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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

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This is one of the few shelters we’ve been to that is primarily managed by men and it’s great to see men with a passion to help pets because the norm is that it is mostly women that run the shelter. So congratulations country boys! Like a lot of shelter, this one is in desperate need of almost everything. Definitely needs a sign off the high… read more

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Girl Power Two 13 year old girls, Amanda and Libby, led the city of Columbia to be the first point earner in the makeover contest, for which they earned an additional $10,000 for the shelter. Wow, what a spark these two girls are. They are best friends, animal lovers and just wanted to help. And help they did. They didn’t start the conte… read more

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Rinthea and the volunteer team from Iowa. Who would have thought in the farmlands of Iowa, Rinthea and her team would start a shelter from an old barn. And yes I mean a barn. She’s bringing humane education to this rural area and has created a support team of a thousand. When we arrived at the barn, there were 100 volunteers standing in 27 … read more

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Dave and Dari, Co-Presidents of the shelter, met us at Rice Lake Airport with all of the city officials and welcomed us to Wisconsin. This provided a great opportunity to talk to them about bringing shelters and communities together. Humane Society of Barron County is in the northwest part of Wisconsin which is a very rural area. The staff and v… read more