Category: marketing shelter pets

Knock, Knock: Santa’s at the Door and He’s Got a Puppy

~ YesBiscuit ~ 8 Comments

Pets make great gifts and I'm glad to see many shelters are finally coming around to that view, even if some only embrace the concept once a year.  Christmas deliveries of adopted shelter pets to their new families has grown in popularity and along with it, some long overdue myth-busting. Staff from the New Hampshire Society … Continue reading Knock, Knock: Santa’s at the Door and He’s Got a Puppy

MAS Moves to Increase “Time and Space” Killings with Photo Ban

~ YesBiscuit ~ 33 Comments

Memphis Animal Services (MAS) is a pet killing facility which has long cited "time and space" as its primary reason for killing dogs and cats.  In order to counter the alleged time and space issues at MAS, a group called Memphis Pets Alive has been photographing pets at the pound weekly, sharing them on Facebook. … Continue reading MAS Moves to Increase “Time and Space” Killings with Photo Ban

LOVE is Positive: An Interview with Ann Brownell of UPAWS, Part 2

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Note:  If you missed Part 1 of this interview or you have yet to meet Ann Brownell, read this first.  Part 2 is below.  My questions are in bold and everything in italics was written by Ann. 6. You frequently contribute to the blog's Open Threads, both to promote UPAWS and to encourage readers to … Continue reading LOVE is Positive: An Interview with Ann Brownell of UPAWS, Part 2

LOVE is Positive: An Interview with Ann Brownell of UPAWS, Part 1

~ YesBiscuit ~ 16 Comments

Regular readers are familiar with both UPAWS - Marquette County's open admission, no kill shelter in MI - and its Pet Promoter in Chief, Ann Brownell. For those who aren't, I asked Ann to preface her answers to my interview questions with a short bio. My questions are in bold and everything in italics was … Continue reading LOVE is Positive: An Interview with Ann Brownell of UPAWS, Part 1

Minneapolis Pound Brings the Hammer Down on Volunteers Saving Pets via Facebook

~ YesBiscuit ~ 22 Comments

A couple of years ago, volunteers at Minneapolis Animal Care and Control started a "Friends of" page on Facebook.  MACC wasn't promoting its own animals online and some of the volunteers were professional photographers who believed that good photos and descriptions posted on social media could help get more pets out of the pound alive.  … Continue reading Minneapolis Pound Brings the Hammer Down on Volunteers Saving Pets via Facebook

Nobody WANTS to Kill Animals – Columbus County Edition

~ YesBiscuit ~ 21 Comments

A man in Columbus Co, NC was reportedly keeping dogs in sub-standard conditions and authorities had received complaints from neighbors.  After the man died, ownership of the 13 dogs went to the Columbus Co animal shelter.  Shelter director Rossie Hayes decided to kill all 13 dogs immediately, without ever offering them for adoption or even … Continue reading Nobody WANTS to Kill Animals – Columbus County Edition

“Abused and left for dead” – or hey, little dog needs help.

~ YesBiscuit ~ 23 Comments

I regularly receive forwarded e-mail pleas for shelter pets in need of rescue.  Sometimes they come with a story - not the real story of what happened to these pets but an obviously fabricated tale, a lie.  While I understand that the motivation to lie about a shelter pet's background may originate from a positive … Continue reading “Abused and left for dead” – or hey, little dog needs help.