Bethany Adams

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Anyone who’s been in our field for very long has heard about animal hoarding, and many of us have dealt with the fallout of these cases. It’s a frustrating fact that perpetrators often identify themselves as rescuers. Some are unable to recognize

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While public and private animal welfare organizations have historically had a hard time getting along, animal homelessness requires a community solution. We check in with two public and private shelter leaders who put their differences aside for the

Pets whose owners are coping with life crises like homelessness, illness or addiction often end up surrendered to shelters. A growing number of groups offer temporary housing instead.

In rural communities, drastic improvements in animal care won’t happen overnight. But these organizations are taking the long view, building more humane communities one project at a time.

At Miami-Dade County Animal Services in 2010, staffers had so little room to spare and so few program alternatives that they euthanized 11,454 cats that year, many directly in their traps or carriers, without ever checking if they were feral or

The term “HOA” (Homeowners Association) is often used as a shorthand for sterile turf, cookie-cutter houses and nit-picky neighbors. But in the Villages of Urbana in southern Frederick County, our