Adopting a shelter animal in some areas of the U.S. today can entail a rigorous adoption process that includes intrusive, seemingly random and frequently impossible to achieve set of hurdles in which few people are deemed worthy enough to adopt.
Category: Homeless Animals
Pet Adoption in the Age of Lock Down: A Story in Pictures
Thankfully, the virus lock-down has not meant that animals needing homes are blocked from being placed with new loving families.
Stray Dogs Go to Church–To Find Their Forever Home
Every Sunday the church welcomes not only its parishioners but stray dogs, too. Father João Paulo Araujo Gomes is at the helm of this heartwarming act; he invites pups from off the streets to be part of weekend Mass in hopes that attendees will want to take them home.
First no-kill animal shelter state
Delaware has become the first no-kill animal shelter state in the U.S., saving 90% or more of the homeless pets that enter the system.
Picture Me Adopted! Pix from the Adobe Shelter Pet Campaign
In order to feature shelter animals in the favorable light they need and deserve, Adobe Lightroom sponsored the Picture Me Adopted! campaign in which professional photographers caught the best sides of these adorable potential companions.
Abandoned Pets: Artist Public Education Campaign
Artist creates a public education campaign to create awareness about abandoned pets.
Caring for Pets of the Homeless
Homeless people with pets are usually criticized and sometimes turned away from shelters. But that’s starting to change. Homeless people … More
Homeless animals get their own train car to raise public awareness
Abandoned, homeless animals are a problem all over the world and finding solutions is a challenge nearly everywhere. But one … More
Technology to give abandoned stray dogs a job and a purpose
From strays to dogs with a purpose…Ingenuous new technology may soon be helping turn abandoned, homeless dogs into working community … More
Rescued Shelter Animal becomes South Korea First Dog
Four paws-up for South Korean President Moon Jae-in’s promise for public education about the need for serious commitment for pet … More
Rescue Buses Saving Lives of Death-Row Animals
A heartwarming piece about how rescue buses are saving abandoned animals from being euthanized… These rescuers take shelter animals … More
