A turn of events for the economy would help more owners be able to retain their pets rather than surrender them, especially as the price of pet food has not been immune to inflation.
Puppies and kittens always get adopted, and always will. But longer-stay animals — either with behavioral problems, or older, or larger — occupy shelter space when they, and the facility, would be better off being fostered.
St. Hubert's Animal Welfare Center in Madison is hosting a "Golden Girls" pet adoption event this weekend in honor of the late "Golden Girls" actress, Betty White.
St. Hubert's Animal Welfare Center in Madison is one of five areas shelters receiving an emergency transport of adoptable animals from Louisiana shelters following Ida.