This dog lady's chain of hope

Kate Quigley is a real dog hero. Also known as "the dog lady" and "Miss Kate," she travels to high poverty neighborhoods in Kansas looking to help dogs in need. Kate talks to owners to improve their dogs' situations and delivers supplies and other help. Last year, she convinced 1,000 cat and dog owners to let her "borrow" their pets to have them spayed and neutered. She also gave away 95 doghouses and 14,700 pounds of dog food to families struggling to care for their pets properly. Kate says that a lot of the problem is ignorance, and she hopes to educate these pet owners on proper care for their pets. When she does encounter a dog in a really bad situation, she will contact the local animal control to intervene. But they are stretched thin like everyone else these days, so she does her best to improve on the dogs current situations. For example, when a dog is on a short chain tie-out, she works with the owners to understand why that is unhealthy and tries to work with them to use more humane cables and provide shelter for the dog.

Kate started her own non-profit organization recently to support her work. According to the Kansas City Star, "Chain of Hope’s mission, she says, is to break the chain of ignorance for pet owners who neglect their outside dogs, to break the chain of unwanted litters, to literally break chains and padlocks off dogs, encouraging owners instead to use cable tie-outs that won’t embed themselves in a dog’s neck."

I was not able to find a website for Chains of Hope...but if anyone has more info, let me know and I will link to Kate here on the Scoop.

UPDATE: I heard from Miss Kate's daughter! She provided the following info: The website is in progress and should be up soon. it is www.chainofhopekc.org. In the meantime the contact info is: Chain of Hope, 258 W. 3rd Street, 1st floor, KCMO 64105.
Click HERE for Chain of Hope's Facebook page.
Click HERE for Chain of Hope's Petfinder page.