For seven years, Kali Pereira of the Humane Society of the United States crept up on deer in the steep, tight, wooded neighborhoods of Hastings-on-Hudson, north of New York City. In and around the small yards of the densely populated village. Watching for dogs—some leashed, others running loose in...

The Humane Society of the United States works with community leaders and animal care and control agencies to create Wild Neighbors communities, where humane and non-lethal solutions are given priority.