Susan Houser
Nevada’s New Statewide Pet Lifesaving Campaign
This month, Maddie’s Fund is commencing a three-year effort to make Nevada a state where all healthy and treatable animals are saved. The...
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Susan Houser
Jan 1, 20176 min read
2016 — A Banner Year for No Kill
Many of the general retrospectives on 2016 that have appeared in the media in the last few days have branded the year as a disaster. It’s...
Susan Houser
Apr 22, 20157 min read
The “Per Thousand People” Metrics
The most common measure of shelter performance is the live release rate, which measures the live outcomes of an individual shelter...
Susan Houser
Nov 21, 20144 min read
On The Record
One factor that’s turning out to be very important for No Kill is the simple matter of whether shelters have to report their results to...
Susan Houser
Sep 30, 20143 min read
Colorado Statistics for 2013
Colorado is one of the states that require animal shelters to report their statistics to the state. The reporting form is pretty detailed...
Susan Houser
May 16, 20142 min read
Transparency
I’d like to say thanks to everyone who commented and sent me e-mails about the blog’s listing criteria going forward. The suggestions...
Susan Houser
May 14, 20142 min read
Changes To Listing Criteria?
Dear Readers, You may recall that I recently listed St. George, Utah, as a 90%+ shelter in the right sidebar. The listing was based on...
Susan Houser
Jan 4, 20142 min read
Lynchburg’s Experience With TNR
As we’re waiting for the 2013 end-of-year statistics to start coming out, I thought this might be a good time to discuss a very...
Susan Houser
Dec 6, 20134 min read
What Colorado’s Statistics Say About Transports
The great majority of the communities listed in the right sidebar of this blog have attained their high live release rates by placing...
Susan Houser
Dec 2, 20134 min read
Colorado’s Statistics
The Colorado Department of Agriculture collects detailed statistics* for shelters in the state that impound animals. Based on those...
Susan Houser
Oct 26, 20133 min read
200+ Communities Saving 90% or More
The right sidebar of this blog has a list of communities that are saving 90% or more of their animal shelter intake. In order to be...
Susan Houser
Oct 8, 20132 min read
An Overlooked Statistic
We all know the importance of the live release rate in evaluating a shelter’s performance. There is another very important statistic that...
Susan Houser
Aug 24, 20134 min read
Did You Know...
This post is the first in what will be an occasional series trying to identify trends in the statistical data I’ve gathered in the course...
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