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Animal Shelter Advertisements and Hero Pets
A post filled with uplifting animal and shelter stories.
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A Look at an Early Animal Welfare Conference
Take a deep dive into an early animal welfare conference, complete with opening remarks and sessions.
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So You Hate Managed Intake?
Managed intake is simply a term for common sense lifesaving. Why do we feel so strongly about intake as a default option?
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Planning to “Adopt” a dog? Animal Shelter Has Them At Bargain Prices for Those Not Too Particular. (1949)
In 1949, The Dayton Daily News did a feature on their local animal shelter and their “bargain” dogs.
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Horse Drinking Fountains
Drinking fountains for horses held an interesting place in the humane movement, both philanthropically and practically.
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The Difficulty with Transparency in Animal Services
Unpacking the history behind why we have such a hard time being transparent as a movement.
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The Barbarites Inflicted Upon Brute Creation: Henry Bergh’s Complete Lecture in Albany
A breakdown of Henry Bergh’s first cruelty laws and the entirety of his lecture in Albany in 1867.
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Madness and Its Remedies, or More Things That Didn’t Cure Rabies
More folklore cures that didn’t cure rabies from an article in from 1844, plus a rant about intake as a default solution today.I also complain about snow a little bit.
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How The Gaines Dog Research Center Influenced Pet Acquisition
All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal to others…especially those who are purebred.
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Good Dog! Good Person: The Folklore of Animal Control
This guest post from James Rodgers, interim Executive Director for Increased Access, explores how social reform influenced the development of animal control policies.
Barking at the Knot
Understanding the hidden history of animal services
Barking at the Knot 