Nobody Was Applying For These Pit Bull Puppies — So The Shelter Gave Them School Photos
Six weeks, zero applications. Then a volunteer borrowed a backdrop, and the entire litter was gone in nine days.
Sofia LindqvistAug 5, 20265 min
Search the archive
Found 13 results for “adoption”
Black Cats Wait Weeks Longer For Homes — One Shelter Set Out To Prove Why
It isn't superstition, and staff are increasingly convinced it isn't really prejudice either. It's mostly a photography problem.
Priya RamanAug 4, 20265 min
A Stray Cat Walked Into A Third-Grade Classroom And Decided He Lives There Now
Nobody knows where he came from. Eleven weeks later he has a district-approved job title, a health record, and a reading group.
Priya RamanAug 11, 20266 min
This Shelter Emptied Every Kennel In One Weekend — Then Went Back And Studied How
Forty-one dogs out in three days. Staff say the fee waiver was the least important part of it.
Sofia LindqvistJul 29, 20265 min
She Waited 411 Days In A Shelter — At Eleven, Nobody Asked To Meet Her Until Now
Her kennel card said everything an adopter needed to know, which staff eventually realised was exactly the problem.
Jamie OkaforAug 9, 20265 min
What Actually Happens At An Adoption Event — A Walkthrough Of One Saturday
Nine dogs, four hours, a folding table, and a set of questions that are not designed to catch you out.
Jamie OkaforJul 17, 20265 min
'Foster Fail' Is Not A Failure — Meet The Volunteers Who Keep The First One
The joke is affectionate and slightly misleading. Coordinators say the people who keep one usually go on to foster dozens more.
Jamie OkaforJul 23, 20265 min
A Dachshund Who Lost The Use Of His Back Legs Got Wheels — And A Family In Six Days
Special-needs listings sit for months. This one was gone in under a week, and the shelter thinks it knows why.
Jamie OkaforAug 2, 20265 min
A German Shepherd Named Sue Is Waiting In Los Angeles — And Her Breed Is Part Of The Problem
Sue is friendly, sound and photographs beautifully. She is also a large adult shepherd in a city full of them, which is the whole difficulty.
Jamie OkaforAug 7, 20264 min
A Stray Dog Worked Out How A Drive-Thru Operates — Then Used It To Get Himself Fed
For two years nobody could get near him. Then a fast-food restaurant opened nearby, and he taught himself to point at the menu board with his face.
Nora WhitfieldAug 13, 20265 min
Three Dogs At A Manhattan Rescue, And The Specific Reason Each One Is Still There
One is paralysed, one is overwhelmed by the city, and one has been waiting three years for reasons that disappear the moment she's off the kennel floor.
Jamie OkaforAug 6, 20265 min
Two Strays Slept On Her Rental Porch For Four Nights — It Took Nine Months To Get Them Both Home
She was in New Orleans for a concert. She left with a phone number for a shelter and a habit of calling it every single day.
Jamie OkaforAug 10, 20265 min
A Dog By The Highway Kept Lifting One Paw — At The Vet They Found Out Why
It looked like a party trick, or a plea. It was neither: he was showing them the injury.
Nora WhitfieldAug 8, 20264 min