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The Animal Rescue League of Marshalltown is no longer able to take in cats at its shelter due to it being at capacity. “We have 100 cats in the shelter and

Campbell Mayor Randall Baker said two dogs died while in the pound.

For as long as she can remember, Michele Gedgaud has loved dogs. After the child care center where she worked closed, the Moorhead woman had an opportunity to turn her fondness for canines into a vocation. Today, Gedgaud's home-based business, Mutts Unleashed, pampers pups with everything from therapeutic touch and healthy treats to dog-friendly trinkets like handmade collars.

WBBJ TV March 12, 2021 UNION CITY, Tenn. — A heartbreaking story has a local community feeling uneasy. A Union City resident found a dog crate in a ditch on the corner of East Orchard Road and East Shady Grove. Inside the crate, a puppy that died while sitting in the locked inside for hours. “I saw the crate so I stopped, hopped out and I told my husband, ‘Oh my gosh, I think there’s a dog in there,” said Allyson Davanzo. “Went over and it didn’t get up, so I shook it and said, �...

Ryan said on the first day of the job, there were 400 animals in the building. Dogs in the back weren’t getting walked at all.  "Enrichment was really, really bad," Ryan said. She also said the shelter was so full, there were really big dogs in small cages.  Staff morale was low, there was hostility between volunteers and staff, and hostility between shelters and rescues.  "Rescues were refusing to pull from the shelter. The main issue that I saw was staff were overworked and overwhelmed a...