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A Shelter Where Military Involvement Just Might Change the Story

Onslow County Animal Services is a busy, bright, welcoming place conveniently located near schools and beside a county park. Municipal shelters are often located next to county utilities, often near the landfill or the waste processing plant. Too often they are down backroads, in out-of-the-way places, so it was great to arrive at this bright,…

Heading Into the New Year with Hope for Our Shelters
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Heading Into the New Year with Hope for Our Shelters

Who Will Let the Dogs Out started after Nancy and I began visiting southern shelters to learn where all the dogs were coming from and why. We didn’t know how to fix the problem, but we knew we wanted to help. So we used the only skills we had – writing and photography. As we…

What We Learned Touring Twelve Shelters
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What We Learned Touring Twelve Shelters

Every shelter tour is hard, amazing, inspiring, heartbreaking, and exhausting, but I always learn more about the crisis of so many unwanted dogs in our country. This time we made 12 shelter visits in four states, bringing our total shelter visits to 95! Over the next few months, I will share the stories of the…