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Susan Houser
Jan 23, 20157 min read
The Withering Away of the Animal Shelter?
Friedrich Engels, one of the original philosophers of communist political theory, once said that there would be no need to abolish the...
Susan Houser
Jan 22, 20154 min read
The Cost of No Kill
I periodically get questions about how much it costs a city to transition to No Kill. Based on what I’ve seen in individual cities and...
Susan Houser
Jan 19, 20152 min read
Buncombe County, NC
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,...
Susan Houser
Jan 16, 20154 min read
The Million Cat Challenge — 1 Month Anniversary
[For today’s News Bit and the Running Totals, click here.] The Million Cat Challenge launched on December 10, 2014, and has proven to be...
Susan Houser
Jan 11, 20152 min read
Baltimore, MD
Baltimore is an independent city in Maryland with 622,000 human residents. The Baltimore metro area has about 2.7 million people. Animal...
Susan Houser
Jan 8, 20154 min read
The Coming Shelter Dog Shortage – Part II
In my last blog post I discussed the fact that some parts of the country already have a shortage of shelter dogs, and observed that if...
Susan Houser
Jan 5, 20156 min read
The Coming Shelter Dog Shortage
It is becoming more and more obvious that supply and demand for shelter dogs in the United States is coming into balance. For example,...
Susan Houser
Jan 3, 20153 min read
Some Very Good Years
It’s too early for 2014 stats to be out, but not too early to look at some No Kill shelters that had very good years in 2014: Lynchburg...
Susan Houser
Dec 31, 20142 min read
Suburban Birds
As everyone in animal sheltering and rescue knows, there is a very complicated debate swirling around the issue of whether outdoor cats...
Susan Houser
Dec 29, 20142 min read
No Kill Progress in 2014
2014 was the year when it became impossible for one part-time person to keep up with reporting on all the communities getting to No Kill...
Susan Houser
Dec 26, 20144 min read
The Million Cat Challenge
The Million Cat Challenge was launched on December 10, 2014. Remember that date, because this is going to be big. As Peter Wolf said in...
Susan Houser
Dec 22, 20142 min read
Williamson County, TX
The Williamson County Regional Animal Shelter (WCRAS), located in Texas just north of Austin, provides animal sheltering services for...
Susan Houser
Dec 19, 20145 min read
Notable Trends in 2014
There have been two very important trends in No Kill in 2014. First is the expansion of the movement to include a lot more leaders with a...
Susan Houser
Dec 16, 20143 min read
Notable People of 2014
A lot has happened in the No Kill world in 2014, and a lot of progress has been made. In fact, I think 2014 has been one of the most...
Susan Houser
Dec 12, 20141 min read
Alpena County, MI
Alpena County is located in the far northern part of Michigan’s lower peninsula, bordering Lake Huron. It is a predominantly rural county...
Susan Houser
Dec 10, 20141 min read
More Homes Than Ever
Pet ownership as a percentage of the human population of the United States has shot up since 1970. In 1970, the number of owned pets was...
Susan Houser
Dec 8, 20142 min read
Aquidneck Island, RI
Newport County in Rhode Island (population 83,000) lies along Narragansett Bay, and there are several islands in the bay that are part of...
Susan Houser
Dec 5, 20141 min read
Worth Watching – Downriver, MI
Downriver Central Animal Control (DCAC, formerly the Southgate Animal Shelter) is a cooperative animal control and sheltering...
Susan Houser
Dec 2, 20142 min read
Roscommon County, MI
Roscommon County is located in the northern part of Michigan’s lower peninsula, in the Au Sable State Forest area. There are no...
Susan Houser
Nov 29, 20142 min read
Brother Wolf Goes All-Out For Pet Retention
Brother Wolf is a large, non-profit rescue organization in Asheville, North Carolina, that helps the city shelter and is working to make...
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