Lauren meets Theresa, who runs the Lac du Flambeau Pets for Life chapter, and Jared, who is the animal control officer in this area. They discuss their community and ways to partner up to help people and pets.

Lauren tours this beautiful nonprofit shelter with Jessica and talks with Executive Director, Emily. Animal Harbor works to divert intake from overflowing local municipal shelters, providing an owner surrender option for their community.

Lauren gets a tour of the conjoined shelters, Coffee County Animal Control and Manchester Animal Control in Tennessee. These are source shelters which Underdog Pet Rescue takes animals from. Special thanks to Mackenzie, Shaun, sweet Jackie, Sam, Denise, and the shelter staff for your time and all you do.

Sam is a FORCE. She works tirelessly to save lives, and is in the trenches by living at a cross section of counties that experience pet overpopulation. She interacts daily with shelters to transfer dogs and cat from rural TN to WI, NY, and Canada. In this episode, Lauren visits with Sam after Sam drove a transport with dozens of pets to our foster network in Madison.