The State of Animal Welfare in Hampton Roads

The State of Animal Welfare 2002 reports the results of a yearlong study on the knowledge, attitude, beliefs and behaviors of the animal welfare community and the general public about animal welfare issues in Hampton Roads.  The research was conducted by Riddick and Associates and funded the The Alfred L. Nicholson Fund of The Norfolk Foundation.

Virginia Department of Agriculture

In 2004, animal welfare agencies in Virginia began submitting their annual reports to the State Veterinarian online.
The Virginia Department of Agriculture has made available the reports that Animal Control agencies, private animal shelters as well as "home based" rescue groups online.

These reports include the number of animals an agency took in, how many were strays, surrendered by their owner or seized.
The reports also contain the number of animals transferred to other agencies, adopted, returned to owner, died in-shelter or euthanized.