Oregon Humane News and Blog
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A Dog’s Day at Work
Did you know that Oregon Humane Humane Educators visit local classrooms—often with a canine work partner? Follow along with one of the canines as she goes about a day on the job, teaching students about dog safety and more: I know something is up as soon as my mom comes into the room. I jump up from my…
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Oregon Humane Honored for Ethical Practices
Oregon Humane has been honored for achieving excellence in ethical business practices in the workplace, the environment and the community. Oregon Humane received the Oregon Ethics in Business Award in the nonprofit category from the Rotary Club of Portland during a June 7 award ceremony. “The recipients of these awards,” said the club, “will have,…
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Supreme Court Victory for Pets
An emaciated dog named Juno, rescued by Oregon Humane six years ago, has helped achieve a major legal victory for animal advocates in Oregon. A June 16 ruling by the Oregon Supreme Court (read the ruling here) turned aside the owner’s attempt to suppress a blood sample taken by Oregon Humane. The owner argued that…
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Oregon Humane Gets Top Charity Ranking
New rankings by the nation’s premier charity watchdog group put the Oregon Humane at the top of the list. Oregon Humane was awarded a coveted 4-star rating from Charity Navigator, the highest possible ranking. The watchdog group recently enacted its most in-depth standards to date, taking into account financial health, accountability, transparency to donors and…
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Little Dogs Reunion
The little dogs were large and in charge on Sunday, May 29, when they and their families attended the Rainier/Columbia County Rescue Little Dogs reunion at Oregon Humane. Five dogs from that rescue had a play date at Oregon Humane while their families—all Oregon Humane staff or volunteers who fell in love with these resilient…
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Animals Rescued at Silver Falls State Park
Oregon Humane Cares for 14 Significantly Underweight Pets Rescued from RV Oregon Humane is now caring for 14 pets rescued from a recreational vehicle at Silver Falls State Park. Responding to a request from Marion County Dog Control, an Oregon Humane Humane Special Agent arrived at the park the evening of June 1 and found…
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Home Is Where the Pets Are
Bill & Roberta Ramirez: Friends Forever Story By Kristin Anderson For Bill and Roberta Ramirez, “home” is not a static place—home is where their pets are. Bill and Roberta spent two decades living all over the globe—Houston, Brussels, Geneva, New York, Hong Kong—but there were two things that kept them grounded: their love for each…
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Oregon Humane Volunteers in Action
Assisting with ASPCA Emergency Animal Rescue in North Carolina Who do you call when you need help caring for hundreds of neglected animals? Well, if you are the ASPCA and you have just conducted the largest companion-animal rescue mission in your organization’s history, you call Oregon Humane. In January 2016, the ASPCA rescued nearly 700…
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Star Wars Pug Crawl Breaks Records
The 16th annual Oregon Humane Pug Crawl was truly out of this world. A record-breaking crowd estimated at 2,200 people and 800 pugs gathered May 22 in Portland to celebrate Star Wars: The Pug Awakens. The theme for this year’s costumed pug parade proved to be epic, with legions of pugs from galaxies far, far…
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Aloha Dogs
It was a dark and stormy night…okay, it wasn’t really stormy, just a typical chilly Portland spring drizzle. But it was 10:45 pm at the Portland airport (PDX), and two night-owl Oregon Humane volunteers were waiting to pick up a very important shipment. A shipment that comes in almost every week, actually: three dogs had…
