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McIntosh County lies along the Atlantic Ocean coastline of Georgia, about 50 miles south of Savannah. It is a rural county with a...

Arlington County, in northern Virginia, is just across the river from the District of Columbia and is a highly urbanized community of...

Prescott City (population 40,000) is the county seat of Yavapai County, located in the center of Arizona north of Phoenix. A town...

Charlottesville is an independent city within Albemarle County in Virginia, located near the Shenandoah National Park. The combined...

Austin is a city of 843,000 people located in the hill country of Texas. It is the capital of Texas and the county seat of Travis County,...

Kansas City, Missouri, is a city of 464,000 people. It is located on the western border of Missouri, with the state border bisecting it...

Gallatin County, Kentucky, is located along I-71 between Cincinnati and Louisville. It is a rural county with a population of 8600...

The  city of Taylor, Texas, is located in Williamson County about 30 miles northeast of Austin. It has a population of about 15,000...

The city of Rockwall is the county seat of Rockwall County, which is part of the Dallas metro area. The city has about 37,000 residents....

Allegany County is part of the Cumberland region in western Maryland. It is a hilly, rural area with a population of about 75,000 people....

Fairfax County, which is located in northern Virginia within commuting distance of Washington, DC, has 1,082,000 human residents. The...

As we’re waiting for the 2013 end-of-year statistics to start coming out, I thought this might be a good time to discuss a very...

2014 is shaping up to be a big year for the blog. In addition to continuing to feature 90%+ and Worth Watching communities, I’m working...

[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...

Grand County is in north central Colorado and had a population of 15,000 people as of the 2010 census. Municipalities in Grand County...

Rio Blanco County is located in the northwestern part of Colorado on the Utah border. The 2010 census counted 6700 county residents,...

The great majority of the communities listed in the right sidebar of this blog have attained their high live release rates by placing...

The Colorado Department of Agriculture collects detailed statistics* for shelters in the state that impound animals. Based on those...

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