
Celebrations and Lessons Learned from the First Year of No Kill in Lake County, Florida
I first walked into the Lake County Animal Shelter in Tavares, Florida a little more than a year ago. As my reports to the County clearly indicated, I found a building that was in desperate need, a staff that was exhausted and over-worked, and to a degree, demoralized. For various reasons, control of the shelter operations had been moved around from one entity to another, which is not uncommon. Animal shelters are often hot potatoes that get passed around. Running them well i