Pamela Rice Walker

St. Louis' rise in STDs may be due to better reporting

Robert Joiner

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Nov. 17, 2011 - The city's top health official said Thursday that part of last year's rise in STD…

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…

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…

Mayor Francis Slay and Stray Rescue founder Randy Grim with a four-legged friend in July 2010.

Animal House money now to go to Stray Rescue

Rachel Lippmann

In December, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch wrote that money collected via tax bills for a planned new animal shelter in the city of St. Louis was sitting in…