One state’s toll — 118,365 euthanized dogs
Michigan’s animal shelters euthanized 118,365 dogs last year — some of them in outdated gas chambers which take as long as five minutes to accomplish the ugly job. “In a gas chamber, the larger dogs...
View Article“G-Force” could lead to surge in guinea pigs
Animal shelters, already swamped with dogs and cats, are bracing for an onslaught of guinea pigs as a result of the new Disney movie “G-Force.” The movie depicts a squad of specially trained, guinea...
View ArticleThree dogs die on road to adoption event; mechanical failure in trailer blamed
Three Georgia shelter dogs – among 50 on their way to a New York adoption event — suffocated last week after a mechanical failure in the trailer in which they were being transported. Staff from the...
View ArticleNeighborhood Pit Bull Day in Baltimore
Neighborhood Pit Bull Day — a day to love on and learn more about your pit bull — is coming to Baltimore this Sunday (July 10). The one-day event provides free resources, products, education and...
View ArticleBill would start program to pair vets with pets
Disabled vets and homeless pets would be brought together for the mutual benefit of both under legislation recently passed by the House and now headed to the Senate. The legislation would create a...
View ArticlePolice memo told Harrisburg officers to shoot, keep or relocate stray dogs
If a society, or a community, can be judged on how it treats its animals, then it’s time to pronounce Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, guilty. Despite their plea of poverty, despite maintaining they’ve...
View ArticleShelter stats show small gains nationally
Cats ended up in animal shelters in the United States less often and were euthanized less often in 2011, according to a report by PetHealth, Inc., a company that aggregates data from animal welfare...
View ArticleValentine’s Day at Baltimore Humane Society
Love is in the air at the Baltimore Humane Society. Otie, a Maine Coon mix, and Geo, a female domestic shorthair, have hit it off so well inside the shelter’s new communal cat area that they will be...
View ArticleAdventures in Volunteering: Mascot duty
Volunteering at the Forsyth Humane Society has been a great experience overall. I mean, besides scooping the “bio-waste,” to put it delicately. I spent most of my time playing with and walking dogs of...
View ArticleWOOF: San Francisco program will pair people in need with dogs in need
Its name is a little awkward. Its dual mission isn’t purely humanitarian, or, for that matter, solely focused on saving dogs. And there seem a lot of opportunities for things to go wrong. But when it...
View ArticlePhotog focuses on old dogs who need homes
Los Angeles photographer Lori Fusaro, whose work is featured in this NBC News report, started volunteering at animal shelters about six months ago. She was drawn in particular to the older dogs, and...
View Article“No-kill:” What does it really mean?
In light of complaints about the number of animals it euthanizes, the Escondido Humane Society in California has decided to stop calling itself a “no-kill” shelter. Seems “no kill” really means “we...
View ArticleTour de Dog rolls on
With thousands of miles behind them, David Sylvester and his mutt Chiva rolled into New York last week after a stop in their home state of Delaware. Since leaving Seattle in March, Sylvester and Chiva,...
View ArticleNo room at the shelter?
Across the country, animal shelters are filling up, looking for ways to find homes for more dogs and, in some cases, closing their doors amid an influx of abandoned pets caused primarily by the...
View ArticleBrother, can you spare a bone?
Call it a two-sided sign of the times, one that reflects the increasing regard in which we hold our dogs, and the increasingly hard times the economy is creating for us: food pantries for dogs. Part of...
View ArticleCats are free in Baltimore in June
Baltimore area animal shelters have come together to make a life-saving offer. Throughout the month of March, adoption fees on cats and kittens are being waived — at the Baltimore Animal Rescue &...
View ArticleOne state’s toll — 118,365 euthanized dogs
Michigan’s animal shelters euthanized 118,365 dogs last year — some of them in outdated gas chambers which take as long as five minutes to accomplish the ugly job. “In a gas chamber, the larger dogs...
View ArticleDoes Bentley really have a wish list?
As America’s first quarantined dog of an Ebola patient, Bentley’s fame may be spreading as fast as the deadly virus he may or may not have. So much so that we suspect the Cavalier King Charles spaniel...
View ArticleDirective bans use of gas chambers in N.C.
A simple directive has accomplished what North Carolina’s legislature, despite repeated efforts, couldn’t — and, as of the middle of February 2015, animal shelters in the state will be all but banned...
View ArticleConsider yourselves gagged, N.C. citizens
For those businesses in North Carolina that have something to hide, hiding it became much easier this week. Both the state House and Senate voted Wednesday to override Gov. Pat McCrory’s veto of a bill...
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