There are 4 article(s) tagged Memphis Animal Shelter:

• May 2023

  • MAS director boosts shelter save rate; rescue groups say strays out of control

    Being the director of Memphis Animal Shelter isn’t easy in a poor city where animals are often inexpensive security systems, companions in unfenced yards or are owned by people who can’t afford spay/neutering or rabies shots.

    By Jane Roberts May 30, 2023

  • Dog-gone: Memphis Animal Services director leaving

    A city press release noted that under Alexis Pugh’s leadership, the save rate at Memphis Animal Services has “consistently improved” and finished 2022 at 86%.

    By Ben Wheeler May 18, 2023

• November 2020

  • COVID-19 unleashes world of change at Memphis Animal Services

    With no room for mass-scale adoptions, MAS is trying to keep pets with their owners, often going door-to-door to find them.

    By Jane Roberts November 13, 2020

• December 2018

  • After two years, it only took a can of cat food to catch wily chow

    For more than two years and possibly closer to three, a black chow roamed Summer Avenue. He visited Walgreens at the corner of Perkins and Summer, hung around in the Aldi parking lot just west of the intersection, and finally settled on Elwood’s Shack as his go-to at meal time.

    By Jennifer Biggs December 03, 2018