There are 6 article(s) tagged animal rescue:

• June 2025

  • Barking up the right tree: Local animal rescuers praise nominee for MAS head

    City officials made a rare move to nominate a new director of Memphis Animal Services with a background in grassroots animal-rescue work.

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    By Jody Callahan June 19, 2025

• April 2025

  • New MAS board members hope their experience can help animal shelter

    City officials have appointed four new members to the newly reconstituted Memphis Animal Services advisory board, with more likely to follow. Now comes the hard work: improving the shelter and saving more animals.

    By Jody Callahan April 23, 2025

• December 2024

  • Desmond Bane hopes these free agent Grizzlies (dogs) find a home team

    When this Blues City Animal Rescue volunteer received seven chihuahua-mix puppies from animal control, she named them after Grizzlies players. Now, those players want someone to take the dogs home. 

    By Drew Hill December 18, 2024

• July 2022

  • Memphis Animal Services director has improved MAS, but still has detractors

    In the past six years, Alexis Pugh has led Memphis Animal Services through what some have called a miraculous transformation. However, some controversial changes lead others to disagree with her approach. 

    By Daja E. Henry July 07, 2022

• August 2020

  • Circle of life: Kids thrive helping animals survive

    Since 2013, ARK Farms has helped young people in the community build empowering skills through work with rescue animals, providing both emotional support and marketable skills the kids can use later in life.

    By Patrick Lantrip August 25, 2020

• November 2019

  • Streetdog Foundation gearing up for annual fundraiser

    The Howl at the Moon fundraiser hopes to top last year's $160,000 total at the annual event on Nov. 9. 

    By Dima Amro November 04, 2019