Urge the City of Seattle to include animals in citywide planning efforts. As the human population grows, so will our pet population.

Explore if Seattle should regulate professional dog walkers. Discover the pros and cons of dog walker regulations and potential impacts.

Your guide to advocating and showing support for animal related bills at the State Legislature.

A guide to contacting your Seattle City Council members to drive animal welfare reform in 2025.

Pet care facility violations, fires, and suspensions spark calls for stronger oversight and transparency in animal welfare licensing.

Seattle Animal Watch made strides in 2024 with CAWS launch, 149% subscriber growth, 46 articles published, and 9 public disclosures!

Seattle is planning on its first major update to animal welfare laws since '85! Your involvement and actions will be important in 2025!

Tacoma banned cat declawing, but Seattle, despite its animal-friendly reputation, hasn’t followed suit. Why is Seattle lagging behind?

Explore free and low-cost animal welfare training with Best Friends, Maddie's Fund, ASPCA, HumanePro, and more.

Dog daycare fire in SODO led to lawsuits and proposed safety law. Suits settled; bill failed. Animal daycare regs now added to eCompliance.

Adopted budget data from the City of Seattle shows an increasing trend in support of the Seattle Animal Shelter (SAS) from 2011 to 2024.

In this article, we explore euthanasia data for the three most common species that enter the Seattle Animal Shelter.

This article explores how an interlocal animal services contract works for King County.

A follow up on a previous article showing a sharp increase in animal returns post adoption from SAS in 2023.

A first look into the proposed 2025 operating and capital budgets for the Seattle Animal Shelter.

This fact sheet is a short summary for Seattle residents about what Seattle Animal Shelter does.

The City of Seattle responds to the decline of rabbit spay/neuter procedures since 2016.

There are a variety of reasons that someone may surrender a pet to a shelter. This article explores the reasons behind those surrenders.

This post explores the importance of data collection, data analytics, and data-informed decision making in animal shelters.

A review of 2016-2023 intake data for Seattle Animal Shelter. Returns of adopted cats & dogs are at an all time high in 2023.