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First time volunteering at an animal shelter and nervous

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I am starting my training tomorrow to work as a medical/kennel assistant volunteer at the dog wing of my local animal shelter. I am worried about interacting with a high energy dog that wants to run out of his kennel the minute he gets a chance lol. I was so excited but now I’m extremely nervous.

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LA Animal Shelter Crisis Protest at Mayor's House Tomorrow Morning, come through!

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While no one denies that LA has a host of other issues, it seems even the money already being allotted to animal control and animal services is being misused and as a result, we are in an animal shelter crisis.

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Huge Dog Seizure at Quebec Kennel

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More than 500 dogs were removed from the Paws 'R' Us kennel in Clarendon Township, Que., The dogs were taken to an emergency shelter in Lachute, about 115 kilometres east of Ottawa. The owner of the kennel has maintained she was targeted by animal rights activists and that inspectors found only trivial violations.

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Shelby at the Shelter

4 The Love Of Animals

But for some reason, on a non-spectacular weekday morning I found myself reading a story about how a local shelter was calling for more volunteers to walk pups, as the number needing to be adopted had gone up drastically as during a down economy, many families were forced to leave their animals in the care of shelters.

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Scandal at Los Angeles Animal Shelter

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Brenda Barnette, General Manager of the Animal Services Department, said 64 animals have disappeared from six shelters in roughly a year,” Zanhiser reports. “Of Of that total, 39 were housed at the city's North Central shelter on Lacy Street — a missing rate considered unusually high.” Excerpt from CityWatch.

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SAN ANTONIO DOGS NEED YOUR HELP

Reddit Animals

Out of the 46 listed dogs we started with Monday 2/5/24 11 received Rescue Holds 5 received Adoption Holds 7 received Foster Holds 18 are being given an extra day 5 were killed for kennel capacity ?The The shelter gained three kennels by killing; ? LouisBear ??? We hope many are removed!

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Portuguese City Tries to End Killing of Strays

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This weekend Lagos Town Hall executives are expected to sign a landmark protocol drawn up in collaboration with animal protection association Cadela Carlota, in which it is decreed that the two organisations will endeavour to put a stop to the extermination of healthy unwanted and stray animals being held in the municipal kennel.

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