Susan Houser
Tazewell County Hits 90%
Tazewell County, Virginia, is in the Appalachian mountains in the far southwestern part of the state. Its median household income is very...
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Susan Houser
- Mar 20, 2016
- 7 min
No Kill: Getting Started
I usually report about No Kill efforts that already have a track record of success. But not infrequently I get questions or comments from...
Susan Houser
- Mar 11, 2016
- 3 min
Pet Overpopulation and the No Kill Movement
From the Out the Front Door HuffPo Blog: We used to have a terrible pet overpopulation problem in the United States. Intake at the Los...
Susan Houser
- Feb 23, 2016
- 5 min
Building the Infrastructure for No Kill
We sometimes hear that No Kill can happen overnight. That has been true in a handful of communities where shelter intake is small. In...
Susan Houser
- Feb 1, 2016
- 4 min
No Kill in the City
Here is my latest article for the Huffington Post blog. I’ve included all the big cities that have made it to No Kill or are almost...
Susan Houser
- Jan 1, 2016
- 4 min
The State of No Kill: 2016
Today, on the first day of the new year, it’s time to take a look at how No Kill is doing nationally. I can’t tell the story of every...
Susan Houser
- Dec 9, 2015
- 5 min
Meet the Director: Teresa Johnson
During the 12 years that she worked with J.P. Morgan she was also volunteering for animal welfare issues. For many years she was...
Susan Houser
- Dec 5, 2015
- 4 min
Big Dogs
Big dogs are a challenge for many animal shelters. In my conversations with shelter directors, whether the shelter is large or small,...
Susan Houser
- Nov 29, 2015
- 10 min
The Last Great Barriers to No Kill – Tazewell County Edition
Is No Kill possible everywhere? I think the answer to that question is “yes.” That said, we have a problem that I have not seen discussed...
Susan Houser
- Nov 17, 2015
- 6 min
Meet The Director: Lara Hudson
The villagers were living in conditions that made their existence seem almost as though they were on a different planet from the...
Susan Houser
- Nov 13, 2015
- 4 min
Meet the Director: Kerry Moyers-Horton
Kerry Moyers-Horton’s previous career was as an art director. She got a degree in graphic design and went to work in her home town of...
Susan Houser
- Nov 1, 2015
- 3 min
The San Francisco No-Kill Model
When people talk about the San Francisco model of No Kill, they are usually referring to a set of programs that were developed by Richard...
Susan Houser
- Oct 28, 2015
- 4 min
The Importance of the Animal Shelter Building
Until recent years, public animal shelter buildings were designed with the idea that a high percentage of the dogs and cats taken in...
Susan Houser
- Oct 7, 2015
- 5 min
Stray Dogs in Dallas Are Facing A Disaster
In the great majority of cities and counties in the United States stray dogs are not a major problem. In the last 40 years there have...
Susan Houser
- Oct 1, 2015
- 5 min
How Many Public Shelters Are There?
[Dear Readers – This is the first in a series of occasional posts on shelter data. Not statistics on individual shelters, but more...
Susan Houser
- Jul 8, 2015
- 4 min
Meet the Director: Jim Bouderau
Jim Bouderau always liked animals, and as a teenager he worked for a veterinarian and thought about becoming a vet himself. Ultimately,...
Susan Houser
- Jun 17, 2015
- 3 min
Book Review: Shelter Medicine Text
The specialty of shelter medicine, which has grown at a fast pace from its beginnings 16 years ago, is critical to No Kill. Shelter...
Susan Houser
- Jun 10, 2015
- 4 min
Expert Opinion is Unified Against Gas Chambers
Right now several states still have gas chambers in active use in animal shelters. Reformers are working hard in those states to get gas...
Susan Houser
- May 6, 2015
- 3 min
Meet the Director: Makena Yarbrough
In the summer of 2000 she had a life-changing experience when she went with her parents on a vacation to Greece. She was dismayed by the...
Susan Houser
- Apr 8, 2015
- 3 min
Shelter Medicine
One of the big things that sets No Kill apart from traditional animal sheltering is that No Kill treats the treatables. The development...
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