“An adoption does not end our caring. We cared about their whole life from the moment we said yes. And sometimes the update breaks our hearts. People see the rescue, the transformation, the family smiling. They may never know that we grieve, too.”

I don’t follow him. I follow his movement. There’s a difference.

It’s why I wake up every day and fight through every roadblock, every delay, every moment of exhaustion to get this clinic open.

You know you could use a little extra help at home, but you can’t imagine leaving your pets behind to move to assisted living. If you...