Animal shelters are facing a new set of challenges during the coronavirus pandemic as shelter-in-place and mandatory stay-at-home orders are impacting homeless pets and animal adoption services.

Shelter pets may be a great companion as a foster or adoption as you are staying at home during the coronavirus pandemic. “Stay Home and Foster” is working to help people connect with shelters and foster animals while maintaining proper social distancing.

NBC 5’s Andy Avalos has the details on a cute 2-months-old pup named Lionel, who’s looking for a forever home in the Chicago area.

A Chicago animal shelter is seeing some unanticipated benefits of people self-quarantining during the COVID-19 pandemic. One Tail at a Time reported a big uptick in foster applications, posting on Facebook Monday that its website crashed due to the outpouring of support from animal lovers. “We have received literally hundreds of foster applications in the past few days,” One Tail…

NBC 5’s Andy Avalos has the details on a cat with a neurological disorder who is in need of a forever, loving home.

NBC 5’s Andy Avalos has the details on two adorable dogs who came to the Chicago area from a shelter down south and are looking for their forever home.

In today’s Clear the Shelters, Andy Avalos meets a bonded pair of cats named Cash and Lila as they look for their forever home.

In today’s edition of Clear the Shelters, Andy Avalos meets two adorable puppies searching for a home, and discusses a new program at the Anti-Cruelty Society to help pets impacted by natural disasters.

Shelters in Tennessee make room for pets displaced by the devastating tornadoes, by sending dozens of animals to PAWS in Chicago. NBC 5’s Sandra Torres tells the story of their extraordinary journey.

NBC 5’s Andy Avalos has the details on two bonded sisters, Diamond and Nala, who prefer to stay together, in hopes of finding a new home in the Chicago area.

These sisters are 10 weeks old and looking for a loving, forever home in the Chicago area. NBC 5’s Andy Avalos has the details.

Animal experts say pets often process loss in a manner similar to humans. In a recent newsletter published by the Funeral Consumer Alliance of Maine, researcher Jessica Pierce says a growing body of research into ‘animal thanatology’ suggests common pets such as dogs and cats seem to share with humans many behavioral reactions to death, such as mourning and rituals...

A South Carolina couple is giving 25 feral cats from Guantanamo Bay a forever home in the Carolinas with Operation Git-Meow. Glynn Meade, who spearheaded Operation Git-Meow, said there are more than 500 feral cats in Gitmo.

Cedar Bend Humane Society is offering a “Office Cat” program where pet friendly businesses are encouraged to hire (foster) temporary workers (cats) to fill in positions of “Office Cat” until a permanent position (adoption) can be secured.

If you’re considering a new pet for your family, the New Hampshire SPCA is asking that you think outside the box when considering adoption. The shelter has several potbelly pigs that need new homes and more pigs are being surrendered every week.

There are a million reasons why people love dogs. They make great companions, provide a slew of the health benefits and love unconditionally. Yet, there are lots of valid reasons why some people opt out of bringing home a furry friend. From cramped living quarters, to allergies, to busy work schedules and social lives, caring for a dog is a...

Dogs are known to help reduce stress and teach family members lessons in responsibility — but dog ownership demands fiscal responsibility, too. The costs of bringing an animal into your home go far beyond any initial adoption fee, which will be waved or significantly reduced at hundreds of shelters around the country on August 18 for Clear the Shelters.

Layla Mae, an American Bully dog, was found tied up in a park and appeared to have been abandoned by a breeder after she couldn’t have any more puppies. Her adopted mom Brooke is helping Layla Mae explore the world and showing the lovable pooch that she’s not a “throwaway mama.”