CHICAGO––Urban wildlife habitat conservation is often traced to the 1914 creation of the Forest Preserve District of Cook County. Foresighted planning left Chicago and surrounding suburbs a protected greenbelt and wildlife migration corridors that today hosts an abundance of animals of most species common to the Midwest. Unlike in Milwaukee, however, an hour’s drive or […]
Casualties of the “save rate”: 40,000 animals at failed no-kill shelters & rescues
by Merritt Clifton At least 25,000 dogs and 15,000 cats found at failed no-kill shelters and rescues from 2005 through 2014 might be politely described as casualties of the “save rate,” also known as the “live release rate.” The numbers of dogs and cats impounded by law enforcement from failed shelters and rescues dropped sharply in […]
South Carolina wildlife rehab center losing lease
Keeper of the Wild is a non-profit, all volunteer organization that rehabilitates South Carolina wildlife; we also provide wildlife education for students ages 6 and older. We rescue operate 100% from private donations, which provide the medical care and facilities needed to rehab thousands of animals each year. Often our volunteers also contribute financially to […]
Record low shelter killing raises both hopes & questions
by Merritt Clifton U.S. animal shelters are now killing fewer cats and dogs than at any time in the past 60 years––nearly 300,000 fewer in the most recent fiscal year than just one year earlier, and just 8.6 per 1,000 Americans, the lowest ratio on record––but is the recent dramatic progress really saving animal lives? […]
Igor, 58, ex-laboratory gibbon
Igor, 58, a male gibbon who had resided at the International Primate Protection League sanctuary in Summerville, South Carolina since 1987, was euthanized on October 13, 2014, three days after suffering a stroke that left his right side paralyzed and not responding to treatment. “Igor could not swing or climb,” IPPL founder Shirley McGreal told […]
Hope Elephants founder James Laurita, 56
James Laurita, DVM, 56, cofounder with his brother Tom of the Hope Elephants sanctuary in Hope, Maine, was found dead in the sanctuary barn on September 9, 2014. Laurita apparently fell while working alone, and was stepped on by one of the two resident former Carson & Barnes Circus elephants, Rosie and Opal. “The elephant […]
Pit bulls were 32% of U.S. shelter inventory in June 2014
About two-thirds of the dogs in U.S. shelters as of June 2014 were housed by tax-funded animal care and control facilities, 22% were housed by open-admission humane societies, and 12% were housed by selective admission no-kill shelters and rescues, according to the annual ANIMALS 24-7 summer survey of shelter dog inventory. Of the dogs housed […]
More embezzlement cases, but less money stolen
ATLANTA, Georgia; COUPEVILLE, Washington; SANDSTONE, Minnesota; RICHMOND, Virginia––Is the humane community really afflicted by more embezzlement lately than ever before? If so, why? Or are more embezzlers getting caught, sooner? The ANIMALS 24-7 archives indicate that about one prosecuted case of embezzlement per year involving an animal shelter, sanctuary, sterilization clinic, or animal […]
Pat Derby founded the Performing Animal Welfare Society & ARK 2000 sanctuary
Performer turned sanctuarian Pat Derby, 69, founder of the Performing Animal Welfare Society, died from throat cancer on February 15, 2013 at her home on the ARK 2000 sanctuary she built near San Andreas, California. “Ed Stewart, her partner of 37 years, was by her side,” said the PAWS death announcement. Best seller Derby’s 1976 […]
Hurricane Katrina & Rita rescuers shift gears from rescue & reunion to rehoming
NEW ORLEANS–All animals rescued from the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita became eligible for adoption on December 15, 2005, following the expiration of the last mandatory holding periods prescribed by the Louisiana and Mississippi state veterinarians. “We’re setting up two new rescue centers, in New Orleans and Gulfport,” Best Friends Animal Society president Michael […]
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