Articles
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March 1, 2013
Taking it to the Streets
The HSUS’s Pets for Life program is bringing the human touch to neighborhoods where pet care services are scarce, but love for animals abounds. Learn how to implement this amazing and unique program in your community.
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March 1, 2013
The Evolution of a Field and a Magazine
Animal Sheltering turns 35 this year, and to celebrate, we talked to shelter veterans to find how out they started, what changes they’ve witnessed, and what advice they’d offer newcomers in the field of animal welfare.
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March 1, 2013
Big Daddy's Big Family
Although Big Daddy’s time with the staff of Greenbelt Animal Control was short, it was long enough for this abandoned pit bull to warm hearts and change minds in the larger community about this often misunderstood breed.
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March 1, 2013
Matters of Life, Death, and Responsibility
Here are guidelines for how pet owners can plan for the possibility that their pets will outlive them, and recommendations for what you can do to encourage them to take this important step.
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March 1, 2013
Ellen and Robbie
Meet Ellen and Robbie, two dogs who survived a hoarding situation and went on to become a source of comfort and inspiration to students at a residential school for troubled youth.
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March 1, 2013
Pet Smitten
Wallace, a new book by best-selling author Jim Gorant, tells the story of one pit bull’s journey from almost being euthanized in a shelter due to behavior problems to becoming a national Frisbee champion.
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January 1, 2013
Frankie Goes to Florida
Meet Frankie, a lucky dog who avoided a stomach-turning fate in Vietnam.
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November 1, 2012
Building a Way Off the Chain
Fences for Fido, an Oregon-based nonprofit, helps dogs, dog owners and local communities by working to replace dog chains with solid fences.
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November 1, 2012
Get Out Your Hank-Kerchiefs
Meet a Great Dane who risked his own life to protect his owner from an abusive boyfriend and learn how his heroic actions ultimately led a Kansas City domestic violence shelter to be the first in the region to open its doors to pets.
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October 1, 2012
Humane Career Toolbox
Humane Society University's Humane Career Toolbox will be of interest to people of all ages who seek to professionally assist animals. The toolbox contains resources for both beginning and enhancing a career helping animals.
