2025-10-12
13 分钟I think we all know these people in our communities who just make the world a better place.
And for Huntington, West Virginia, one of those people is Courtney Proctor Cross.
She took an animal shelter that was becoming a death sentence for animals who went there and turned it into a no-kill shelter,
which means 90% of the animals find homes.
I'm Maggie Penman.
This is Postreports Weekend.
It's Saturday, October 11th.
I'm a reporter for The Optimist,
reporting on hopeful stories about things that are going right in the world.
Believe it or not, there are things going right in the world.
Today, I wanted to bring on my colleague, Sydney Page,
because she's the one who reported the story about this woman in West Virginia who took over a struggling animal shelter and made it a hopeful place for animals and for people.
And what I loved so much about this story was that it really made me feel like change is possible even in these really seemingly intractable situations.
Sydney, thank you so much for coming on.
Thank you for having me.
Okay, so you and I are both reporters for The Optimist and that often means writing dog stories.
Always.
How many dog stories have you written in the like last several years?
too many to count.
I honestly barely write about humans anymore.