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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Oregon Humane Protests Disturbing Ads by National Humane Group
Your Local Shelter is Not Behind These Disturbing Ads Last week, graphic TV ads started airing from the Humane Society Legislative Fund, an affiliate of the Humane Society of the United States, regarding a bill in the Oregon legislature that would have outlawed the ivory trade in Oregon. In the ad you see graphic images […]
Earth Day Cleanup
On Saturday, April 23, the Oregon Humane Dog Path Crew welcomed the help of four volunteers from SOLVE for an Earth Day project on our dog-walking path. The team was small, but mighty! Team leader Candace Bailey reports: “We really appreciated the four ladies who came out to help us. They dug right in and […]
Training with the Oregon Humane Technical Animal Rescue Team
On a recent Saturday, I show up at Rocky Butte at 9 am, coffee in hand. I’m there with my Oregon Humane Specialized Technical Animal Rescue teammates to practice high-angle rescue. We do this so we’re ready in case a dog falls off a cliff while they are hiking with their families—a situation we have […]
Earth Day at OHS: You Can Help
What does Earth Day, a day about protecting the environment, have to do with sheltering homeless pets? We’re so glad you asked! The Oregon Humane facilities, located in an industrial area of NE Portland, include a large natural area through which winds our dog-walking path. This patch of nature in the midst of industry is […]
Fostering Healing
We’ve all seen those Who Rescued Who? bumper stickers, right? and You’ve probably also heard that having a pet has health benefits like lowering blood pressure and helping us live longer. As a veterinary assistant at Oregon Humane, I’ve met many pets and their people, and have seen time and again how pets make our […]
The “Taming” of Tate: Helping an Over-the-Top Excitable Dog Become a Better Pet
Some shelter animals need extra time and training before they find a new home. The Behavior Modification Program (BMP) at the Oregon Humane was designed to help these pets, most of whom are very shy or scared. Each animal in the program receives a customized training plan, carried out by experienced staff and volunteers. Kristen […]
