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The Individual Animal

Nov 12, 2019

Listen to part 1 of this series.

“Pound.” “Stray.” “Abandoned.” “Problem.” “Kill shelter.”

“Dogs nobody wants.”

These are not simply words and phrases. They are value judgments we place on dogs and people. Words have meaning and often, they have an impact that is greater than our...


Oct 28, 2019

Welcome to a special edition of the Individual Animal. What follows is a reenactment of the deposition of Cindy Rarrat. She is a private contractor working with Sioux City Animal Adoption and Rescue Center. 

Animal Farm Foundation is helping to bring a lawsuit against Sioux City's "pit bull" dog ban. 

The website for...


Oct 16, 2019

“Pound.” “Stray.” “Abandoned.” “Problem.” “Kill shelter.”

“Dogs nobody wants.”

These are not simply words and phrases. They are value judgments we place on dogs and people. Words have meaning and often, they have an impact that is greater than our intent. 

Cynthia Bathurst once said “Language...


Oct 1, 2019

In this episode of the Individual Animal, we dive deep into the process of shelter transports. We talk about how to get the process rolling, why it’s safer than you might think it is, and why it’s good for dogs and people.

A few months back, we did an episode of the Individual Animal where we spoke with Chris Bender...


Sep 12, 2019

In 2018, My Pit Bull Is Family volunteers called over 300 supposedly dog friendly apartments in the Twin Cities. What they found was that only 12 of them accepted dogs regardless of what they looked like.

The reality is that when people surrender their dogs because they’ve moved, it’s not necessarily because they...