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FEATURES
Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Bird Flu?
According to The HSUS’s director of public health and animal agriculture, we all should be—but not to the point of panic. Our justifiable worries about avian influenza should lead instead to preparation in both the shelter environment and the community at large.
Bunny Adoptions: Helping Humans Cohabit with Rabbits
As the old song goes, You’re no bunny till somebody loves you. But some shelters, overwhelmed with homeless cats and dogs, struggle to find the resources that will help them place their cottontailed residents with loving families. This feature will help you hop along toward better rabbit adoptions.
DEPARTMENTS
What's Happening
Documentary exposes animal abuse
Scoop
101: A Step-by-Step Primer
If you’re a volunteer looking for ways to help enhance the care of rabbits and guineas and mice (oh my!) at your local shelter, here are ways to hone your approach.
Doc Is In
UC Davis Shelter Medicine Program director Kate Hurley explores a recent outbreak of canine influenza in an animal shelter.
StraightTalk
A black cat crossing your path is supposed to be unlucky. But when a stray cat crossed Bryan Kortis’s path in 1999, he didn’t worry about bad luck. He worried about the cat—and spent the next seven years helping the strays of New York City.
Models & Mentors
The SPCA Tampa Bay used community connections to create an adoption campaign that looks like a million bucks
Off Leash
In Whatcom County, Washington, new car buyers get a great deal—free advice on saving pets’ lives.
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