Though it was nearly 16 years ago, I remember it like it was yesterday. May 3, 2002 I was awakened by an emergency phone call from the...

I first walked into the Lake County Animal Shelter in Tavares, Florida a little more than a year ago. As my reports to the County clearly...

Photo: After a year in captivity, there was still always a bit of fear in Kiki's eyes. Sitting at my feet is my dog Kiki, which is...

We recently celebrated the 2017 Winter Solstice, the shortest daylight of the year. And as the year comes to a close, the long nights and...

I would like to applaud the City Council of Pueblo, Colorado for considering a new law that would regulate animal shelters in their City....

Photo: Gilbert, an adult male Green Iguana (Iguana iguana) that shared our home for more than 10 years. When it comes to animals in...

I recently wrote about the fact that a significant amount of inertia exists in society that weighs down or inhibits people or...

Three years ago today, St. Paul City Council President Kathy Lantry introduced a new City Ordinance called the Companion Animal...

Anyone who has followed the constant release of new smart phones from companies like Apple and Samsung knows that different people adopt...

Bixby's journey was a long one, nearly 1,300 miles from New Orleans, Louisiana to Minnesota and then another 1,300 miles from Minnesota...

Photo: The Bell of New Beginnings hangs in the lobby of the Lake County Animal Shelter. Each time an adoption occurs, staff there ring...

There was a time in my life when I uttered the phrase "pet overpopulation" several times a day. My family and I, after all, had spent...

Whether it was Austin, Texas; Reno, Nevada; Lake County, Florida or Huntsville, Alabama, one factor contributed to No Kill advocates...

Show the picture above to anyone who works the intake desk at an animal shelter and you will likely get an immediate heart-felt laugh. It...

People working to assess animal shelters have relied heavily on a simple statistic to measure shelter performance: The Live Release Rate...

Note: the following has been turned into a downloadable flyer that animal shelters and rescues can use to hand out to people who want to...

If a great description of an adoptable pet can help sell him or her online, then a picture is, as the saying goes, worth 1,000 words. A...

The coming of the new year has left me reflective of the decades of work that have passed since since my family first became involved in...

Photo: Waiting lines for adoptions at Front Street Animal Shelter, in Sacramento, CA Courtesy of The Sacramento Bee Just before...

Reflecting back on my 20 or so years of No Kill advocacy, one thing keeps coming to mind: Shortly after the movement began gaining steam,...