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The human-animal bond transcends all, regardless of where someone lives, their race, or how much they have in their bank account - pet ownership is for everyone. It’s a concept that is gaining more and more acceptance across animal welfare, and it has brought new approaches to keep people and pets together to the forefront.
When Helping Hands Humane Society in Topeka, Kansas, tested their fears of fee-waived adoptions, they found their worries didn't stand up to the data.
Animal service officers historically have been trained to function as code enforcement officers, and in many communities that is still the case. While this training is integral, it is not always a holistic representation or acknowledgment of all the tools officers have to do their work.
In 2016, 2.3 million Americans lived in a home that was served an eviction notice. During the foreclosure crisis in 2008, 10 million Americans lost their home. Experts believe that by the end of this year, 28 million Americans will face eviction due to the economic downturn related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Neonatal kittens are one of the most vulnerable populations in animal shelters. The resources necessary to save them haven’t always been available but that has changed over the last few years. An ever-growing, committed group of volunteers has offered a lifeline to newborn kittens. Hannah Shaw amassed a huge audience which she uses to educate the world on the plight of orphaned kittens. Her beautifully produced educational content is teaching countless people how to save them.
This week we speak with Lawrence Nicolas, the Chief Operating Officer for the Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League in West Palm Beach, Florida (currently, he is the COO of the Jacksonville Humane Society in Florida). Lawrence tells us about their open adoption process that sends roughly 6,000 animals to new homes each year while maintaining a return rate of under 4 percent.
The field of animal welfare can be physically and mentally grueling. At times, it may feel like there is no end in sight with so many requests for help. Unfortunately, despite our best efforts, not every story has a happy ending.
This week we transform The Best Friends Podcast into our version of one of the world’s most beloved game shows!
We want to make sure we don’t ruin Amazon Prime’s new reality show The Pack, so if you are planning to watch the series wait to listen to this episode until you’ve seen them all!
Most estimates say that the number of pets that become lost each year is roughly 10 million. Overall, one in three pets will be lost at some point in their lifetime. Staggering statistics but they're not just numbers on a page - each one, a pet with a loving family desperate to to find them and bring them home safely.