I don’t believe in this but I’m willing to give it a try - it was something along those lines that was said by Constable Tim Holifield who oversaw the Montgomery County Animal Shelter in Montgomery County, Texas after meeting with Nathan Winograd just three years ago.  When staff members...

Another VICTORY for our No Kill Nation: Caddo Parish is located just a little north of Shreveport, Louisiana.  They are smack dab in the region of the country that gained so much attention after Hurricaine Katrina. Animal welfare workers who travelled to Louisiana were heartbroken over the high numbers...

Across the country we are hearing stories of shelters undergoing amazing transformations. Here’s yet another success story for the scrapbook! Three cheers for the Montrose Animal Shelter in Montrose, Colorado. The shelter is operated through the police department and the police give the credit...

Form letter response from HSUS as seen around the net (particular kudos to B-More Bulldogs), presented without commentary: Thank you for contacting us regarding a county judge’s decision in North Carolina to euthanize fighting dogs seized from the property of notorious dogfighting kingpin Ed Faron....

The court-ordered destruction Monday of 145 dogs, including about 75 puppies, which were seized from a fighting dog breeding operation in December, was based on the faulty assumption that all dogs seized in dog-fighting related busts should arbitrarily be deemed dangerous and euthanized. Wilkesboro,...

That’s right. One man alone made it into the news this week as being responsible for bringing more than 1000 dogs to an animal shelter. I can hear all of my fellow animal sheltering folks’ heads exploding.  Now before you start your Google News search to hunt him down and eat him for breakfast,...

Sometimes it just takes one person to stand up and say something. In Union County South Carolina that one person is Robert Small.  When Mr. Small went to the local shelter to adopt a dog for his family, what he saw caused him to be so upset he left … only to come back with his camera.  “It...

Kudos to both the Montgomery County Animal Shelter in Texas and the Brevard County Commissioners in Florida. Reports this week lauded each of their independent efforts to create No Kill communities.  Montgomery County Texas is located a little less than an hour north of Houston. The Animal Shelter has...

Last week I wrote a post about my efforts to get HSUS to change their pet information article titled “The Best Gift You Can Give: Waiting to Adopt Until After the Holidays”.   Today I have finally received a response - Hurrah! Dear Sue,   Thank you for contacting The Humane Society of the...

A recent press release from PETCO is cause for celebration as the company announces it will end the sale of rabbits by early 2009 in favor of an all adoption approach.  The end of rabbit sales for this company has been a long time coming and can’t get here soon enough.   Rabbits are the third...