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Animal Groups Are Leaving Local Pet Shelters Behind

The most high-profile decision of my four-decade career in animal welfare was in 2007. As the then-president and CEO of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, I greenlit the famous Sarah McLachlan television commercial that pulled America’s heartstrings. The spot became a cultural phenomenon that was spoofed on “Saturday Night Live,” and it revolutionized […]