American Pets Alive! Piloting Social Services Model of Sheltering
Our work has evolved rapidly the past several years as we all work to change an institutionalized sheltering system that was not designed to save lives. The operational changes during COVID-19 have se...
22 Mai 202043min
The Moonshot - No-Kill 2025
The progress towards a no-kill nation has been remarkable. From approximately 17-million animals killed in 1984 to 733,000 in 2019. Of course, one healthy or treatable pet killed is one too many.Sayin...
19 Mai 202046min
Let's Spay Together
As governments scrambled to react to the COVID-19 pandemic, one word dominated conversations related to stay at home orders. Essential. Is the service or business, critical to the health and welfare o...
15 Mai 202041min
Hannah Shaw - Kitten Lady
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...
12 Mai 202041min
Cultivating Resilience
Stress and adversity are part of life. How we deal with it is what matters most. How do we stay gritty, persevere, and show up as our best selves even amid a pandemic? By building our personal resilie...
8 Mai 202042min
When the Budgets Get Tough, the Tough Get Going
The economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is becoming clearer for municipal governments, and the projected revenue shortfalls are causing across the board budget cuts. Animal services in communitie...
5 Mai 202029min
Compassionate Badassery
The work in animal welfare, municipal sheltering, and field services can be emotionally, mentally, and physically taxing. The emotional peaks and valleys affect us all differently but over time, the i...
30 Apr 202032min
Norfolk, Virginia - Your Time has Come
Virginia is on the precipice of no-kill statewide but one of the cities that has not yet crossed the 90% threshold is the city of Norfolk, a coastal community in the Hampton Roads metro area. A recent...
28 Apr 202011min
