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Niagara County (population 216,000) is in the far western part of New York state and includes the Niagara Falls area. The county is just...

Asheville is a city of almost 90,000 people located in the mountains of western North Carolina. It is the county seat of Buncombe County,...

Baltimore is an independent city in Maryland with 622,000 human residents. The Baltimore metro area has about 2.7 million people. Animal...

The Williamson County Regional Animal Shelter (WCRAS), located in Texas just north of Austin, provides animal sheltering services for...

Alpena County is located in the far northern part of Michigan’s lower peninsula, bordering Lake Huron. It is a predominantly rural county...

Newport County in Rhode Island (population 83,000) lies along Narragansett Bay, and there are several islands in the bay that are part of...

Downriver Central Animal Control (DCAC, formerly the Southgate Animal Shelter) is a cooperative animal control and sheltering...

Roscommon County is located in the northern part of Michigan’s lower peninsula, in the Au Sable State Forest area. There are no...

Otsego County is located in a rural area in the northern part of Michigan’s lower peninsula, and has a population of about 23,000 people....

Montmorency County, Michigan, is located in the northern part of Michigan’s lower peninsula, and has about 10,000 residents. Up until...

Midland County, as you would expect from the name, is located near the center of Michigan. It is primarily rural, neither wealthy nor...

[NOTE: The 90% Reported category lists communities whose animal shelter systems report having been at a 90%+ live release rate for at...

Marquette County is located in the upper peninsula of Michigan and has about 67,000 residents. The city of Marquette, with about 21,000...

[NOTE: The Worth Watching category lists communities whose animal shelter systems are doing substantially better than average, but have...

Keweenaw, Houghton, and Baraga counties are located in a mostly rural area in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Together, they form a...

Grosse Ile Township consists of a large island and several smaller islands adjacent to Detroit. The area has about 10,000 residents. The...

San Francisco is a combined city and county located in northern California. It has a population of about 837,000 people. The city/county...

Gogebic County in Michigan and Iron County in Wisconsin are located across the state boundary from each other at the western end of...

Delta County is located in Michigan’s upper peninsula and has over 37,000 residents. The county seat is the city of Escanaba, with 13,000...

Crawford County in northern Michigan has a population of about 14,000, including the county seat of Grayling. The AuSable Valley Animal...