1. QUOTES FROM ADVOCATES

2. INDIANA Indiana was just as populated as the South 10 years ago. We took the approach that it’s our problem and we needed to fix it.

3. INDIANA Bill requires all shelters and rescues s/n before adoption. Welfare recipients would get money from state to have animals s/n (modeled after Maine)

4. INDIANA In 2003 and 2005 Indiana had two low cost clinics. Now have 12 low cost clinics around IN They also work with Brown County HS, Nashville, IN 2004 live release rate 54% in 2004: now 98% for past 3-4 years Transport helped but also looked at what they could do in their community

5. INDIANA Used to go once a month to NE in 5 vans. Now 2-3 vans a month. No puppies for NE now. NE, you taught us a valuable lesson. It’s our responsibility to do something right at home. If you in NE have to PTS for space we are not bringing you dogs. Making a 2100 mile trip is taxing and we should have done this in the beginning. Should have shamed noncompliant shelters in IN into changing. Now we can say that we are not doing a band-aid approach by only bringing animals to NE. We are working on our end, too.

6. WISCONSIN Northern WI very rural; Southern WI is more urban Expend resources, gas, time, coordinating transports into WI when right down road we have dogs. Dogs dying in Milwaukee and southern WI TN source shelter has better save rate than Milwaukee AC – yet WI shelters are saving animals from states and states away.

7. WISCONSIN I would love to talk with you about how to bring AniMatch to Wisconsin. I am more convinced than ever that you have the right concept and program to get this started nationwide. This is the true future of animal transport in this country - not moving away from helping struggling shelters but moving toward helping them to become self-sufficient.

8. MAINE There are parts of Maine where dogs and cats need help. Simply about getting them from point A to point B, but also need to trust. – Southern ME v. Northern ME – Western ME v. Eastern ME

9. NEW HAMPSHIRE I know there are kittens north of Concord. I hear rumors that dogs are being shot b/c there is nowhere to take them.

10. VERMONT Northern VT, NH, ME – same demographic – few people, not a lot of infrastructure, no ACOs NH and VT AC laws are loosey goosey UVHS and MHS pay money for animals to encourage South to do things they haven’t been able to do.

11. VERMONT I can’t keep animals (dogs and cats) in the shelter. They fly out the door. Three weeks ago we had just one dog. A local dog. A pittie. We don’t see very many pitties. Seeing unusual number of local dogs this year. Older dogs. People are getting older and surrendering due to economy, cost of vet care. So it’s a good reason to have an animal shelter. Used to be the adolescent and have a bit of that but now mostly around 5-6 (health, teeth, can’t afford)

12. VERMONT Cats fly out my shelter. All year long. Have been importing 250 cats a year for 3 years. We have 96% live release, open admission. We have a mix of local and Southern ‘easier to adopt’ animals.

13. MA RESCUE “You know when you're driving around you and see squirrels and birds on the side of the road? Well that’s what it's like down south…….. except it's not squirrels and birds, it's dogs!*

14. MA RESCUE “Down south there are those folks who work to save the animals and those who can't even save themselves…….. unfortunately, sometimes the dogs are the least of their problems. I saw more poverty and acts of cruelty on people and animals during my trip to Alabama in 2012 than I ever want to see again. This is what keeps me up at night and working round the clock to rescue the southern dogs I've grown to love. I don't often share with adopters the true horrible events I've witnessed as it's something the general public honestly can't stomach.”

15. MA RESCUE “Animal cruelty down south includes dog fighting rings, backyard breeders who run puppy mills and just average folks who can't deal with the issues that come with ferel dogs. Say for example a family of dogs that is starving - what do they do? They break into the trash to try and find food. This ends up getting them shot. Many dogs get hit by cars. Many dogs get chained to trees and barrels because some folks don't like “inside dogs”. Other dogs are kept by hoarders who stick them in fenced backyards and forget about them. The problem is so large it's honestly hard to explain - it's something you need to see for yourself.

16. WISCONSIN Northern WI very rural; Southern WI is more urban Expend resources, gas, time, coordinating transports into WI when right down road we have dogs. Dogs dying in Milwaukee and southern WI TN source shelter has better save rate than Milwaukee AC – yet WI shelters are saving animals from states and states away.

17. LEADER IN NEW ENGLAND ANIMAL WELFARE It’s much easier to take dogs than to effect change.