Pet Assistance Information
Federal & State Laws
Resources
News Media
- 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 Bull Protects Young Lost Owner Until the Child is Found by Police: ‘Give That Dog a Bone’” Gabrielle Chung
- Dogington Post article, 01/17/2020, “Why Shelters Around the Country are Dropping Breed Labels”
- WSYX report, 12/29/2019, “Washington law to end breed-wide bans on ‘dangerous’ dogs”
- Time Magazine article, 06/26/2014, “The problem with people, not pit bulls” Sara Enos
Literature & Toolkits
- The December 2021 Community Veterinary Outreach newsletter highlights key research that shows pets of the homeless are well cared for.
- The National Alliance to End Homelessness has a Keeping Pets and People Together tool kit, available for download.
- Washington Post, 8/15/2021, “As evictions rise, people may have to give up their pets. Animal shelters are calling for help.”, a recent Washington Post article explains how Humane Animal Support Services has created a way to calculate the number of pets that could be affected by eviction in each county.
- Florida Today, Melbourne, 6/24/2021, the Brevard Health Alliance and Brevard Street Dog Coalition teamed up to meet the needs of pets and people for a clinic for pet owners without secure housing. People who may not seek care for themselves can be motivated by the chance to obtain care for their animals.
- Access to Veterinary Care: Barriers, Current Practices, and Public Policy, University of Tennessee, 12/17/2018
- Dogster.com, 02/24/2016, “Let’s Get Behind Programs That Help Low-Income Families Keep Their Pets,” Kezia Willingham
- American Bar Association resolution, 08/2012, adopting breed-neutral dangerous dog/reckless owner laws
- National Canine Research Council (NCRC) paper, 7/9/2012, “Winnipeg, Manitoba far behind Calgary in community safety”
- 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″
- New Mexico Department of Public Safety Report, 01/10/2008, “NM Department of The Public Safety and humane implications of persistently tethering domestic dogs”
- Sustainable Development Law & Policy: Vol 18, Issue 1, Article 11, “Serving Pets in Poverty: A New Frontier for the Animal Welfare Movement,” Amanda Arrington and Michael Markarian
- Goodbye to a Good Friend: An Exploration of the Rehoming of Cats and Dogs in the US, E. Wiess, S. Gramann, S. SPain & M. Slater, Open Journal of Animal Sciences, 5: 435-456
- How Owner and Pet Demographics Affect Pet Body Condition Among People Experiencing Homelessness and Housing Vulnerability, a study conducted in Canada, in association with the nonprofit Community Veterinary Outreach (CVO), suggests that the health of pets owned by homeless and vulnerably-housed individuals is generally good and comparable to other populations of owned pets. CVO Animal Care Guidelines.
Websites