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Lake County, CO
Lake County is in west central Colorado and has a population of 7300 people. The city of Leadville, the county seat, has 2600...

Susan Houser
Nov 25, 20131 min read


Douglas County, NV
Douglas County has a population of 47,000 people and is located on the western border of Nevada. The county seat is Minden, which has...

Susan Houser
Nov 18, 20132 min read


Cedaredge, CO
Cedaredge (population 2300) and Orchard City (3100) are located in Delta County in western Colorado. Development in the county has been...

Susan Houser
Nov 16, 20131 min read


Fort Morgan, CO
Fort Morgan is a city of 11,000 people located in the northeastern part of Colorado. It is the county seat of Morgan County, which has a...

Susan Houser
Nov 9, 20132 min read


Pflugerville, TX
Pflugerville is a rapidly growing city in the Austin metro area. Its current population is 52,000, up from 16,000 in the year 2000. It is...

Susan Houser
Nov 4, 20132 min read


Ravalli County, MT
The Bitterroot Valley is located near the western border of Montana and follows the Bitterroot River from Missoula south to the Idaho...

Susan Houser
Oct 29, 20132 min read


200+ Communities Saving 90% or More
The right sidebar of this blog has a list of communities that are saving 90% or more of their animal shelter intake. In order to be...

Susan Houser
Oct 26, 20133 min read


Routt County, CO
Routt County is located in northwest Colorado, bordering Wyoming. The population recorded in the 2010 census was 23,500. The county seat...

Susan Houser
Oct 24, 20132 min read


Teller County, CO
Teller County is located in central Colorado and is part of the Colorado Springs metropolitan area. Teller County’s population is 23,000...

Susan Houser
Oct 19, 20132 min read


Montclair Township, NJ
Montclair is a township of 38,000 people in New Jersey, about 12 miles from New York City. A private non-profit in Montclair, the Pound...

Susan Houser
Oct 16, 20131 min read


Worth Watching – Linn County, IA
[NOTE: The Worth Watching category lists communities whose animal shelter systems are doing substantially better than average, but have...

Susan Houser
Oct 14, 20131 min read


Erie County, NY
Erie County, on the western edge of New York state and bordering Lake Erie, has 919,000 residents. Buffalo, the county seat, has 261,000...

Susan Houser
Sep 30, 20131 min read


Important Progress on Shelter Intake Policies
A group of organizations involved in animal sheltering, including large mainstream organizations such as HSUS, Maddie’s Fund, and the...

Susan Houser
Sep 10, 20134 min read


Worth Watching — Spokane County, WA
[NOTE: The Worth Watching category lists communities whose animal shelter systems are doing substantially better than average, but have...

Susan Houser
Sep 6, 20132 min read


Aquidneck Island, RI
Newport County in Rhode Island (population 83,000) lies along Narragansett Bay, and there are several islands in the bay that are part of...

Susan Houser
Aug 29, 20131 min read


Worth Watching — Portland Metro Area
[NOTE: The Worth Watching category lists communities whose animal shelter systems are doing substantially better than average, but have...

Susan Houser
Aug 27, 20132 min read


Worth Watching — Orange County, VA
[NOTE: The Worth Watching category lists communities whose animal shelter systems are doing substantially better than average, but have...

Susan Houser
Jul 25, 20132 min read


Worth Watching — Savannah, TN
[NOTE: The Worth Watching category lists communities whose animal shelter systems are doing substantially better than average, but have...

Susan Houser
Jul 14, 20132 min read


Culpeper County, VA
[For today’s News Bit and the Running Totals, click here.] Culpeper County is a community of about 47,000 people located in north central...

Susan Houser
Jul 6, 20131 min read
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