by Duncan | Sep 20, 2017 | Adoption, Advocates, Dogs, Legislation, Pets, Rescue
Tracy Voss—the co-founder of TracysDogs, a San Antonio, Texas-based organization that pulls dogs from high-kill shelters, rehabilitates them, then adopts them out to families across the country, transporting the dogs in their 32-foot trailer—discusses growing up as a...
by Duncan | Jan 11, 2017 | Authors, Dogs, Factory Farming, General, Health & Behavior, Investigations, Operations
Paul Solotaroff—Rolling Stone contributing editor who wrote a wide-ranging, high-profile exposé about the netherworld of puppy mills in the then-new issue of the magazine—discusses how he came to write the piece, sort of goaded into it by Humane Society of The United...
by Duncan | Apr 6, 2016 | Advocates, Dogs, General, Health & Behavior, Legislation
Michele Lazarow—a Hallandale Beach city commissioner and activist who has helped pass numerous laws across Florida preventing pet stories from selling dogs that come from puppy mills—recounts the dreadful experience she had in 2004 after buying her dog, Alfie, from a...
by Duncan | Mar 19, 2014 | Advocates, Captive Exotic, Cats, Dogs, Health & Behavior, Pets
Laura Fletcher-Taylor—co-founder of Loving Friends Transport, a Clearwater, FL-based nonprofit that transports animals from overcrowded shelters in one part of the country to shelters in another part, where they stand a much better chance of being adopted; they also...
by Duncan | Mar 27, 2013 | Adoption, Advocates, Dogs, Legislation, Pets
Deborah Howard–founder and president of the Companion Animal Protection Society (CAPS), the only national nonprofit organization dedicated exclusively to protecting companion animals from cruelty in pet shops and puppy mills–discusses the pivotal visit to...
