It goes without saying that many lost animals end up at the shelter. Many owners also come to and call the shelter looking for their lost animals. What is most disturbing is that a very low percentage of the stray animals who come to the shelter are claimed by their owners, and those owners [...]

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Christy made several great points in her posting titled “Shelter is not the Humane Society.” I would like to talk about her one sentence that stated:
“We work directly with the animals, walking, socializing, grooming and of course just holding those who are scared.”
Volunteers do a lot of different “hands on” type of activities with [...]

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There are many misconceptions in the public about the local animal shelter. In this entry, I would like to address one of the biggest. The Finney County Humane Society and the Garden City Animal Shelter are NOT one and the same. The shelter is jointly run by the city/county and funded with [...]

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I recently drove by the site of the new Animal Shelter.
They have the concrete work done and the frame is up. Now they’ve moved on to the outside walls.
I’m pretty excited that they’re making good progress.
What does everybody else think about the progress?

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I commented in a post a few weeks ago about how many dogs that I had seen running the streets. Well, now several of those dogs are in the city animal shelter. Most of them are unneutered male dogs that left home in pursuit of “love”. Most of them probably found “love” [...]

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