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September 28, 2021

Suzi Langer, Advocate for Specially Abled Animals

“When they told me Bifford had special needs … if I had let that stop me I wouldn’t have fallen in love with my best friend.” Listen to Episode #423 Now This episode is sponsored in part by Smalls Fresh Cat Food and Doobert.com. Suzi Langer is a vet tech […]

October 5, 2021

Kristen Hassen, Maddie’s® American Pets Alive! Director overseeing Human Animal Support Services (HASS)

“Our hope… is that the future of sheltering means that we turn the entire community into animal services so that the [existing] animal services can just help those animals that truly need to be taken in to save their lives.” Listen to Episode #424 Now This episode is sponsored […]

July 25, 2024

Tough Questions (and Answers) from Online Feline Leukemia Day

At the 2024 Online Feline Leukemia Day we had a new session, called Tough Questions panel where we had presenters Margaret Tompkins, president of the Tompkins Foundation for FeLV Advocacy, and Dr. Nathalie Dowgray, head of the International Society of Feline Medicine at icatcare.org, responded to some of the “tough […]

August 29, 2024

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August 29, 2024

A Unified Effort to Tackle Pet Overpopulation – Massachusetts Animal Shelter Support (MASS) Coalition

The Massachusetts Animal Shelter Support (MASS) coalition was born out of a deep commitment to collaboration among animal welfare organizations in the state. The idea emerged through ongoing conversations about the growing challenges in the field of animal welfare. The participating organizations, already familiar with working together, recognized that the […]

September 28, 2021

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