At least 10 Indiana shelters are among more than 285 shelters across the country participating in the Empty the Shelters adoption event May 2-8.

A hiring event will take place Thursday to fill numerous positions at Indianapolis Animal Care Services.

Indianapolis Animal Care Services says there is no more space at the shelter.

The Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust awarded $745,000 to central Indiana animal welfare organizations hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Many pet food pantries are in urgent need of supplies. Indiana State Director of the Humane Society of the United States Samantha Morton says those pantries are an essential resource for people hit financially by the COVID-19 crisis who need help feeding their pets.

The city animal shelter is extremely overcrowded. Cages are full and extra cages are stacked along the hallway.

The state's first and only farm sanctuary, Uplands PEAK Sanctuary in Salem, recently completed its expansion project which includes a five-acre pasture, fencing and sheltering that provides a safe haven for the animals.

A House committee approved a bill to provide immunity to anyone who breaks into a vehicle to rescue an animal from a hot car.