Boxes are piled high in the Humane Society of Central Texas’ administrative office as they prepare to vacate the premises after the termination of a 12-year contract with the City of Waco.
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The Humane Society of Central Texas has nearly 200 dogs waiting to be fostered and provides resources to set foster applicants up for success. Brooke Farrell, the Humane Society’s director of development and public relations, said that while foster parents may only be taking one dog under their wing, they are doing an act of service for other dogs at the shelter by decreasing the number on the at-risk list and freeing up a crate.
A year ago, citizens of West were faced with the horrific aftermath of the fertilizer explosion that left 15 dead, over 160 wounded and several homes destroyed.
Take a break and pet a puppy.
The Baylor Democrats will host a “Puppy Playtime” study break from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday on Fountain Mall. About 10 foster dogs from the Humane Society of Central Texas will visit with Baylor students on across from Moody Memorial Library.
In all, the survey had 25 responses by the time of publication. All of these identified as students, staff or alumni. Forty percent were dog lovers, 25 percent cat lovers.
Forty percent of people who responded to the survey had ever adopted a pet from the humane society. Of them 17.4 percent had either good or very good experiences with adopting pets from there and 4.3 percent said it was average or poor.
No one adopting a puppy expects it to die after two weeks, but that is exactly what happened to several Baylor students.
Juliet is a 5-pound Chihuahua I adopted from the Waco Humane Society last year. She is also the Lariat’s mascot, a guard dog and my best friend.
Waco passed a law on Jan. 1 requiring all dog and cat owners to spay and/or neuter their animals.