When I started as Director here, one of the first things I did was climb up on the front counter and start tearing down the old COVID plexiglass and ripping up the "stay 6 feet apart" signs. My first act was to remove the physical barriers between this community and us. Because to me, an animal shelter should feel like a place people want to walk into and stay. But almost immediately, my world came to a stop. I'm going to be direct with you: this shelter is in a fight for its life. I started working in animal shelters in 2003, and I... Read The Rest