The high-stakes battle pits the Humane Society of the United States and its efforts to protect animals against some national pet store chains, which say they simply want to be able to continue to sell puppies from USDA-licensed breeders.
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Some state lawmakers tried and failed to pass legislation that would have prevented Indianapolis from enforcing its ordinance. But the legislator who authored the bill says he plans to try again next year.
A heated debate over whether the state should restrict municipalities from banning the retail sale of dogs continued Monday at the Indiana Statehouse without resolution.
The animal welfare not-for-profit expects Donna Casamento to start work in August, several months after its former leader exited without explanation.
IndyHumane, which named Chief Financial Officer Jennifer Bedsole as interim CEO, did not provide a reason for the change or say if Horth had resigned or was fired.
Horth already has shaken things up as he tries to help the nearly 115-year-old agency thrive or, as he and the board say, be “better than our best.”
Steven Stolen, who took the CEO’s job in June 2017, told IBJ that he was surprised by the news because he felt the animal welfare organization had been making “substantial progress.”
Steven Stolen, who has a lengthy resume in the arts, education and not-for-profit fundraising, begins the new role June 1.
Hired in 2008, John Aleshire faced huge debt, lagging volunteer participation and a tarnished reputation at the Humane Society of Indianapolis. He plans to retire next year with many of its challenges long past.
The Humane Society of Indianapolis is ready to open its new Animal Welfare Center in Haughville, featuring a low-cost vaccination clinic. The group wants to raise $750,000 to add a low-cost spay-and-neuter clinic to the center.
The facility would offer reduced prices to low-income pet owners in an attempt to reduce the number of strays that come from neighborhoods surrounding downtown.
As of Friday, 39,900 people had signed up for the local Race for the Cure, which drew 42,000 last year and 45,000 in 2008.
The Indianapolis event is the sixth-largest in the country, but it ranks 70th nationally in terms of dollars raised.
The group, which rang up more than $3 million in debt before changing course in 2008, had been operating at a deficit for
six years.
The Bay Area has zillions of the tiny dogs. But Indianapolis isn’t part of the airlift strategy.
One of the first things new airport CEO John Clark said he wanted to do was to squeeze more use—and revenue—out
of the new airport terminal’s Civic Plaza space.
The Humane Society of Indianapolis is shopping for donors to support construction of a $3 million spay/neuter clinic in the
Fountain Square area.
The Little Red Door cancer agency has hired Fred Duncan, the chief fund-raiser at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, as its new
executive director, the not-for-profit announced today.
Humane Society of Indianapolis has been running adoption specials that have people lining up outside the Michigan Road shelter on weekends.
