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Kitsap County is in the state of Washington, right across Puget Sound from Seattle. It’s a large county, with a population of over...

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

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

Southampton, New York, is a city of about 57,000 people located in east Long Island. In 2009, the city stopped funding its animal control...

Benzie County is in western Michigan, along the shore of Lake Michigan. It is a rural county with lots of parks and trails, and has a...

Otsego County is located in a rural area in the northern part of Michigan’s lower peninsula, and has a population of about 23,000 people....

Montmorency County, Michigan, is located in the northern part of Michigan’s lower peninsula, and has about 10,000 residents. Up until...

Hamilton County is located in the middle of Indiana, north of Indianapolis. It has a population of about 275,000 people, and is one of...

Garfield County has a large landmass that stretches from west of Denver to the western border of Colorado. It has a population of over...

Longmont, Colorado, is a city of 86,000 people located north of Denver in Boulder and Weld counties. The Longmont Humane Society (LHS)...

Seagoville is a suburb of Dallas, Texas, and has about 15,000 inhabitants. The Seagoville Animal Shelter, a municipal shelter, handles...

2016 UPDATE: Director Ron Edwards has posted statistics going back to 2005 on the Ames Animal Shelter’s website. The live release rate...

Shelby County Kentucky, has a population of about 42,000 people and is located just east of Louisville. Shelby County Animal Shelter &...

Seattle, with over 600,000 residents, is the largest city in the Pacific northwest, and ranks 22nd among US cities in population size....

Jackson, Wyoming, is a town of just under 10,000 people located in the Jackson Hole valley in Teton County. Together, the city and county...

Henderson County is in a rural area in the western part of Kentucky. The county contains the eponymous city of Henderson, which has a...

Marquette County is located in the upper peninsula of Michigan and has about 67,000 residents. The city of Marquette, with about 21,000...

Washoe County in Nevada (population 421,000), includes the cities of Reno (population 225,000) and Sparks (90,000). The three...

Lincoln County, Wisconsin, has about 30,000 human residents and is located in the north central part of the state. The Lincoln County...

The Williamson County Regional Animal Shelter (WCRAS), located in Texas just north of Austin, provides animal sheltering services for...