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No-Kill Made Possible Only By Rescues

It was 6am and I huddled next to the air pump at the Shell station, waiting for Melisa, the president of the Humane Society of Shenandoah…

9 min readJul 26, 2023

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No-Kill Made Possible Only By Rescues

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Crisis Brewing in Southern Animal Shelters

A crisis is brewing in our southern animal shelters. While 2020 and early 2021 saw record adoption rates, summer and fall of 2021 told a…

5 min readJan 7, 2022

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Crisis Brewing in Southern Animal Shelters

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Shelter Transformation in Tennessee

Thankfully, Maury County Animal Shelter was much changed from the last time I was there. That was clear from the faces of the dogs.

7 min readNov 20, 2020

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Shelter Transformation in Tennessee

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Traveling South to the Dog Pounds….

We’re a day into this trip, but all we’ve done so far is drive (and drive). No traffic, no complaints, it just feels very anticlimactic and…

4 min readNov 9, 2020

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Traveling South to the Dog Pounds….

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cara sue achterberg

Who Will Let the Dogs Out?

All over the southern US, dogs are waiting.

4 min readNov 6, 2020

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Who Will Let the Dogs Out?

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Saving the Giants

When we pulled up at the gate, enormous dogs loped towards us. They looked prehistoric…

6 min readJun 23, 2020

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Saving the Giants

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A Shepherd in the Wire Grass Corner of Alabama

“I hope this isn’t some wild-goose chase,” I warned Nancy, my photographer and friend, as we headed south from Montgomery to visit our…

9 min readMar 26, 2020

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A Shepherd in the Wire Grass Corner of Alabama

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The People Who Will Not Let the Dogs Die

Out to the west of Nashville, after a long slog on US 40 and several smaller highways that took us through Paris and Pillowville, we…

9 min readJun 27, 2019

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The People Who Will Not Let the Dogs Die

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cara sue achterberg

cara sue achterberg

Cara is an author, blogger, and shelter dog advocate. She is co-founder of WhoWillLetTheDogsOut.org which works to raise awareness & resources for homeless dogs

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