Smith came up with the humorous idea of drawing the different pets as a way of attracting interest and attention to the adopatble animals "in a way that people have might not really seen before ...

Joanne Lefson, who has studied the mindset behind animal art, offers a deep dive into how and why animals paint and what ...

Unfortunately drawing isn't one of them. Still, that didn't deter the animal welfare organization from offering people original sketches of their pets in exchange for donations. And wow ...

"It will draw people to those animals quicker, and when they see that children are involved, that will tug at the heartstrings," she said.

So, she interviewed eight people who use service animals, wrote their stories and illustrated a book with drawings of them and their animals. Then there was one more service dog/person story to ...

Some of her drawings have taken three months ... "I'm not a scientist but I do as much reading as I can. I want people to know how cool these animals and plants and insects are.