St. Hubert’s president Heather Cammisa takes a moment with the first dog off the trailer from LA. The Petfinder.com Foundation is giving $150,000 in grants to shelters and rescue groups affected by the Gulf Coast oil spill in partnership with Merial’s Paws to Save Pets and The Animal Rescue Site’s Gifts That Give More. Shelters from Galveston, TX, to Tallahassee, …

Duke is at Ohio County Animal Shelter in Hartford, KY. Recently, the Petfinder.com Foundation awarded six Petfinder shelters and rescue groups bordetella vaccination grants totaling more than $64,000. Bordetella is commonly known as kennel cough, and spreads rapidly among shelter populations. “Shelters are often compelled by their budgets to euthanize otherwise adoptable dogs to stop the spread of the disease,” …

Photo: Newton County Animal Control The Petfinder.com Foundation recently awarded Indiana’s Newton County Animal Control a $5,000 disaster grant to help it recover from an electrical fire. The fire started in a fuse box and then spread throughout the shelter. Fortunately, the staff smelled the smoke from their offices and called the fire department, who extinguished the fire. The staff …

Casper is available for adoption at the Animal Shelter of Schoharie Valley in Howes Cave, NY. Here at the Petfinder.com Foundation we just awarded two disaster grants to help two rescues rebuild and recover from natural disasters. One grant went to the Animal Shelter of Schoharie Valley in Howes Cave, NY, which recently suffered major wind damage to its roof. …