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Posted by YesBiscuit on March 26, 2016
https://yesbiscuit.com/2016/03/26/open-thread-206/
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Lisa B
/ March 26, 2016The NCDA&CS released the 2015 North Carolina animal shelter statistics (more than a month sooner than they used to!) You can download them as a PDF (http://www.ncagr.gov/vet/aws/Fix/documents/2015AnimalShelterReport3-17-16.pdf) or and Excel doc (http://www.ncagr.gov/vet/aws/Fix/documents/2015AnimalShelterReport3-17-16.xls). I’m working on a Google sheet that calculates percentages and whatnot, and then I will add 2015 to the multi-year comparison I’ve started (2011-2014 is here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1RrlwdtocTlqhg1lD3LHmJppMpQ4bfIsHVGCeiTYx7cY/pubhtml) but it may take some weeks because of life.
Valerie
/ March 26, 2016The Pathfinder 2016 event is live streaming right now. Learn about No Kill sheltering and advocacy from experts for free over the inter webs: http://www.nokilllearning.net/#!pathfinder-2016/xa5nv
Kathryn
/ March 26, 2016The story of the Ebey Island Cats here: https://kstclare.wordpress.com/
Lisa B
/ March 27, 2016This is sweet: Boys rescue abandoned dog tied with bungee cords in Detroit
http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/boys-rescue-abandoned-dog-tied-with-bungee-cords-in-detroit
Lisa B
/ March 28, 2016This only happens when shelter staff are dedicated to NOT killing pets: http://www.theneworleansadvocate.com/news/15316657-128/video-heartbroken-marrero-man-at-shelter-for-new-puppy-reunited-with-dog-he-thought-hed-never-see-ag
YesBiscuit
/ March 31, 2016Casey Post just sent me this link. How’s this for a I AM OUTTA HERE pic?
Eucritta
/ April 1, 2016UW Shelter Medicine, veterinary diagnostic lab find canine influenza transmitted among cats:
http://news.wisc.edu/uw-shelter-medicine-veterinary-diagnostic-lab-find-canine-influenza-transmitted-to-cats/
Alice
/ April 2, 2016SCOTX rules that impounding a dog and transferring it to a rescue doesn’t mean the owner no longer HS any claim to him/her: http://www.texastribune.org/2016/04/01/texas-supreme-court-rules-on-who-owns-dog/
I find it very interesting that they mislabeled the breed of the dog upon impound, yet knew which breed rescue to contact.