Susan Houser
San Antonio, TX
San Antonio is a fast-growing city in south-central Texas with a population of 1.3 million people. It is the county seat of Bexar...
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Susan Houser
- Feb 13, 2015
- 1 min
Brown County, WI
Brown County is located in eastern Wisconsin, bordering the Green Bay area of Lake Michigan. Its population is 248,000 people. Its county...
Susan Houser
- Feb 11, 2015
- 2 min
Lane County, OR
Lane County is located in western Oregon and has close to 352,000 residents. It contains the cities of Eugene (156,000 residents) and...
Susan Houser
- Feb 9, 2015
- 2 min
Jacksonville, FL
Jacksonville is a city of 837,000 people on the northeast coast of Florida. It is the largest city in Florida and the 12th largest city...
Susan Houser
- Feb 8, 2015
- 1 min
Whidbey Island, WA
Whidbey Island, which is part of Island County, Washington, is at the northern edge of Puget Sound, 30 miles north of Seattle. The island...
Susan Houser
- Feb 5, 2015
- 1 min
Augusta County, VA
Augusta County, Virginia, is located in the Shenandoah Valley area west of Charlottesville. Its population was 74,000 in the 2010 census....
Susan Houser
- Feb 2, 2015
- 1 min
Ventura County, CA
Ventura County is located in southern California, northwest of Los Angeles. The population was 823,000 at the 2010 census. Its median...
Susan Houser
- Jan 29, 2015
- 2 min
Alachua County, FL
Alachua County is located in north central Florida. The county contains the city of Gainesville, which has a population of about 124,000,...
Susan Houser
- Jan 26, 2015
- 2 min
Worth Watching – Niagara County, NY
Niagara County (population 216,000) is in the far western part of New York state and includes the Niagara Falls area. The county is just...
Susan Houser
- Jan 19, 2015
- 2 min
Buncombe County, NC
Asheville is a city of almost 90,000 people located in the mountains of western North Carolina. It is the county seat of Buncombe County,...
Susan Houser
- Jan 11, 2015
- 2 min
Baltimore, MD
Baltimore is an independent city in Maryland with 622,000 human residents. The Baltimore metro area has about 2.7 million people. Animal...
Susan Houser
- Jan 8, 2015
- 4 min
The Coming Shelter Dog Shortage – Part II
In my last blog post I discussed the fact that some parts of the country already have a shortage of shelter dogs, and observed that if...
Susan Houser
- Jan 5, 2015
- 6 min
The Coming Shelter Dog Shortage
It is becoming more and more obvious that supply and demand for shelter dogs in the United States is coming into balance. For example,...
Susan Houser
- Jan 3, 2015
- 3 min
Some Very Good Years
It’s too early for 2014 stats to be out, but not too early to look at some No Kill shelters that had very good years in 2014: Lynchburg...
Susan Houser
- Dec 31, 2014
- 2 min
Suburban Birds
As everyone in animal sheltering and rescue knows, there is a very complicated debate swirling around the issue of whether outdoor cats...
Susan Houser
- Dec 29, 2014
- 2 min
No Kill Progress in 2014
2014 was the year when it became impossible for one part-time person to keep up with reporting on all the communities getting to No Kill...
Susan Houser
- Dec 22, 2014
- 2 min
Williamson County, TX
The Williamson County Regional Animal Shelter (WCRAS), located in Texas just north of Austin, provides animal sheltering services for...
Susan Houser
- Dec 19, 2014
- 5 min
Notable Trends in 2014
There have been two very important trends in No Kill in 2014. First is the expansion of the movement to include a lot more leaders with a...
Susan Houser
- Dec 16, 2014
- 3 min
Notable People of 2014
A lot has happened in the No Kill world in 2014, and a lot of progress has been made. In fact, I think 2014 has been one of the most...
Susan Houser
- Dec 12, 2014
- 1 min
Alpena County, MI
Alpena County is located in the far northern part of Michigan’s lower peninsula, bordering Lake Huron. It is a predominantly rural county...
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