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Nathan W had some great stories about taking space in the mall during the holidays in order to increase adoptions. He even had volunteers dress as elves and make home deliveries. Our open admission public shelter recently merged with the private shelter and our committed to increasing adoptions
http://www.humanerescuealliance.org
The undeniable value of being open on holidays
Like many of you, I follow many animal welfare groups and animal shelters on social media. Over the past couple of weeks, I was simply amazed at the number of shelters that sent out notifications of being closed for the holidays. And these shelters weren't just closed on Christmas;, they were cl...
I have attended the No Kill conference in DC two years running, and I plan to be there again in July. I'm a little antsy because last year my 12 1/2 yo Aby died (in his sleep) while I was at the cocktail party. So, I hope I'll be remembered as someone in the forefront, and twenty years from now I will really be old!
How will history perceive you?
Slowly but surely, the momentum to end the killing in our public and private shelters is growing. Communities across the country are embracing initiatives that are dramatically limiting, or totally ending, the killing of healthy, non-aggressive shelter pets. There is little doubt in my mind that...
I voted for you as well as some of the folks I met at the No Kill conference this summer in DC.
American Dog Humanitarian Awards
I've been a bit slow getting this posted, but American Dog Magazine is hosting the voting for its first ever Humanitarian Awards. The magazine has selected several finalists in a variety of different categories and voting will determine the winners in each category. Categories include: Exemplar...
The Washington Animal Rescue League is doing a once-a-month free neuter/spay clinic for pitbulls -- no restrictions. They open at 8 am and by 8:15 they are full. Checkout the smiling dogs and proud owners on Debbie's blog for kids:
http://warlkids.blogspot.com/2010/08/doing-right-thing.html
A better way
Today, Bad Rap had a great blog featuring photos of a recent shot clinic that they had in an Oakland area community. I'm going to make you click through to see the pics -- but I highly recommend you watch the entire slide show (30 or so pics). For about a decade now, Bad Rap has been working in...
Hi, I volunteer at the Washington Animal Rescue League... I'm a dog trainer and an adoption counselor. I also just attended a talk-back sponsored by WHS on pitbulls, where participants were quizzed on both of those posters. The discussion leader was a bit taken aback when I suggested No. 7 was a pitbull.
WARL started using Meet your Match in March of 2008. The staff were highly skeptical at first. But it has proved to be so useful in helping to describe a dog (or cat) that now its second nature. I do see that people still pick by looks, but that's okay with me. I tell my potential adopters that now that DNA tests are available that is the only accurate way to know breed, and that we find that our guesses are wrong 85% of the time. Some shelters don't use breed designation. WHS uses "wiggle butt" and other descriptions instead of breed. Boston shelters use "North American Shelter dog".
So what is that doggie in the window?
Last week I chose an adorable dog named Hank to accompany me to 96.5 KLR as the “Klassic K9.” As I often do, I took his photo on the way and posted it to our social media sites. When I arrived at the station I saw that someone had replied, “Hank is cute. What is Hank?” Well, Hank is a dog. What...
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