My Detour Down Fibroid Lane
Nobody WANTS to get surgery, but I am living proof that if you ignore something this necessary long enough, its going to jump out and...
Open Admission at the Cute Factory: Saving Kittens and their Mothers at San Diego Humane Society
Kittens are also one of the most adoptable groups of animals. For example, at the Nevada Humane Society in Reno, Nevada, kittens are...
Opinion: Clear The Shelters Helps Shelter Pets
I am writing this post in response to Carol Mither's "Are We Loving Dogs to Death" in the New York Times In the conclusion to her piece,...
How a Shelter Can Go No Kill with Mike Fry
Mike Fry, the owner and proprietor of No Kill Learning tells me a story that is illustrative of how quickly a shelter can dramatically...
No Kill Fastrack: One Year in Lake County, Florida
On January 15, 2018 the open admission Lake County Animal Shelter celebrated one year of No Kill with a 92% Live Release Rate. Now they...
Austin Pets Alive! Earns 4 Million Dollars!
Imagine what you would do if someone gave you 4 million dollars. Would you get a beautiful home, luxury cars or travel the world? For...
Girl Meets the American Animal Sheltering System of the 1970s
It was the late 70’s —probably around 1978. By this time one thing about me was clear: I loved animals. At the time we had three cats, a...
USDA APHIS records: Online again?
An important research tool available to the public for anyone interested in identifying cases of animal abuse was to access USDA...
How a dog started the No Kill movement
If ever there was an influential dog, it has to be "Sido." Sido was eleven years old when she was surrendered to the San Francisco SPCA...
Extra vulnerable Harvey pets saved by APA!
This hurricane season has been one of the worst we've ever seen we're all grateful to the people who work so hard to save not only...
