Animal Control

Becky Kling, 62, of Creve Coeur, looks at “Jalapeño,” a 5-month old kitten, on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023, at the APA Olivette Animal Shelter in Olivette. Kling said she lost four of her pets the last year, including her 20-year-old cat and now was considering getting a new furry family member.

Deal with APA brings improved conditions for animals in the care of St. Louis County

Rachel Lippmann

The county's animal shelter in Olivette had been a source of controversy for years. The APA of Missouri took over its operations in December as part of a five-year, $16 million contract.

Government, Politics & Issues

St. Louis County Shelter Obscures Euthanasia Rate With a Checkbox

Emily Woodbury

The St. Louis County Pet Adoption Center was once celebrated for lowering its euthanasia rate, but a recent audit found that the rate was only lowered…

Economy & Business

Hardee's to end use of cramped crates in pork supply chain

The fast food chain Hardee’s says it will stop buying pork from suppliers who use gestation crates – the cramped metal cages where many industrial pork…

Government, Politics & Issues

Hotline hopes to answer calls of the wild(life)

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Dec. 27, 2011 - Most people don't know what to do when they find a squirrel in their attic, opossum…

Stray Rescue founder Randy Grim carries a puppy to a transport van during a rescue in the summer of 2011.

Aldermen vote to free up money for Stray Rescue

Rachel Lippmann

A year-long battle over the best way to use about $258,000 in donated tax dollars that were originally intended for a new city-operated shelter is…

The city of St. Louis hopes to soon completely vacate the old city pound on Gasconade, pictured here. The new pound will be located in an old vehicle emissions station on the north side.

Board of E&A approves funds for new animal shelter

Rachel Lippmann

The nearly 10-year-old effort to build a new city animal shelter came a big step closer to completion today, when the Board of Estimate and Apportionment…

City outlines needs for newer animal control strategy

Rachel Lippmann

A new city animal shelter on the north side, a full-time veterinarian and vet techs to staff it, and more animal control officers are all on the wish list…

Money to help Stray Rescue finish its shelter appears headed for another political showdown with a resolution introduced today at the Board of Aldermen

Animal shelter money appears headed for another political showdown

Rachel Lippmann

Accusations of political gamesmanship are flying today after the introduction of a new St. Louis Board of Aldermen resolution giving about $255,000 to the…

A law that would require pets to be spayed/neutered and microchipped got committee approval today; funds to help Stray Rescue complete its shelter did not.

Mandatory spay-neuter clears committee; funds for Stray Rescue do not

Rachel Lippmann

What Ald. Stephen Conway called a comprehensive animal control strategy for St. Louis is somewhat in limbo tonight after an aldermanic committee passed…

The city’s pound on Gasconade once held most of the stray dogs the city would pick up in a day. Now, it houses just dangerous or bite dogs, and those that are part of the court system.

Stray Rescue reflects on a year as St. Louis' official dog shelter

Rachel Lippmann

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/national/local-national-976404.mp3Last year, 90 dogs left the St. Louis city pound for what Mayor…