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Oct 31, 2012

Putting Shelter Medicine into Practice

“Because so many animals originate as strays, we see a wide variety of disease and injury associated with living on the streets, including burns,…


Oct 31, 2012

Groundbreaking Work for the Future of Shelter Medicine

Maddie’s Fund, Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine and PAWS Chicago are working together to develop the next generation of shelter…


Oct 31, 2012

The Life–Saving Impact of Shelter Medicine

Large rooms filled with small, sterile cages, echoing cries and whimpers and loud barking. People with clipboards walking by, keeping lists of who…


Apr 30, 2012

The Royal Treatment

A book review


Apr 30, 2012

Gimme Shelter - In a No Kill Shelter, Please! The Startling Truth Behind “Open D

Nathan Winograd, one of the founders of the No Kill movement in San Francisco in 1994, lays out this challenge: “We can fully, completely, and without…


Apr 30, 2012

RED PAWS Chicago’s beloved ambassador finds a home

Red, a loving Pit Bull Terrier, was seven years old, when his world was turned upside down after his owner was attacked and robbed in their home in…


Apr 30, 2011

PAWS Chicago's No Kill Model

Transforming Animal Sheltering Across the Country


Nov 01, 2010

No Kill Revolution

PAWS Chicago is part of a revolution—a No Kill revolution— that started in San Francisco in 1994 and is now sweeping across the nation. This No Kill…


Nov 01, 2010

When is No Kill Truly No Kill?

When shelters save 90%


Nov 01, 2010

Transparency in Animal Sheltering

A proposed law would cause shelters to work harder to save more animals by stopping shelters from hiding or misrepresenting their animals’ fates.