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A pet‑friendly homeless shelter pilot reduced the rate of homelessness
4+ hour, 36+ min ago (680+ words) When homeless shelters allow people to stay with their dogs and other pets, more unhoused people become more willing to stay in a shelter. That's what my team at the University of Southern California's Homelessness Policy Research Institute learned when…...
Concept of the service dog: anatomy of a life-altering change for people with mobility limitations, described by the woman who pioneered it 50 years ago
1+ week, 6+ day ago (320+ words) After returning home to Northern California, and starting a Master's program in Early Childhood Education, Bergin and her classmates were told that folks with all manner of disabilities were then commonly housed in state hospitals, with no differentiation for type…...
Pet sitter of the year Amy Munns traces arc of her 25 year career since leaving the corporate world to start her pet care business
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (331+ words) Amy Munns'named the 2026 Pet Sitter of the Year by Pet Sitters International, (PSI), considered the world's leading educational association for professional pet sitters and dog walkers'recalls that animals were always around while she was growing up in San Antonio, yet…...
Local emergency veterinarian discusses array of holiday-related pet accidents, illnesses—and how to prevent them
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (394+ words) Dr. Holly Dutton'Medical Director at the Tampa and Clearwater locations of VEG ER for Pets, a national operation specializing in around-the-clock emergency care for pets'reviews some of the VEG ER distinguishing traits we covered in her June 2025 appearance on "Talking…...
Florida Nonprofit Created By Animal Rescue Veteran Seeks To Mitigate Scenario Whereby Fewer Than 20% of Domestic Violent Shelters Nationwide Accept Pets
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (513+ words) Andria Gibbon'founder and president of Protecting Paws for Life, a'nonprofit organization dedicated to helping more domestic violence shelters become pet-friendly'recalls, as a young woman in New Jersey, her transformative first foray into animal rescue, never imagining she'd still be doing…...
Talking Animals: VEG ER for Pets
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (366+ words) Dr. Holly Dutton, Medical Director at the Tampa and Clearwater locations of VEG ER for Pets'a national enterprise that specializes in providing around-the-clock emergency and critical care services for pets'flips the script on my mention of the countless guests who…...
Bringing awareness to dogs biting postal service employees
8+ mon, 4+ week ago (215+ words) The U.S. Postal Service wants to reduce the number of letter carriers that are bitten by dogs. During June the USPS is organizing a National Dog Bite Awareness Campaign. The post office says more than 6,000 postal service employees were bitten by…...
Talking Animals: Fort Lauderdale pet detective recounts her career path, some notable cases, unveils app she Created to find missing pets
9+ mon, 2+ week ago (396+ words) Jamie Katz'who's worked as a Fort Lauderdale-based real-life pet detective for a decade'recalls growing up amidst a family that always lived with cats and dogs, as well as her initial efforts helping animals while regularly driving along a prescribed route....
Talking Animals: Founder of pilots to the rescue describes learning to fly, then launching org that helps shelter animals find homes
11+ mon, 3+ week ago (203+ words) Michael Schneider, a pilot and founder of Pilots To The Rescue'which flies animals from shelters plagued by low rates of adoption (and, often, high rates of euthanasia), to rescues where foster or forever homes have been arranged'describes the career reinvention…...