From the Founder
Policy arguments, field observations, and the case for why West Virginia deserves better infrastructure for the animals in our care.
We do not fix outcomes by managing symptoms. We fix outcomes by redesigning structure.
In Greenbrier County, if you see a starving dog running loose, you may be the one trying to catch it — not the person paid to do it. Terry L. Holliday lays out the case for the PROVENIQ System and the B.A.R.K. Act: a structural answer to an industrial chain of abandonment.
Our shelters are full, our funding is inadequate, and the system isn't built to succeed
A dog dumped near the Greenbrier River Trail. Four Dalmatians abandoned in a winter holler. These aren't isolated acts of cruelty — they're symptoms of a system failure. Terry L. Holliday makes the case for emergency shelter funding and a 2026 bond initiative for Greenbrier County.
The case for mandatory microchipping — and why the industry won't fix this on its own
Every year, thousands of West Virginia families lose pets that never come home — not because reunification is impossible, but because the identification infrastructure doesn't exist. A mandatory microchipping law would change that. Here's why the market alone won't get us there.