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. 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
When we arrived at our first stop in Kentucky was at the Daviess County Animal Shelter, a group of middle school students was gathered in the parking lot waiting to tour the shelter. This was the first clue that this…