Keeping People And Pets Together

Keeping People and Pets Together

New Peer Reviewed AHPC Study Examines the Role of Pets in Social Services and Human Health Services

By Rebecca Niemiec September 12, 2025

A new Animal Human Policy Center study published in Human-Animal Interactions highlights how pets significantly…

Pet-Friendly Housing in Colorado

By Rebecca Niemiec August 7, 2025

Objectives: We are examining the extent to which renters in Colorado are facing barriers when seeking…

Integrating Pets into Human Health and Social Services

By Rebecca Niemiec August 7, 2025

Objectives: We are examining how pets play a role in people’s decisions to seek out…

Proposition 129 outcome to impact future of Colorado’s veterinarian shortage

By Rebecca Niemiec October 10, 2024

Arenas, CBS News

Colorado faces a serious shortage of veterinarians and vet techs; some solutions may be at hand

By Rebecca Niemiec May 15, 2024

Whitfield, Colorado Public Radio

PetSmart opens walk-in pet care clinics at two Colorado locations amid veterinarian shortage

By Rebecca Niemiec March 2, 2024

Denver 7 article by Sam Peña

New UNC medical school and wave of funds proposed to train Colorado doctors, veterinarians in bipartisan bill

By Rebecca Niemiec February 12, 2024

CPR article by Paolo Zialcita and Matt Moret

Colorado pet owners bark about the high – and rising – cost of caring for their companions

By Rebecca Niemiec January 16, 2024

The Colorado Sun article by Kevin Simpson

Colorado’s veterinary shortage: Animals being euthanized as owners struggle with costs, professionals labor to meet demand

By Rebecca Niemiec January 1, 2024

Denver Gazette article by Kelly Hayes

Veterinarian-turned-lawmaker takes action, saying vet shortage in Colorado hurts pets and people

By Rebecca Niemiec December 5, 2023

CBS article by Shaun Boyd