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Humane

Look who’s performing not-so-random acts of kindness. Warm fuzzy feelings included.

Insurance companies’ breed-restriction lists take a bite out of housing options
Pet food delivered to organizations in need
spay/neuter policies
After years of warnings about too many dogs come worries about too few.
no dogs left behind - dog meat trade
Nonprofit gears up to bring more dogs rescued from Chinese slaughterhouses to the U.S.
shelter dogs and trazodone
A trazodone a day keeps the scaries away… maybe
A dog and a cat snuggle up together, and are best friends.
Study suggests that pheromones can help ease interspecies conflict
Petting and walking shelter dogs.
More than walking them—petting shelter dogs is critical for their well-being
The author with one of the dogs she met on the shelter tour.
Business plans could help more animal shelters save more dogs
DogBoy’s Dog Ranch
A good place in Texas to sit & stay
How my wife and I started a rescue devoted to rehoming dogs who’ve lost their families to debility or death.
Kress - Doggie in the Window
Bark editor-in-chief Claudia Kawczynska in conversation with Rory Kress, author of The Doggie in the Window
Sam Cohen with a dog at a shelter. (Credit: Cadence L. Baugh Chang/Indiana U.)
Choosing the perfect dog poses challenges similar to speed-dating.
PHOTOGRAPHS BY CHARLES BALDWIN
University classes for fitness walking with dogs