Jane Goodall and shelter dog at Rose Bowl Parade New Years Day

Happy New Year!  With our best wishes to you all for the coming year!  May it be full of wonderful adventures for you and your animal companions.

This is a nice way to start off the new year:

Jane Goodall was chosen to be the Grand Marshall at this year’s Rose Bowl Parade.  She was accompanied by Chuck, a German Shepherd mix dog currently living at Best Friends Animal Society and looking for his forever home.

Also featured was Lucca, also a German Shepherd mix, and a veteran of three deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan.

You can read more about them in this great article from Earth in Transition: