In 2012 Pima County challenges were steep, over 12,500 animals were destroyed at Pima Animal Care Center (2011-2012, including all feral cats). But there was also much room for optimism, based on the success of other communities and the notable strengths in Pima County: namely, the volunteers and the rescue organizations supporting PACC and the

  CELEBRATING 10 YEARS  THE PEOPLE, THE ARMY OF COMPASSION In the begining, LeeAnne Savage  organized the Just One Day event on June 11,th 2012, a national call to action for all shelters/rescues to make a pledge to halt unnecessary ‘euthanasia’ for just ONE day and on focus on alternatives like adoption events instead.  Advocates

CONFETTI! One of the 15 ‘mature’ dogs helped in August with funding from the Grey Muzzle Organization.       Confetti was adopted 5 years ago when she was between 2 and 4 years old. Her family was told she had been a bait dog before she was rescued. Confetti adjusted so well she became a ‘nanny

No Kill Pima County was pretty excited when The Grey Muzzle Organization announced the recipients of its annual grants this past July.  NKPC is one of 78 animal welfare groups chosen from 344 applicants to receive a grant to help local senior dogs. The winning groups received more than $705,000 in grants to help save or

by Carmel Gisslow Last year, I was on a run on the University of Arizona campus when I noticed a dog wandering around the campus mall off leash. The dog looked healthy and was wearing a collar, so I assumed its owner was right around the corner. At first, I ran past the dog, but

NKPC’s “Support, Options and Solutions (S.O.S.) for keeping pets out of shelters” helps pet owners and community cat caretakers keep their pets/cats safe, healthy and out of the shelters. S.O.S. includes information, referral and resources to address the reasons pets enter our shelters or suffer on the streets when they could have stayed with and

No Kill Pima County started the Lost Pets Initiative in 2017 to focus on lost pet prevention and  increasing the return of lost pets to their owners when they do get lost. The majority of animals at Pima Animal Care Center (PACC), are strays or more accurately in most cases, lost pets.  As the only

In our recent 2017-2018 PACC Outcomes Report we noted we would follow-up with details about  “Adoption Returns” as that was a focus of attention in 2016-2017, when the return rate increased from 5%, which is below the national average of 6% (ASPCA, 2011), up to 6.9%. For a few years some have expressed concern about

In July 2017 the Town of Sahuarita began providing their own Animal Control Services with impound/adoption services from HSSA. A request for records for the first year of services yielded the following information, along with a comment that Sahuarita Police Department will be collecting better records in the future! The Town received 385 calls about