Archive - The Shift To Prevention

Animal Welfare Just Cut Intake by 121,000. It Could Have Been 10 Times That.

The 2025 Shelter Animals Count report dropped in February.

May 26 • BJ Adkins

The ASPCA Does Not Support Mandatory Spay/Neuter Laws. Here Is Why You Should Not Either.

Every time a city faces a free-roaming dog problem, the comments come in demanding mandatory spay/neuter as the answer.

May 24 • BJ Adkins

I'm a Veteran. I Had a Service Dog. Here's What HUD Just Did.

By BJ Adkins, Founder, Animal-Angels Foundation

May 23 • BJ Adkins

What does it cost to prevent one shelter intake?

Prevention math, from the field.

May 19 • BJ Adkins

Six months from now, Sylacauga will have another pack.

How small cities end up debating .22 rifles, and what should have been in place instead.

May 17 • BJ Adkins

Pets aren't furniture anymore. Colorado just made it official.

Why HB26-1229 might be the most important prevention law passed this decade.

May 12 • BJ Adkins

We do not have an adoption problem. We have a prevention problem.

Welcome to The Shift to Prevention

May 9 • BJ Adkins

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