“I made it.” I remember saying this out loud, walking through the back kennels of my animal shelter. It was the first day of my job as a kennel tech at my local animal shelter. I had been volunteering for a year before being offered the position, and I knew that this was what I wanted to do for the rest of my life. I had finally “made it.”
Our shelter strived for excellence. We maintained a live release rate previously said to be impossible. We partnered with shelters around the country to continuously push the boundaries of what an animal shelter can do for their animals and their…
