Susan Houser
New Book on Animal Shelter History
Prodigal Pets: A History of Animal Sheltering in America and the Origin of the No Kill Movement by Susan K. Houser. An in-depth look at...
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Susan Houser
Aug 5, 20188 min read
Are Cats an Invasive Species as Defined by the U.S. Government?
When cat advocates try to establish programs to help and manage outdoor cats, they frequently meet resistance from wildlife...
Susan Houser
Jul 25, 20182 min read
What’s New at OTFD
A lot has been happening at Out the Front Door (OTFD) lately. Today I want to introduce a new website for OTFD, a new book to be...
Susan Houser
Mar 26, 20185 min read
Rescue Buying of Puppy Mill Breeding Stock – Good or Bad?
There’s considerable controversy over whether it’s a good thing or a bad thing for rescues to buy puppy mill breeding stock at auctions....
Susan Houser
Aug 31, 20168 min read
The BCG Report on Dallas Animal Services – A Watershed Moment for No Kill?
The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) is a prestigious, full-service consulting firm with international reach. The city of Dallas, TX, hired...
Susan Houser
Jun 28, 20168 min read
What Happened in Moore County
Moore County, North Carolina, is located about an hour southwest of Raleigh and is known for its golf courses. Two years ago Moore County...
Susan Houser
Apr 30, 20164 min read
Tazewell County Hits 90%
Tazewell County, Virginia, is in the Appalachian mountains in the far southwestern part of the state. Its median household income is very...
Susan Houser
Feb 28, 20164 min read
Counting Feral Cats
Now that feral dogs have virtually disappeared in the United States and the supply of homeless dogs is approaching balance with demand,...
Susan Houser
Jan 26, 20164 min read
The State of No Kill: Western U.S.
West Coast – Washington, Oregon, California Upper Rockies – Idaho, Montana, Wyoming Middle Rockies – Nevada, Utah, Colorado Lower...
Susan Houser
Jan 19, 20164 min read
The State of No Kill: Central U.S.
This post looks at how No Kill did in the central part of the United States in 2015. We can break the area down into four regions: Upper...
Susan Houser
Jan 15, 20164 min read
The State of No Kill: Southeast
This post looks at how No Kill did in the Southeast in 2015. We can break the area down into two regions: Upper Southeast – Virginia,...
Susan Houser
Jan 10, 20164 min read
The State of No Kill: Northeast
This is the first in a series of posts on the regions of the United States and how each one is doing at No Kill as we begin 2016. These...
Susan Houser
Jan 5, 20166 min read
Attack on No Kill
UPDATE Jan. 6, 2016: The city council meeting set for January 12, 2016 to discuss the ABC letter has been cancelled. At this time the...
Susan Houser
Dec 17, 20151 min read
The Year That Was
During the last two weeks of the year I’m going to re-run my three-part series on the coming shelter dog shortage and the future of...
Susan Houser
Dec 13, 20153 min read
Tazewell County’s No Kill Effort – Part II
One key to the new possibilities is Maggie Asbury, who was elected to the county Board of Supervisors recently. She is animal-friendly...
Susan Houser
Dec 5, 20151 min read
Now on Twitter
Out the Front Door is now on Twitter! Handle is @outthefrontdoor. The Twitter feed will have the blogs of course, but also No Kill news...
Susan Houser
Nov 29, 201510 min read
The Last Great Barriers to No Kill – Tazewell County Edition
Is No Kill possible everywhere? I think the answer to that question is “yes.” That said, we have a problem that I have not seen discussed...
Susan Houser
Oct 28, 20154 min read
The Importance of the Animal Shelter Building
Until recent years, public animal shelter buildings were designed with the idea that a high percentage of the dogs and cats taken in...
Susan Houser
Oct 19, 20154 min read
Jacksonville Update
The southeast part of the United States used to be a graveyard of No Kill hopes. Communities in the southeast have traditionally lagged...
Susan Houser
Oct 7, 20155 min read
Stray Dogs in Dallas Are Facing A Disaster
In the great majority of cities and counties in the United States stray dogs are not a major problem. In the last 40 years there have...
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