Return To Home Challenge

In our rescue, we don't automatically assume an unaltered friendly cat has no home, but we do factor it in. It's definitely a red flag, but not proof. We've reunited a few intact cats with owners who simply hadn't gotten around to fixing them or didn't realize their indoor/outdoor cat was wandering ... See More

Hello all. I am so excited to report today, on the last day of the RTH Challenge, we have a successful "return to home" story. Our rescue received a call from the Whatcom Humane Society (about a 5 hour drive from our home base) inquiring if we adopted out a Beagle. My first impulse was to say no because ... See More

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No, we do not agree with this. Most friendly cats belong to someone. In the Pets for Life program we serve lower income folks and we always assume cats have owners regardless of their spay/neuter status. We have partner organizations in most states in a variety of areas, including urban, rural, suburban, ... See More

Hi All I know all I know I am a little behind the curve with check in but I have been following the chat just had to take a breather to actually contribute. Well here goes: What changes have you made so far? I am new to Animal Welfare but I have found a lot of support using the resources using ... See More

Hello! This is Jessica "JJ" from the Kenai Animal Shelter in Kenai, Alaska. Changes: During the challenge period we set aside two days for check the chip/microchip your pet if they need one. We advertised on our social media page and found a lot of people sharing and interested. YEAH!! We also developed ... See More

Our plan at Heartland centers around education and micro-chipping. We held out first microchip clinic last Friday and got 52 pets from our community chipped and registered. Next week we will be holding our 2nd clinic in a nearby college community, so we are hopeful to chip at least that many at that ... See More

Quick update! We had our first two verified reunifications through our public microchip scanning stations! One of the employees at the Pet Station Stores we partner with sent us a summary of the experience and we just had to share! "We had a woman call us tonight saying she had two very wet dogs ... See More

Pet Network Humane Society, based in Incline Village, Nevada has launched 'Free Tag Tuesdays' - a free personalized pet ID tags for community pet owners. Additionally, we are a partner organization for Washoe County's mobile microchip scanning initiative with our local Pet Station. Our local partner ... See More