The Christian County Animal Shelter has been awarded a $1,000 grant that is designed to help get more lost animals home instead of into animal shelters.
According to a news release, the grant is from the Best Friends Animal Society, which is a national animal welfare organization that is working to end euthanasia in the shelters across the country. This $1,000 grant recognizes the work the Christian County Regional Animal Shelter has done—alongside local animal control agencies—to increase the number of lost pets being reunited with their families.
The Animal Shelter was one of 91 animal organizations to pilot the field service called Paws in the Field. So far in 2025, the shelter has taken in 914 stray or lost pets.
The Paws in the Field Challenge ran from May 1-31, 2025. Through this challenge period, Christian County Animal Shelter and the local animal control offices helped 78 lost pets be returned to their families in Christian, Todd, and Trigg Counties—an increase of 44 over 2024. More than 2,500 pets were reunited with their families nationwide.
Director of Strategy and Network Operations for Best Friend Animal Society Whitney Bollinger says, “We are thrilled to recognize Christian County Animal Shelter with a grant that shows how well they’ve done helping lost pets get home during the challenge, and that will help power their return to home efforts going forward.”
Residents can help keep up the momentum by microchipping their pets and keeping the information up-to-date, and keep a collar with accurate tags on their pet when they’re outside, so they can quickly be returned home, should they become lost.