Animal Welfare Archive
Animal Welfare Archive
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.