham Arts Journal, Sentinel Quarterly & various literary outlets.