Lori Weise of Downtown Dog Rescue pretty much wrote the book on helping people and their pets stay together, and keeping animals out of shelters. And with the publication of First Home, Forever Home: How to Start and Run a Shelter Intervention Program, that’s not a metaphor anymore. Weise has been written about, awarded, and… Learn More
What would you do if you were a veterinarian, and a former client who had fallen on hard times emails you to beg for help for his dog? If you’re Dr. Kathryn Primm, you find a way to help the man, help the dog and help your local animal shelter, too. “This old client, who… Learn More
If the animals in our communities, whether currently in a home, at a shelter or in the care of a rescue group, are going to be healthy and happy, we need the services of veterinarians. But bad relations between animal organizations and private practice veterinarians can put that outcome at risk. In a survey published… Learn More
Attorney and advocate Ryan Clinton digs into municipal and state-focused legislative topics including rescue-access laws, city No-Kill mandates, banning gas chambers, and regulating puppy mills.
How can advocacy have a positive impact on treating all dogs equally?
People advocating for neuter-return programs for healthy community cats sometimes get told the cats are being "abandoned" when they're returned to the neighborhoods or areas where they were thriving. What's the legal basis of this objection? Is it true? Best Friends Animal Society, which operates a number of wildly successful community cat programs across the… Learn More
Dr. Julie Levy on what you can do to get local animal control agencies and municipal governments on board with programs to neuter community cats and return them to their habitats, instead of killing them.
Turning euthanasia stress into adoption celebration will improve the morale of shelter workers while helping save the animals in our care.