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For many dogs awaiting adoption, the speed with which they find a home may rest not on their breed, gender or age but on one trait that has no bearing on their personality or temperament.
Shelter officials have dubbed it black dog syndrome — the propensity of dark-coated animals to be passed over […]
source: Chicago Tribune, United States
After years of planning, the program began in October at the Monroe County Youth Center. Project Second Chance pairs dogs from the Humane Society of Monroe County with juveniles from the center.
The young people learn to groom and care for the dogs as part of a three-week training program to help prepare […]
source: San Francisco Chronicle, USA
Custody dogs, they’re called; long-term shelter dogs required by courts to be held in protective custody, sometimes for as long as a year, until their legal issue is resolved. These dogs might belong to people who have been incarcerated, evicted or have experienced a crisis that renders them temporarily unable to […]
source: Philadelphia Inquirer, PA
County and state governments spend around $2 billion a year to care for and euthanize homeless dogs and cats. It is a sad fact that our animal-loving nation kills 8 million to 10 million healthy but homeless dogs and cats each year. …
The Obamas’ adopting a single shelter dog wouldn’t solve the problem […]
source: CBS Evening News: Repeat Offenders Take In Shelter Dogs - And Both Find Healing
In prison, where kindness is considered a weakness … dogs make tough men tender. Inmates and dogs are doing time together in nine Colorado prisons, …
source: ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN)
Finding the right fit between human and animal is a top priority at shelters across the nation, which are marking October as “Adopt a Shelter-Dog Month.”
Picking a pet is an enormous decision, “right up there with choosing a house or buying a car,” says Gail Buchwald, senior vice president at the […]
source: StarNewsOnline.com, NC
The facility is the 18th in the state since 2004 to offer the program called A New Leash on Life. Officials, who stressed the positive impact of the program on inmates who will learn responsibility and other life lessons while training the dogs, marked the occasion with a kick-off ceremony last month at the […]
source: CBS 5, CA
Karen Klingberg works for the National Disaster Search Dog Foundation and scours shelters across the state, searching for dogs with the right frenetic temperament to become urban search and rescue dogs.
The foundation is looking for volunteers to test shelter dogs, to see if they’ve got the right stuff.
source: Indianapolis Star, United States
“I just love animals,” she said. “I thought for my birthday I’d get toys for animals that don’t have that much.” She collected a bin full of gifts, pet food and $125 at her backyard dance party Aug. 15.
“We’ve seen more of this lately,” said Linda Shea, Humane Educator at the shelter. […]
Being dogs‘ best friend
Augusta Chronicle, GA
AIKEN — Volunteers are the lifeblood of any nonprofit organization. Without them, those organizations could not survive.
People volunteer for a variety of duties, such as providing clerical skills, helping with off-site adoptions, providing foster care for animals or running the humane education program. Hiring enough people to fill those positions […]