austin humane society

A dog, shot more than a dozen times with a pellet gun, is recovering at the Austin Humane Society.

Lisa Starr of the Humane Society says someone found Kipp by the side of the road.  He arrived at the shelter last week.

"Kipp has multiple pellets that we can feel under his skin,” says Dr.

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• Tragic.

On June 26, 2008, FixAustin.org released a detailed and stunning report on the results of competing shelter-reform efforts in Austin, Texas, and Reno, Nevada.  Austin's effort was led by the ASPCA and involved two shelters:  the Town Lake Animal Center and the Austin Humane Society.  Reno's competing effort followed the no-kill sheltering model of the No Kill Advocacy Center, a national non-profit organization led by shelter expert Nathan Winogr...

Staff and volunteers at the Austin Humane Society are sleeping with dogs and cats, literally. It's called "Home for the Holidays", a program which started last year where staffers and volunteers sleep inside of the kennels with pooches and pussycats.