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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...

[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...

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

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...

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

Lamar is a city of 7800 people located in southeastern Colorado. Lamar has its own animal control and a municipal shelter, the Lamar...