New data shows the city's live-release rate has climbed to more than 85%. That shift means more dogs and cats are being ...

Phones are ringing with cries for help at animal shelters, including Independence Animal Shelter. Families who’ve lost their ...

Cindy Lou was picked up as a stray back in 2022. Three years on she’s still at the shelter and it’s taken a toll on her.

"We want to make sure that people are able to feed their pets while they’re making impossible choices on incomes that were ...

Raytown is opening its first city-operated animal shelter after purchasing and renovating a former rescue building to house ...

“Our fosters are full. Their fosters are full,” Homeward Animal Shelter said on Facebook. “And yet, there’s still multiple dogs desperately in need of help, before their time runs out.” Bishop, a ...