Houston Matters
Houston’s Weather Means Animal Overpopulation Is A Year-Round Problem
Posted on · BARC's director says mild winters mean pets can eat, drink, and procreate year-round.
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Houston Matters
County Animal Shelter Sheds Light on Overpopulation
Posted on · Houston Matters' Maggie Martin visits with the Harris County Animal Shelter to learn more about the challenges the agency faces.
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Keep Your Pets Safe During July Fourth
Posted on · Independence Day may mean prepping the grill and purchasing fireworks, but there’s one member of the family you might want to leave out—your pet.
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Houston Uses Freeway Billboards To Fight Its Overpopulation Of Stray Animals
Posted on · Ashley Turner, Mayor Sylvester Turner’s daughter, and City Council member Karla Cisneros, will promote spaying and neutering.
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BARC Reminds Everyone That Pets Don’t Make Good Holiday Presents
Posted on · One item that ends up on some shoppers’ holiday gift lists is a new pet. But surprising someone with an animal is almost never a good idea.
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Houston’s BARC Trying To Push Live Release Rate To 90 Percent
Posted on · Partnership with rescue groups has helped the shelter bring down the number of euthanizations.
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Houston Unveils New BARC Animal Adoption Facility
Posted on · Houston officials celebrated the opening of a newly-expanded animal shelter today. It's part of an ongoing effort to improve care.
Houston Matters
How Realistic Would It Be for More Animal Shelters to Become No-Kill?
Posted on · Greater Houston has a well-documented stray animal problem. And area animal shelters face the challenge trying to care for and place many of those animals. The city’s Bureau of Animal Regulation and Care, or BARC, is required to accept stray animals. BARC has the capacity to care for about 550 at a time, but collects about a third […]
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Homeless Count, No Kill Animal Shelters, and Zola Jesus: Houston Matters for Friday, Jan. 30, 2015
Posted on · Last night, more than 500 volunteers took to the streets throughout Houston as part of an annual homeless count undertaken by the Coalition for the Homeless, to collect hard data about the number and characteristics of the areaâs homeless community. That data is expected to be released in a few months. On this edition of Houston […]
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East End Residents Demand Improved Animal Control
Posted on · Stray dogs are a big problem in Houston's East End.
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BARC Coalition Expands Free Program To Tackle Stray Animal Problem
Posted on · Houston's animal control and partners offer free spaying/neutering in problem areas.
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New BARC Animal Adoption Facility Nears Completion
Posted on · Houston improves its animal euthanasia rates and will soon open a new facility
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City Of Houston Offers $10 Pet Microchipping
Posted on · Number of pets who have microchips is still relatively low.
Good, Bad and Ugly
Oil Spill, Montrose Fire & BARC: The Good The Bad & The Ugly of Houston News
Posted on · From the oil spill, to the fire in Montrose, to BARC’s new authority, to Zipcar’s expansion, it’s been a busy week in Houston news. We consider “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly” of these events with our rotating “non-expert” panel. This week, we’re joined by the Houston Chronicle’s Lisa Falkenberg, ComedySportz Houston’s Dianah Dulany, […]
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Houston on the Cheap & Life After the Spelling Bee: Houston Matters for Fri., March 28, 2014
Posted on · No doubt about it: There’s lots to do in Greater Houston. But some of it can be pretty darned expensive. A nice dinner out, a show, a little shopping, parking – if you’re not careful, you can spend a lot of scratch in just one night on the town. But you don’t have to. There […]