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Note: This post is part of a series on ThatMutt.com called “Saving the cats.” If a community wants to stop killing adoptable pets in pounds and shelters, it has to change its philosophy, according to Linda Cadotte of Animal Allies Humane Society in Duluth, Minn. That shift in philosophy is to stop blaming someone else and …

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912 cats were impounded in Fargo, Moorhead and West Fargo in 2011. 138 of those cats were re-claimed by their owners. Others were feral, abandoned or stray, waiting to be claimed by owners that did not exist. And some had owners that – for whatever reason – never came. 335 of those cats were taken in …

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This week marks Ace’s fifth “adoptaversary” and also his approximate sixth birthday. Ace was the first dog I adopted on my own, and I did it right. I was very disciplined and took the time to find the right dog for my lifestyle. I had strict criteria and turned away several dogs. Although I was …

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