If your organization is like most local animal shelters and rescues, you probably spend a lot of time and effort planning fundraising and adoption events, and brainstorming other creative ways to let your local community know about who you are … Continue reading
Health Hazards Make Halloween a Truly Terrifying Holiday for Family Pets The Humane Society for Shelter Pets Presents Some Tips and Tricks To Help Keep Pets Safe This Halloween Washington, DC – With Halloween just a week away the Humane … Continue reading
Halloween is a great time to talk about pet safety. With every human celebration there are opportunities for lapses in household security resulting in accidents or escapes. Strangers stopping by and parties offer access to large amounts of food and … Continue reading
HSSP Director Didi Culp has a piece on canine body language in this week’s Frederick News-Post: When we take our dogs out and about, it behooves us to pay attention to the dog. It’s easy to get caught up viewing the … Continue reading
HSSP Director Didi Culp has a piece on horse care in this week’s Frederick News-Post: In the September Issue of Equus magazine, veterinary findings were compared with horse owner reports. Some discrepancies, and not in a positive direction, were evident. In … Continue reading
Autumn Marks Busy Kitten Season for Local Pet Shelters Humane Society for Shelter Pets Encourages Americans to Help Overcrowded Shelters Find Their Kittens Forever Homes Washington, DC – Today the Humane Society for Shelter Pets (HSSP) encourages residents to help … Continue reading
“Kitten season” is a familiar phrase to all who work in animal welfare and rescue. But to adopters, the timing of this busy season can often come as a surprise. People stop by the shelter in December looking for a tiny … Continue reading
Humane Society for Shelter Pets Launches “Shelter Sweetheart” Photo Contest Pet Owners Can Compete for “Cutest Pet” Bragging Rights and a Chance to Win $5,000 for the Local Shelter of Their Choice Washington, DC – Today, the Humane Society for … Continue reading
If you’re like every other pet lover in the world, you are probably convinced that your shelter pet is the cutest, snuggliest, most gosh-darn adorable pet to walk on four paws. And, of course, you’re right. But since we here … Continue reading
Whether we like it or not, the fact of the matter is that another summer season has come and gone. School is back in session, and in some regions of the country the first cool breezes of fall may already … Continue reading
