Things are looking up for the Memphis Animal Shelter according to an article in The Commercial Appeal this week: A new $7.6 million facility is being built, employees are happy, the monthly kill rate is down and adoptions are up. While that all sounds good, the article fails to cite any numbers so it's hard … Continue reading Memphis Animal Shelter Reality Check
NC Shelter Works the Media
In the fiscal year ending June 30, 2009, the animal shelter in Craven Co, NC killed 5300 pets. Total intake was 6267: 2546 dogs and 3721 cats. That would be an 85% kill rate. The article notes that the shelter takes in "dead and diseased animals, unsocialized animals, and animals brought in by other shelters … Continue reading NC Shelter Works the Media
Hilarious
...but not for the easily offended or those who might be lacking a sense of humor seeing as it's Monday and all: Missy the Missing Cat
Treats on the Internets
How's this for a lead-in? The Saint Louis City animal shelter is a disgrace. It looks like a dungeon, and many of the cages are too small and would fit in nicely at a puppy mill. Excellent article debunking the myths surrounding free pet adoptions local SPCA in WV does not want to kill a … Continue reading Treats on the Internets
Georgia Out of My Mind
Pop quiz: Your mother-in-law's stray pup doesn't like your toddler and animal control is closed - what do you do? 6 month old puppy, described as a "Corgi/Jack Russell terrier mix" weighing 15 - 20 pounds, was taken in as a stray by a Jacksonville, FL family. When relatives came to visit with their 2 … Continue reading Georgia Out of My Mind
Home Prepared Pet Food – Reader Submissions
Our first dog (20-odd ago) had early arthritis- our vet said she was otherwise healthy and could possibly make it to 7 or 8. Started reading up on what was in commercial dog food and, with the help of a chef friend with scraps, starting cobbling together a crockpot mash of brown rice, vegetable parings … Continue reading Home Prepared Pet Food – Reader Submissions
Another Community Service Provided in Cabarrus Co
In May the Cabarrus Co sheriff's office in NC cleared of wrongdoing an ACO who shot a family dog to death. Now we learn a little more about the office's policies and practices regarding dogs. On the night of May 31, a Good Samaritan in Cabarrus Co came to the aid of a big dog … Continue reading Another Community Service Provided in Cabarrus Co
Broward Co Shelter Strikes Again
I'm going to pretend that I run an animal shelter for a county in FL. The area of primary focus for my shelter would be getting pets out alive - by adopting them out or returning lost pets to their owners or TNR for feral cats. To facilitate this, one of my priorities for … Continue reading Broward Co Shelter Strikes Again
Owner Wishes Dog Would Have Been Hit by Car Rather than Picked Up by AC
Did you know that brachycephalic dogs - those flat-faced dogs who sound like they have trouble breathing - have trouble breathing? And that it's made worse in the summer heat? And that Kentucky is in the south, where we get more than our share of heat every summer? Maybe you did and maybe you didn't. … Continue reading Owner Wishes Dog Would Have Been Hit by Car Rather than Picked Up by AC
Kosciusko Co’s Big Reveal on ACO Abuse Investigation
When county commissioners announced this week that Jerry Clase, an ACO accused of animal abuse in Indiana, would be keeping his job, I felt that taxpayers were owed an explanation. Well, ta-da (exclamation point intentionally absent): On Tuesday, County Commissioners voted to allow Jerry Clase to keep his job. Now they’re speaking out about why … Continue reading Kosciusko Co’s Big Reveal on ACO Abuse Investigation
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