Hart County Shelter Has Heart
Hart County Animal Shelter has a positive energy, a plan for the future, and a staff with (okay, I’m gonna go for the hokey here) — heart. That was clear from the moment I heard from their key volunteer Devon,…
Kentucky
Kentucky is Different
Kentucky is different. Now that we’ve been to over twenty Kentucky shelters, at least when it comes to animal shelter, that much is clear. Municipal animal control shelters usually fall under the realm of the sheriff’s department, the agriculture department,…
Dogs Just Aren’t Moving
Dogs just aren’t moving. Like everyone else’s, my foster dogs linger as adoptions have slowed down all over the country. And no matter how many efforts are made to ‘clear the shelters’ or ‘sponsor’ dogs, dogs just aren’t moving. The…
Our Greatest Impact
This year marks five years for WWLDO, and we’re evaluating the impact we’ve had and mapping out a plan to greatly expand that impact. As part of that process, we recently polled some of the shelters we visited in the…
An Inspiring Story: Bringing Change in Meade County Kentucky
We see a lot of hard situations on shelter tours, but sometimes what we see is flat-out inspiring. That was the case with Meade County Animal Shelter, a small municipal shelter in rural Brandenburg, Kentucky. They are proving that with…
Shelter Tour Starts in Ten Days!
It’s time for another shelter tour! This time we’re headed to five states with ten, possibly eleven stops, so it’ll be a lot of driving and a lot of gathering stories, meeting heroes, and of course, hanging out with adoptable…
New Ideas to Solve Old Problems
It’s been said that you can’t solve a problem with the same mind that created it. Traci never wanted to be the director of McCracken Humane Society when she decided to leave her job as a social worker to scoop…
New Director Brings New Energy to Kentucky Shelter
There’s a great energy at Leitchfield Animal Shelter in Grayson County, Kentucky, known for the Twin Lakes in the area. After spending a morning with her, I think that contagious energy has a lot to do with the new director,…
A Bright Future for Butler County Animal Shelter
Ruby has been the director of Butler County Ky. Animal Shelter for five years. As a former vet tech, she brings a lot of critical skills and animal knowledge to the job, but what she really brings is some serious…
Too Big a Job, Too Few Resources, Yet They Get It Done
The team at Caldwell County KY Animal Shelter has too big a job and too few resources, yet they are getting it done. The shelter is located in a small metal building tucked away in the woods behind a county…