Take your pet for a walk on the wild side Saturday.
Animal Planet's Jeff Corwin is the guest celebrity at the seventh annual Walk for Wildlife this Saturday, April19. But the real stars are the men and women at the SPCA Wildlife Care Center in Fort Lauderdale.
The center, which over 39 years has grown to the largest facility of its kind in the country, takes in and rehabilitates injured wildlife; treats and finds homes for abused exotic and farm animals; and teaches the public how to exist responsibly with other living creatures.
I personally have taken them a blue jay that knocked himself out by flying into my back porch window, a shrike fledging that had fallen out of its nest and a lost baby possum (my backyard is wild kingdom).
The fundraising 1.25-mile walk begins at 11 am at Quiet Waters Park in Deerfield Beach. You can register online now or beginning at 9:30 am at the event Saturday. And your pet can join you! The center encourages walkers to bring their animal companions -- and not just dogs.
Click here for more information and a walker's brochure. Or call 954-524-7154.
ANGIE BRENNAN, a Sun-Sentinel page designer,
lives with four dogs and one boyfriend. And has a lifetime of animal stories to share.
DIANE LADE, a reporter on the Sun-Sentinel's Help Team, has lived with cats, dogs, reptiles, fish, an iguana, and an armadillo.
CYNDI METZGER, editor of the Sun-Sentinel's Outlook section, is smitten with Bella, her poodle who regularly ignores requests to sit, stay and get off the ivory-colored sofa. 
JOHN TANASYCHUK, a Sun-Sentinel lifestyle writer, has lived with cats as long as he can remember. He and his partner currently share their home with three.
