Last week we wrote about how the killing of savable pets in animal shelters disrupts and divides communities. As if on cue, and to prove our point, Pueblo, Colorado Animal Services killed a dog named Charlie who was, by all accounts, social, friendly, playful and who had rescue groups wanting him. In spite of all of that PAS killed Charlie. Understandably, people in Pueblo are P.O.'ed and are taking action. First, a new Facebook page, Reform Pueblo Animal Services, has been s

We recently wrote about Charlie, a dog that was killed at Pueblo Animal Services (PAS), in spite of offers by others to save him. Since then, a lot has happened, some of it leading people to begin questioning the neutrality of their local newspaper, The Pueblo Chieftain. One of the first things that happened was The Pueblo Chieftain came out very publicly supporting the shelter and the killing of Charlie. The paper wrote a heavy-handed and ill-informed editorial in which it s

Houston, Texas – animal advocates are scrambling after a sobering email was sent out about a dire situation at Rescue Pets Movement (RPM), a nonprofit organization that has specialized in taking animals from Houston’s high kill, municipal shelter and transporting them to Colorado, a practice that has earned them both praise and criticism. The email read, in part: “We get funding from the City of Houston that covers about 1/3 of our operations—it basically just covers RPM gett