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Montclair is a township of 38,000 people in New Jersey, about 12 miles from New York City. A private non-profit in Montclair, the Pound...

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

We all know the importance of the live release rate in evaluating a shelter’s performance. There is another very important statistic that...

Erie County, on the western edge of New York state and bordering Lake Erie, has 919,000 residents. Buffalo, the county seat, has 261,000...

There was an interesting conversation a few days ago on the YesBiscuit! blog about whether the 90% live release rate standard for...

A group of organizations involved in animal sheltering, including large mainstream organizations such as HSUS, Maddie’s Fund, and the...

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

Newport County in Rhode Island (population 83,000) lies along Narragansett Bay, and there are several islands in the bay that are part of...

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

This post is the first in what will be an occasional series trying to identify trends in the statistical data I’ve gathered in the course...

[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...

[For today’s News Bit and the Running Totals, click here.] Culpeper County is a community of about 47,000 people located in north central...

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...