Ipsos Marketing conducted studies for Petsmart Charities on a variety of issues related to pet adoption in 2009 and 2011. The results contain a lot of interesting information which I will look at in upcoming posts. In this post, I am going to focus on page 14 of the report which asked the question: What … Continue reading Petsmart Charities/Ipsos Study: Why People Aren’t Adopting
The Gap Between Rescues and Adoptions
I posted on the blog's Facebook page yesterday that I wanted a beagle but was exasperated by so many restrictive and invasive requirements from the various rescue groups I was seeing on Petfinder. I have visited this topic often on the blog and as regular readers know, I am all for reasonable screening (picture ID … Continue reading The Gap Between Rescues and Adoptions
Nobody WANTS to kill animals – San Bernardino pound edition
When this dog's photo was posted on Facebook, I shared it on the blog's page. When I checked back later to see what the status was, I saw a note indicating that the dog's listing had been removed from PetHarbor and that the pound staff refuses to disclose the disposition of any animal removed from … Continue reading Nobody WANTS to kill animals – San Bernardino pound edition
Treats on the Internets
Although I don't usually promote or participate in the many "vote for us" online contests for rescues, I am happy to make an occasional exception for a loyal reader whose group does good work. Laura asked if I would include a link to her group Animal Advocates of Carroll Co in this contest. Registration took … Continue reading Treats on the Internets
You People
How do you think a charitable organization would do with its blood drives if this was the type of message they posted on social media and gave to news outlets regularly? Does it seem ridiculous to send this sort of message when in fact they are relying on the public - the very people they … Continue reading You People
Kern Co Pound Director’s Manifesto of Blame
In a 14 page Blame the Community manifesto, the director of the Kern Co pound in CA, Jen Woodard, details the needless killing of pets and blames everybody but those doing the killing. Ms. Woodard previously worked for Best Friends in L.A. before taking the Kern Co job in October. In the document, Ms. Woodard … Continue reading Kern Co Pound Director’s Manifesto of Blame
Adams Co Deputy Visits Wrong Address, Kills Friendly 35 Pound Dog
Denver business owner Jeff Fisher took his 8 year old, friendly dog Ziggy to work with him every day. He had raised Ziggy from the age of 6 weeks and considered him a family member and "best friend". On Monday night, a pair of Adams Co deputies were responding to an alarm at another address … Continue reading Adams Co Deputy Visits Wrong Address, Kills Friendly 35 Pound Dog
OR Neglect Case Involves 149 Dogs
On Sunday, 149 dogs were seized from Willamette Animal Rescue in Oregon and the organization's president, Alicia Inglish was charged with 120 counts of animal neglect and one count of evidence tampering: While 120 of the dogs met the legal standard for neglect, all were in need of medical care. Don Thompson, spokesman for the … Continue reading OR Neglect Case Involves 149 Dogs
The Disease Fighting Power of Fatal Plus
On its website, the Mt. Vernon Animal Shelter in NY is described as "a municipal shelter that serves as a safe haven for thousands of domestic animals". Two months ago, the shelter reportedly stopped accepting cats "when they worried they could not contain the spread of such diseases as feline leukemia, feline immunodeficiency virus and … Continue reading The Disease Fighting Power of Fatal Plus
The Strange Attempt to Cover Up What Happened to a Governor’s Dog
Florida Governor Rick Scott apparently used some poor Lab for publicity purposes during his 2010 campaign, indicating his family had rescued the dog and inviting supporters to submit name suggestions. The governor then quietly took the dog, dubbed "Reagan" by Facebook friends, back to the grooming and boarding facility he'd gotten him from shortly after … Continue reading The Strange Attempt to Cover Up What Happened to a Governor’s Dog
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