Animal Advocacy – Barking at the Knot

Number of Dogs Removed: 201

The history of intakes as a measure of a shelter’s success continues to influence the way we perceive the most important functions of animal services.

Audrey Lodato

October 22, 2025

1900s, Animal Welfare

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The Battle of Island City Homes

This week in Barking at the Knot, we have a guest post from fellow animal welfare worker and history lover Cole Wakefield. Cole is the Executive Director at Good Shepherd Humane Society and the Managing Advisor for Rural Humane. Hear about how some young boys fought to save their dog in Galveston, Texas in 1957.

Audrey Lodato

July 10, 2025

1950s, Animal Welfare

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“Automatic Electric Cage”

The humane movement never began with the intention to provide live outcomes. It began with the intention to provide humane death.

Audrey Lodato

May 27, 2025

1910s, Animal Welfare

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“That of God in Every Man.”

Humane Movement founder Caroline Earle White was influenced in her approach to animal advocacy by both religion and her family’s abolitionist background.

Audrey Lodato

May 12, 2025

Animal Welfare

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Number of Dogs Removed: 201

The Battle of Island City Homes

“Automatic Electric Cage”

“That of God in Every Man.”