30/07/2025
Last week, I attended an event at The Associated Humane Societies, Newark Shelter, , where brought together creators to not only bring awareness to the animals in need in this shelter system, but to show the crisis that this specific location is currently facing as they are busting at the seams and wildly over capacity.
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The Associated Humane Societies is the largest animal sheltering system in New Jersey, and when we visited the Newark location, there were over 160 dogs and over 200 cats in their care. This shelter was not built for this number of animals, leaving shelter staff and volunteers overwhelmed, animals existing in spaces smaller than the shelter was built for, and spreading resources further and more thinly than the animals and the humans who care for them deserve.
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Perfectly adoptable dogs and cats are sitting in shelters for months, sometimes over a year, waiting for adopters to hopefully find them. I met many dogs who were gorgeous, dog-friendly, sweet and healthy. Even as a long time photographer of adoptable animals, I was repeatedly surprised by some of the dogs that hadn’t received a single application.
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Please share these animals, and consider paying the shelter a visit to amplify this message. They deserve a quiet, clean, safe space to call their own.Thank you to for using your platform for such an amazing cause, and I plan to regularly visit to feature some of the dogs that need a little extra boost, so stay tuned for their faces & stories.
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To learn more about fostering, adopting or giving back to , please visit: www.ahscares.org/newark/.
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