From Shelter Work to Nomad Life: Katherine Lacefield on Rescue, Fundraising, and Ending Judgment in Animal Welfare
In this episode of The Story of My Pet podcast, host Julie Marty-Pearson is joined by Katherine Lacefield who shares how early involvement in environmental and animal rights movements led her into shelter work, fostering, and the realities of overcrowding and euthanasia. Now living a highly nomadic life, she explains why she delayed getting pets, then расскаnts how she welcomed a healthy French Bulldog, Chaco, and later rescued Mr. Pickles—a severely neglected stray in Mexico who needed extensive treatment and ultimately became family.
Katherine also discusses the complexity of moving pets across countries and how animal welfare intersects with human issues like domestic violence, addiction recovery, homelessness, and immigration. As a fundraising consultant, she explains why she focuses on building nonprofit fundraising capacity, and she urges more gratitude, monthly giving, fostering, adopting, and less judgment and infighting in the animal welfare community. To learn more about Katherine, check out her Website and Follow on Facebook and Instagram. You can also learn more about these animal rescue organizations: Animals Need Me and SOS Animal Rescue.
00:40 Early Animal Experiences 01:30 Shelter Work and Fostering 04:12 Nomadic Life and Pets 05:41 Rescuing Mr Pickles 08:14 Traveling With Dogs 10:39 Fundraising Consulting Mission 13:40 Why She Started a Podcast 18:57 Animals and Human Issues Intersect 22:25 How to Help Locally
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