Learn about animal rescue, what issues shelters and rescues face and why you should care. Rescue only? BSL? And what is the deal with 'Kill Shelters', anyway? Is it better to adopt from them or should you only support 'No Kill' organizations? For people who work in the front lines, I'll provide information and resources to help you understand and deal with the stress, burnout and compassion fatigu
e that are so common in this field. You'll find interviews with local organization leaders as well as volunteers, animal foster and trainers to help you understand what is going on in animal welfare. If you've been interested in getting involved but have been afraid it will be too hard, too sad, too tempting to bring too many home or too time consuming, we'll talk straight about all those issues so you can think things through. While I'm showing you around the rescues, I'll give you the scoop on some of the animals you can meet there and maybe together we can help their forever humans find them a little more quickly. And because I clearly pet sit for the most adorable dogs in all of Illinois, if not the world...yes, yes, you will have to look at photos of the cutest, goofiest, most endearing moments of my pet sitting escapades.
