“The answer is legislation that eases pet restrictions on rental housing and home-owners’ insurance.”
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According to statistics, one out of three people quit volunteering after less than a year. At Where the Love Is Animal Shelter, we are grateful that many of our volunteers have been helping us out for more than five years. When one of our long-term volunteers does leave us, like veteran helper, Carolyn Carfora, we […]
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Why do pit bulls have such a bad reputation? According to The American Canine Temperament Test Society, pit bulls have one of the most stable temperaments, scoring almost the same as golden retrievers, making them some of the best family-oriented dogs. October is National Pit Bull Awareness month, a movement by lovers of this breed […]
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Talking about death — whether yours or a loved one’s — and planning for its aftermath is never easy. We don’t like to think about a future without those we love. Dogs don’t worry too much about what’s ahead (except for where the treat is coming from). That’s why we human parents have to worry […]
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“It breaks my heart to write this…”“Our situation is dire. Can you help?”“We have nowhere else to turn…” These are just some of the subject lines Where the Love Is (WTLI) volunteers Kaitlin and Shannon Duffy see three or four times a day in our inbox. Each email contains a desperate plea from dog owners […]
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If it takes a village to raise a child, then it takes an army to rescue a dog. Where the Love Is has a brigade of almost 100 volunteers who communicate throughout the day via a group-chat app. There are groups for discussing fundraising events, surrenders requests, taking dogs on field trips, feeding, cleaning, and medicating, opportunities for marketing and publicity, and which videos and photos should be posted to social media. The […]
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When Thi Vu moved from North Carolina to New Haven three years ago to begin her PhD program at Yale University, it wasn’t long before she started making lots of new friends. The fact that many of them were four legged was a big plus, in her opinion. “I’d never had pets growing up,” Thi […]
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A waterbury family recounts a harrowing adventure with their first dog.
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