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It's National Adopt a Shelter Pet Day. See these adoptable fur babies at Kentucky rescues.
A patient pup who just wants to be loved is getting attention online due to his long stay at a Kentucky shelter. Meet Leland, a 2-year-old Great Pyrenees mix, who has been at the Kentucky Humane ...
The Kentucky Humane Society is waiving adoption fees after rescuing 35 animals from a shelter damaged by storms over the weekend. What we know.
Petfinder operates the largest online pet adoption website serving all of North America. [2] [3] The company reports that it currently lists “more than 315,000 adoptable pets from nearly 14,000 animal shelters and rescue groups.” [2] A commercial enterprise founded in 1996, it is now owned by Nestlé Purina PetCare Company and reports that it has facilitated more than 22 million pet ...
1-800-Save-a-Pet.com participated in a pet rescue effort in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005. [6] [7] In September 2008, the company changed its name to Adopt a Pet, In October 2008, Adopt a Pet partnered with Care2 to launch America's Favorite Animal Shelter contest. The winning shelters were awarded a total of $20,000 on December 4 ...
Shelters have redefined their role since the 1990s. No longer serving as a lifelong repository for strays and drop-offs, modern shelters have taken the lead in controlling the pet population, promoting pet adoption and studying shelter animals' health and behavior. To prevent animal euthanization, some shelters offer behavioral assessments of ...
The Kentucky Humane Society transported more than 100 animals from Eastern Kentucky shelters to make room for pets displaced by flooding. Ky. Humane Society takes in 100 dogs, cats after deadly ...
Online pet adoption sites have databases, searchable by the public, of pets being housed by thousands of animal shelters and rescue groups. A black cat waiting to be adopted. Because of the superstitions surrounding black cats, they are disproportionately more common in shelters than in the general population and less likely to be adopted than ...