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Georgetown, Texas, is a city of 47,000 people in Williamson County just north of Austin. The Georgetown Animal Shelter is run by the city...

Chippewa County, Michigan, is on the eastern edge of the Upper Peninsula. It has about 40,000 residents, including the county seat of...

Benzie County is in western Michigan, along the shore of Lake Michigan. It is a rural county with lots of parks and trails, and has a...

Atlanta, Georgia, was known for years as a city with a very low live release rate. Rebecca Guinn decided to reform it. She gave up her...

Alger County is a small rural county located on the northern border of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Its population is 9600 people,...

Colorado is one of the states that require animal shelters to report their statistics to the state. The reporting form is pretty detailed...

Monmouth County, New Jersey, is in the center of the state and has about 630,000 human residents. It is a county of many small cities and...

Ocean City is a resort town located in Cape May County, near the southern tip of New Jersey. The town has 12,000 year-round residents,...

Cape May County is a coastal resort area on the southern tip of New Jersey. It has almost 100,000 permanent residents, but the population...

Fort Morgan is a city of 11,000 people located in the northeastern part of Colorado. It is the county seat of Morgan County, which has a...

Summit County is west of Denver and is home to about 28,000 people. It is a mountainous area of Colorado and the county was named for the...

Rifle is a small town of about 9000 people in Garfield County, Colorado. The Rifle Animal Shelter, which is assisted by the non-profit...

San Miguel County, located on the western border of Colorado, has 7600 residents. Ouray County, bordering San Miguel County to the east,...

Cedaredge (population 2300) and Orchard City (3100) are located in Delta County in western Colorado. Development in the county has been...

Mission Viejo is a large planned community southeast of Los Angeles, with a population of about 93,000 people. The cities of Aliso Viejo...

Montrose is a city of 19,000 people located near the western border of Colorado. It is the county seat of Montrose County, which has a...

Routt County is located in northwest Colorado, bordering Wyoming. The population recorded in the 2010 census was 23,500. The county seat...

Rio Blanco County is located in the northwestern part of Colorado on the Utah border. The 2010 census counted 6700 county residents,...

Lamar is a city of 7800 people located in southeastern Colorado. Lamar has its own animal control and a municipal shelter, the Lamar...

Lake County is in west central Colorado and has a population of 7300 people. The city of Leadville, the county seat, has 2600...