When people come looking for a dog to adopt, the first thing they say is “no pit bulls,” said Beata Liebetruth, shelter manager at Home at Last Humane Society.

Bringing in a new manager was just the beginning of changes at the Home At Last Humane Society animal shelter in The Dalles.

Growing up in Germany, Beata Liebetruth, the new shelter manager of Home at Last Humane Society, had never heard of a kill shelter. “We do not have kill shelters in Germany or Europe,” Liebetruth said. “That’s an American thing, unfortunately, so that’s how I became involved in animal welfare. It has become my passion in life.”