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Policy arguments, field observations, and the case for why West Virginia deserves better infrastructure for the animals in our care — and the communities those animals are part of, under the One Health framework.

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Bred for Profit, Abandoned for Free: It's Time to Fix the System That Fails Them All

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.

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The Least of These: Why Humane Policy Is a Moral Imperative

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.

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Why West Virginia Needs a Pet Identification Law

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.

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