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tions of dog food with Yaba by his side. “They travel back and forth from his treatments and they just support each other through both of their battles with cancer,” she said. “That they’re both fighting and it’s given him a purpose and strength through his treatment and now she has somebody who understands and has compassion for her situation as well.” Shortly before Yaba arrived at BHS, Ernie, a long-haired white and gray cat found himself at the shelter after his owner passed away. “That’s always a difficult thing for us because we know that these were animals that were in a home, that were loved, and
their owner dies and their entire environment changes,” Coventry said. it’s hard to get them all home again so often they get split up. In between the daily workload of cleaning kennels, doing laundry, taking in animals and adopting animals out, success stories such as Yaba’s and Ernie’s and seeing them thrive after adoption makes the time shelter staff spend socializing and bonding and getting to know each animal in order to advocate for them that much more special, Coventry said. “I think people underestimate how important these updates are so when Michael comes in with Yaba and we get to see her that’s a big deal for our staff,” she said. “Our staff get really excited. It’s