Resource Materials

• OAA Resource Directory provides a listing of agencies where to report cruelty
• COVID-19 guidance: RedRover compiled COVID-19 Emergency Resources for People and Pets
• COVID-19 guidance: Maddie’s Fund released COVID-19 and Emergency Foster Care Resources
• Pet anxiety can exist when children are schooling at home. Gigi’s Animal Shelter’ article addresses how to reduce stress between pets and their families when everyone is at home
• Trapping community cats for TNR: purchase live traps here or borrow from local shelter

News Media

• The New York Times article, 03/19/2020, “Stuck at Home, Americans Turn to Foster Pets for Companionship,” Sandra E. Garcia
• NBC4 Columbus, 03/12/2020, “Terminally ill pets get homes with special adoption program,” CNN
• TheDodo.com article, 02/28/2020, “Pit Bull Always Brings Her Blind Chicken Sister Her Favorite Toys,” Caitlin Jill Anders
• TruDog.com article, retrieved 02/13/2020, “The Real History of Pit Bulls & Why Everyone Should Love This Breed”
• People.com article, 02/02/2020, “Hero Pit Bill Protects Young Lost Owner Until the Child is Found by Police: ‘Give That Dog a Bone,'” Gabrielle Chung
• Fox8 Cleveland, 01/30/2020, “Dog starved to death, abandoned in cage in Ohio parking lot,” Natasha Anderson
• Dogington Post article, 01/17/2020, “Why Shelters Around the Country are Dropping Breed Labels”
• The Columbus Dispatch article, 1/04/2020, “Central Ohio companies among those offering time off after pet adoption,” Mark Williams
• WSYX report, 12/29/2019, “Washington law to end breed-wide bans on ‘dangerous’ dogs”
• Cleveland’s Fox8 TV series of puppy mill investigative videos, most recent 12/24/2019
• The Washington Post article about the post-rescue lives of the Michael Vick dogs, 09/18/2019, “A second chance,” Emily Giambalvo
• NBC4 Cleveland, 09/09/2019, “Dog euthanized after it suffered severe burns when someone lit its crate on fire”
• The Columbus Dispatch, 08/02/2018, “Man accused of skinning dog, showing video on social media,” Lori Steineck
• Time Magazine article, 06/26/2014, “The problem with people, not pit bulls,” Sara Enos

Literature & Toolkits

• RedRover’s Reading Program
• Animals 24-7 report, 07/24/2017, “We cannot adopt, warehouse, or rescue our way out of dog & cat overpopulation!” Jeff Young, DVM
• American Bar Association resolution, 08/2012, adopting breed-neutral dangerous dog/reckless owner laws
• National Canine Research Council (NCRC) paper, 07/09/2012, “Winnipeg, Manitoba far behind Calgary in community safety”
• New Mexico Department of Public Safety Report, 01/10/2008, “NM Department of The Public Safety and humane implications of persistently tethering domestic dogs”
• Centers for Disease Control (CDC) special report, 09/15/2000, “Breeds of dogs involved in fatal human attacks in the United States between 1979 and 1998”
• “The Animal Lover’s Guide to Changing the World,” Stephanie Feldstein; provides practical advice on how all kinds of animal lovers–from pet parents to wildlife enthusiasts–can help create a more sustainable, humane, compassionate planet

Websites

• Animals 24-7
• Association of Professional Humane Educators
• Best Friends Animal Society
• Humane Education Coalition
• National Link Coalition
• RedRover Readers
• Unchain Your Dog