Lending A Paw: Central Arkansas Pet Partners Provides Animal-Assisted Intervention in Stressful Situations Little Rock attorney Allan Gates, the president of Central Arkansas Pet Partners, never expected to become a volunteer doing hospice work. “It doesn’t sound like what you do for fun,” Gates says. “But I ended up shadowing Merry Zakrzewski while…
The Bald Eagle Comeback: Mysterious ‘90s Eagle Deaths in Arkansas Provide Important Lesson Regarding Invasive Species The majestic bald eagle has been the national bird of the U.S. since 1782, just six years after the country’s founding. Back in the 1990s, bald eagles were endangered, and there was particular concern about the mysterious deaths of a large…
‘Misfit’ Goes Hollywood: Former Eurekan Bayou Bennett Making Filmmaking Dreams Come True Lots of little girls enjoy dressing up and acting like a character in a film. Few grow up to be successful filmmakers in Hollywood like Bayou Bennett, who was raised in Eureka Springs and was about 7 years old when she and…
