Humane SocietyThe Humane Society of Eastern Carolina's Pet of the Week is Joe, a small, young male Jack Russell terrier. All animals are spayed or neutered or come with spay or neuter certificates.

There is no way to get around the fact that safe cats are indoor cats. Here are some convincing reasons for keeping feline pets inside the house.

LUMBERTON - Crystal Tendziegloski named her two kittens Summer and Storm because they were born during a July downpour. But the names are apt for other reasons. The kittens, whose mother was found pregnant and emaciated at a county trash dump, have weathered some turbulent times since their birth.

Isabella is an 8-month-old female white, orange and black calico domestic medium hair. Lincoln is a 14-month-old female gray, brown and rust Bengal mix.

Hope is a 1-12 year old female Lab mix. She was recently rescued from an extremely neglectful situation, where she was left tied up outside without adequate shelter, food or water. Hope was very malnourished when we got her, but she is getting better every day.

The blame game is in full swing amidst the upper echelons of Mithril over the near-catastroph e that was the Cross-Yangtze River incident, but at least the traitorous Vincent Bruno has been located at an Italian mafia stronghold.

OSWEGO, NY - Blue survived the summer, thanks to the kindness of strangers in the Burleigh Terrace neighborhood in Fulton. Everyone thought he was too wild to ever come in from the cold.