Happy tails. Pawsome happenings. We want to keep you informed…you need to know “the Scoop”.
September 17th
September is Puppy Mill Awareness Month. According to the Humane Society of the United States, an estimated 10,000 or more puppy mills are in operation throughout the country. Puppy mills come in all shapes and disguises. These commercial dog breeding operations may sell puppies in pet stores, online, or directly to the public through classified […]
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September 9th
Last month, my team, along with Pointe Coupee Animal Shelter and other incredible shelter partners, addressed a suspected puppy mill in Louisiana, with more than 150 dogs and 100 cats, all in varying stages of neglect. Typical of a puppy mill, the living conditions were devastating. Cats wandered freely with no food or water set […]
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August 31st
1,805 dogs and cats found forever homes over six days through the emergency Empty the Shelters: Big Dog & Cat Crisis event with BISSELL Pet Foundation. The event was hosted in 97 shelters in 29 states to support shelters facing overcrowding. In addition, reduced fee adoptions were focused on harder-to-place pets, such as adult cats […]
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August 25th
By: Allison Black Cornelius, CEO at Greater Birmingham Humane Society I always fear losing one of our animals. I wasn’t prepared to lose so many human family members. It was Sunday, August 17, 2021. I was sitting in the Birmingham airport about to board a plane to Colorado. The Greater Birmingham Humane Society (GBHS) was […]
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August 17th
In BISSELL Pet Foundation’s first air transport from El Paso to Ontario, Canada, 84 dogs traveled across the border to their future forever homes, thanks to the partnership with City of El Paso Animal Services, Windsor/Essex County Humane, and additional Canada-based rescues. The pets departed early Sunday, August 15 on a chartered plane, arriving safely […]
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August 11th
Right now, shelters throughout the country face increasing disease, staffing shortages, increasing intake, and slowing adoptions. In addition, a shortage of shelter veterinarians further complicates this situation, making it increasingly difficult for shelters to provide needed care. For those unfamiliar, shelter veterinarians are unicorns—magical and hard to find. Yet, they are vital to the health […]
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July 21st
5,908 pets spent their first night in a new loving home last weekend after the quarterly nationwide Empty the Shelters event. Over the course of five-days from July 7 to 11, 186 shelters in 40 states hosted free or low-cost adoptions for dogs and cats with record success. Current adoption counts from Empty the Shelters […]
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July 20th
At BPF, we’ve been encouraging our transport receiving partners to be fair regarding the selection of pets for transfer. While many organizations would prefer only to transfer in “smalls” or puppies from a shelter struggling with overpopulation, the small dogs and puppies are not the issue with overcrowding. In fact, taking these pets out of […]
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June 29th
By: Eric Thompson – Executive Director, Code 3 Associates Inevitably an event that requires your agency to go into an emergency response mode will happen on the weekend or at night. It rarely occurs during business hours when you actually have a chance to get a jump on things. Well, at least it seems that […]
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