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Saving Pets in the Sunshine State Wow, what a reception we received at the Humane Society’s annual Adoptathon event at the local park. There were hundreds of screaming people and pets, all trying to make a difference in the community. Joanne and her volunteers and board of directors do a fabulous job in bringing awareness to their humane eff… read more

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Sandra and her family Sandra, her family, friends, volunteers and the community are working hard to improve the humane care and education in Hinesville. This is the first location I've been to where the Animal Control and the city shelter are together. They actually share the same building. I met the Animal Control officers and they seem to have… read more

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Pets in the Parish First, I have to say that if it were a Gumbo contest, they would definitely be the winner. We were picked up by Vaughn and Lisa and they gave us the history of the shelter and the various hurricanes that have passed through over the last several years. Not unlike most of Southern Louisiana, their shelter site gets flooded when… read more

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Mustang Charity. Jerry and his volunteers are certainly mustangs when it comes to rescuing horses. We visited Jerry, his volunteers and his "Ranch" where he had approximately 80 horses in various stages of rehabilitation. Everything from "skinny" horses (those that were starved), to beautiful "belgian draft" horses. They had an impressive vol… read more

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Frances - from Kennel Manager to Executive Director Austin, you have a great leader for your organization, you should be proud. We certainly got a Texas size welcome, but no barbecue! Frances and her volunteers certainly are full of the "Big Texas" enthusiasm and passion. We took a tour of the facility. They certainly had one of the best spay/… read more