We started 2017 off strong with a comprehensive study on the availability of
shelter dogs in our country, showing that far fewer than previously thought are actually available for adoption.
Together, we can show the world just how great adoption is and bring attention to the 3.3 million
shelter dogs in the country looking for homes.
Then came the North American Veterinary Conference (NAVC) and an announcement of new research from Mississippi State on
shelter dogs in this country, to Westminster, to USDA and animal welfare controversy and then Global Pet Expo!
Not exact matches
funded five million meals for
dogs in shelters and rescues across the
country through a partnership with GreaterGood.org.
To that end, the Humane Society of Tulsa and the Washington County SPCA are among 60 animal
shelters across the
country that participate every month
in PetSmart Charities ® Rescue Waggin» ® program — a national transport program that has saved more than 52,000
dogs and puppies since 2004.
As the newest partner
in PetSmart Charities ™ Rescue Waggin» ™ program, the Humane Society of Tulsa will be sending homeless
shelter dogs every month aboard PetSmart Charities» ® Rescue Waggin» ® vehicle — a national transport program proudly sponsored by PEDIGREE ® — to animal
shelters in other parts of the
country where there are more adopters seeking
dogs and a guarantee of a good home for all the
dogs transported.
The company aims to provide up to 12,000 of its Busy Buddy and FroliCat brand cat and
dog toys to pets
in shelters across the
country, including: Asheville Humane Society
in Asheville, N.C., Larimer Humane Society
in Fort Collins, Colo., Oregon Humane Society
in Portland, Ore., Halifax Humane Society
in Daytona Beach, Fla., Louisiana SPCA
in New Orleans, Capital Area Humane Society
in Hilliard, Ohio, Atlanta Humane Society
in Atlanta, Kentucky Humane Society
in Louisville, Ky., Charleston Animal Society
in N. Charleston, S.C., Foothills Animal Rescue
in Scottsdale, Ariz., South Suburban Humane Society
in Chicago Heights, Ill., and Austin Humane Society
in Austin, Texas.
It's a proven fact that black
dogs take the longest to be adopted and are the most euthanized of all
dogs in our
country's municipal
shelters.
Spay / neuter laws have had a major impact on the number of «oops pets,» and
shelters in many parts of the
country are importing
dogs to satisfy demand for adoptable animals.
The 500
dogs expected to march from Manhattan to Brooklyn Saturday night are taking part
in the second Brooklyn Bridge Pup Crawl — a parade that raises funds for animal
shelters and rescues across the
country.
The work that FOTAS has done with their partnership with the Aiken County Animal
Shelter is very encouraging, particularly
in developing a transport network that helps so many
dogs find their forever homes
in other parts of the
country.
My husband Gary and I are a foster family for
dogs from the Aiken County Animal
Shelter that were not adopted locally and have been accepted for transfer to a sister agency
in another part of the
country.
In partnership with 2TravelingDogs and The Adventure of a Lifetime 2016 - 17 - To Make Rescues the Breed of Choice: Animal Lovers of Edisto K9 Rescue - Edisto, SC The Outer Banks SPCA - Manteo, NC Hope for Life Rescue - Virginia Beach, VA Baywater Animal Rescue - Cambridge, MD 2nd Chance Furbabies Animal Rescue - Harrington, DE One Step Closer Animal Rescue - Andover, NJ There's Hope Dog Rescue - Freeville, NY Strayhaven Animal Shelter - Greenville, PA Friday's Rescue Foundation - Groton, CT Abandoned Dogs of RI - Gloucester, RI The Scituate Animal Shelter - Scituate, MA Live and Let Live Farm Rescue - Chichester, NH The SPCA of Hancock County - Trenton, ME Springfield Humane Society - Springfield, VT Noah's Lost Ark - Berlin Center, OH Cherryland Humane Society - Traverse City, MI Helping Paws Pet Rescue - Washburn, WI Great River Rescue - Bemidji, MN Oreo's Animal Rescue - Dickinson, ND Western Hills Humane Society - Spearfish, SD Kindness Ranch - Hartville, WY Safe Place for Pets - Manitou Springs, CO Western Plains Animal Refuge - Hays, KS Hearts United for Animals - Auburn, NE A Heinz 57 Pet Rescue and Transport - DeSoto, IA Western Illinois Animal Rescue - Monmouth, IL Five Acres Animal Shelter - St Charles, MO Another Chance for Animals - Evansville IN The Bun Bun Brigade - Elizabethtown KY Dixie Pet Underground Railroad - Chattanooga TN Baldwin County Humane Society - Fairhope AL Tired Dog Rescue - Gulfport MS The Magnolia Chapter of the Humane Society of Louisiana - Franklinton LA The Animal Welfare League - Hot Springs AR The Humane Society of Central Texas - Waco TX Desert Paws Animal Rescue - Cochiti NM Golden Bone Rescue and Rehab - Sedona, AZ Paws N Ada - Ada, OK Vegas Shepherd Rescue - Las Vegas, NV AniMeals - Missoula MT Color Country Animal Welfare - Torrey, UT Four Paws Pet Adoptions - Rexburg, ID WAG - Welfare For Animals - Guild,
In partnership with 2TravelingDogs and The Adventure of a Lifetime 2016 - 17 - To Make Rescues the Breed of Choice: Animal Lovers of Edisto K9 Rescue - Edisto, SC The Outer Banks SPCA - Manteo, NC Hope for Life Rescue - Virginia Beach, VA Baywater Animal Rescue - Cambridge, MD 2nd Chance Furbabies Animal Rescue - Harrington, DE One Step Closer Animal Rescue - Andover, NJ There's Hope
Dog Rescue - Freeville, NY Strayhaven Animal
Shelter - Greenville, PA Friday's Rescue Foundation - Groton, CT Abandoned
Dogs of RI - Gloucester, RI The Scituate Animal
Shelter - Scituate, MA Live and Let Live Farm Rescue - Chichester, NH The SPCA of Hancock County - Trenton, ME Springfield Humane Society - Springfield, VT Noah's Lost Ark - Berlin Center, OH Cherryland Humane Society - Traverse City, MI Helping Paws Pet Rescue - Washburn, WI Great River Rescue - Bemidji, MN Oreo's Animal Rescue - Dickinson, ND Western Hills Humane Society - Spearfish, SD Kindness Ranch - Hartville, WY Safe Place for Pets - Manitou Springs, CO Western Plains Animal Refuge - Hays, KS Hearts United for Animals - Auburn, NE A Heinz 57 Pet Rescue and Transport - DeSoto, IA Western Illinois Animal Rescue - Monmouth, IL Five Acres Animal
Shelter - St Charles, MO Another Chance for Animals - Evansville
IN The Bun Bun Brigade - Elizabethtown KY Dixie Pet Underground Railroad - Chattanooga TN Baldwin County Humane Society - Fairhope AL Tired Dog Rescue - Gulfport MS The Magnolia Chapter of the Humane Society of Louisiana - Franklinton LA The Animal Welfare League - Hot Springs AR The Humane Society of Central Texas - Waco TX Desert Paws Animal Rescue - Cochiti NM Golden Bone Rescue and Rehab - Sedona, AZ Paws N Ada - Ada, OK Vegas Shepherd Rescue - Las Vegas, NV AniMeals - Missoula MT Color Country Animal Welfare - Torrey, UT Four Paws Pet Adoptions - Rexburg, ID WAG - Welfare For Animals - Guild,
IN The Bun Bun Brigade - Elizabethtown KY Dixie Pet Underground Railroad - Chattanooga TN Baldwin County Humane Society - Fairhope AL Tired
Dog Rescue - Gulfport MS The Magnolia Chapter of the Humane Society of Louisiana - Franklinton LA The Animal Welfare League - Hot Springs AR The Humane Society of Central Texas - Waco TX Desert Paws Animal Rescue - Cochiti NM Golden Bone Rescue and Rehab - Sedona, AZ Paws N Ada - Ada, OK Vegas Shepherd Rescue - Las Vegas, NV AniMeals - Missoula MT Color
Country Animal Welfare - Torrey, UT Four Paws Pet Adoptions - Rexburg, ID WAG - Welfare For Animals - Guild, WA
Another route is that the driver takes
dogs to the North
Country Animal League in Morrisville, Vermont (close to Stowe in ski country) and then to Frontier Animal Shelter in Orleand, Vermont which is 16 miles from the Canadian
Country Animal League
in Morrisville, Vermont (close to Stowe
in ski
country) and then to Frontier Animal Shelter in Orleand, Vermont which is 16 miles from the Canadian
country) and then to Frontier Animal
Shelter in Orleand, Vermont which is 16 miles from the Canadian border.
Each year an estimated 3.9 million
dogs in animal
shelters across the
country look for that special someone to love.
Two weeks ago
in Vinh City, Vietnam, former Maddie's
Shelter Medicine Program resident Dr. Katherine Polak teamed up with Adam Parascandola from Humane Society International to deliver a series of lectures and tabletop exercises to help build the capacity of local groups working throughout the
country to tackle the
dog and cat meat trade.
«There's increased risk for
dogs that board, go to day care, are
in shelters or that travel to areas of the
country where canine influenza is circulating,» said Crawford.
The Advanced
Shelter Management Training Workshop was designed to provide practical training to ten local groups located throughout the
country and involve key government officials,
in an effort to strengthen political and public support to end the
dog meat trade and provide humane care for rescued animals.
The fact is that this is a human caused problem and it's sad just like the overabundance of cats and
dogs in this
country which cause 10 million of them to be killed each year
in shelters while people still breed more (ignorance).
Not only is heartworm highly contagious, a positive diagnosis is incredibly time consuming and expensive to treat (Blumenfeld says the cost averages $ 600 for small
dogs and $ 2,000 for larger breeds), an unfair fact that often pushes these
dogs to the top of the kill list
in many
shelters across the
country
But, with so much time, money, and energy put toward breeding and showing the perfect
dog,
dog lovers can't help but consider the millions of pet - perfect
dogs in shelters and rescues across the
country,
dogs that deserve the same accolades, the same loving devotion, as their perfectly - bred cousins.
The
dogs in the paintings come from
shelters all around the
country.
First Coast No More Homeless Pets operates one of the largest spay and neuter clinics
in the
country with the mission to end the killing of
dogs and cats
in shelters in our community, Northeast Florida and the nation.
Our Mission Every year millions of
dogs and put down
in shelters across the
country because a suitable home was not found for them.
With hundreds of volunteers, a dedicated staff, and training opportunities from nationally recognized groups like BAD RAP and
Dogs Play for Life, the dogs at Berkeley Animal Care Services have landed at one of the better shelters in the coun
Dogs Play for Life, the
dogs at Berkeley Animal Care Services have landed at one of the better shelters in the coun
dogs at Berkeley Animal Care Services have landed at one of the better
shelters in the
country.
these laws will serve to drive good responsible breeders out, yet will encourage importing thousands and thousands of
dogs, and smuggling even more into the
country to «meet the need» for adoptable puppies
in shelters -
dogs that are not bred for good health or temperament - just for a fast buck.
Overall, killing of cats and
dogs at AAC is low compared to most other animal
shelters in the
country.
Even purebred
dogs and puppies can be found
in animal
shelters and pounds across the
country (estimates of purebreds
in shelters range from 25 — 40 % of all homeless
dogs).
The connection is made to the irrefutable, massive, negative impact puppy mills have on this
country's pet population crisis and how our society deals with it — Millions of
dogs are born
in puppy mills every year, while,
in the same period, millions are put to death
in animal
shelters across the
country.
I just pulled two pure bred
dogs from a kill
shelter in Southern Missourri,
in the middle of puppy mill
country (the
shelter managers own words).
While this issue is rampant
in India, it rings true for many other
countries as well (The U.S. alone dubiously boasts 70 million stray
dogs and cats per year, with only 6 - 8 million of them ever reaching a
shelter.
We pride ourselves on rescuing homeless
dogs, cats, puppies, and kittens from overpopulated municipal
shelters in all areas of the
country, as well as right here Read More
Raising Aid for
Dogs at Risk (RADAR) was founded to support these «below the radar» country - road shelters in caring for the most vulnerable and at - risk dogs, such as seniors and those with medical iss
Dogs at Risk (RADAR) was founded to support these «below the radar»
country - road
shelters in caring for the most vulnerable and at - risk
dogs, such as seniors and those with medical iss
dogs, such as seniors and those with medical issues.
With a $ 5,000 grand prize on the line, 32 adorable
dogs and cats from
shelters around the
country will battle it out
in five rounds of head - to - head competition with the goal of receiving votes that will keep them
in the game.
Every year close to 6 million cats and
dogs enter the doors of «
shelters» and municipal pounds
in this
country.
Today, more than 4,100
dogs and cats are killed every single day
in animal
shelters across the
country, just because they don't have safe places to call home.
Likewise, our Strut Your Mutt series of grassroots fundraising
dog walks channel funding to our Best Friends No More Homeless Pets Network partners to either spay / neuter programs (noses
in) or adoption programs (noses out), while the Sanctuary provides care to special - needs animals and develops protocols and techniques to share with
shelters and rescues across the
country.
As well, a portion of sales will go to help senior
dogs in shelters across the
country.
Up next, the most popular of all the «little
dogs,» and, subsequently, the second most popular breed of
dog found
in shelters across the
country, these little
dogs are BIG
in personality, but have never taken the top prize at Westminster.
In the season of love, celebration, family and togetherness, it's impossible to ignore the millions of
shelter dogs around the
country holding onto hope that 2018 will be the year they finally find their forever homes.
In the past 6 years, with your help, we have donated over $ 40,000 worth of orthopedic beds to more than 100
shelters around the
country to help
dogs like Booty (above) get off the concrete floors.
Three of the Internet's most beloved pets are teaming up to help the millions of cats and
dogs in shelters and rescue groups across the
country find loving homes.
«By reaching a subset of the population uncertain about where they'll obtain their next
dog or cat and convincing them that an animal
shelter is the best source, we can end the euthanasia of homeless
dogs and cats
in this
country,» said Wayne Pacelle, President and CEO of the Humane Society of the United States.
There are amazing
dogs waiting
in shelters in every part of the
country.
You are asking us to take a
dog that already has a home while thousands of
dogs that don't will die
in shelters all over the
country.
For example, the Sonoma Humane Society and Wine
Country Animal Lovers took
in animals from a
shelter in neighboring Lake County, where cats and
dogs had been at risk of euthanasia, to make room for fire evacuees.
By partnering with over 100 animal
shelters throughout the United States, the Adoption Show promotes pet adoption and showcases adoptable
dogs in various locations around the
country.
This new center will support New York City
shelters and rescue groups working to find loving homes for cats and
dogs in need, and will also serve as a place where animal lovers from all around the
country can join Best Friends» national commitment to end the killing of
dogs and cats
in shelters.
Every year, about 1.5 million
dogs and cats are killed
in shelters across the
country simply because they don't have a safe place to call home.
Conference
in Austin, Texas, Leala Ward - Vinson, Megan Ransom and Lindsey Ortiz of the Love - A-Bull
dog foster team gave a two - part presentation on meeting challenges related to re - homing / rescue,
shelter and community relationships, owner support, breed - discriminatory legislation and models for progress all over the
country.