Darla, a Flemish giant, eat snacks from TeoLani Baker's hand while in the Haines Animal Rescue Kennel on Tuesday, October 22, 2024, in Haines, Alaska. Shelter staff believe Darla may be pregnant. If so she could have between 2-18 kits. (Rashah McChesney/Chilkat Valley News)
Darla, a Flemish giant, eat snacks from TeoLani Baker’s hand while in the Haines Animal Rescue Kennel on Tuesday, October 22, 2024, in Haines, Alaska. Shelter staff believe Darla may be pregnant. If so she could have between 2-18 kits. (Rashah McChesney/Chilkat Valley News)

The Haines Animal Rescue Kennel can no longer perform a difficult, but necessary, task in animal care: euthanasia. Without staff certified to administer the drugs, the community’s only shelter is unable…

Rashah McChesney is a multimedia journalist and editor who has reported and edited newsrooms from the Deep South to the Midwest to Alaska. For the past decade, she has worked in collaborative news as the...