By ALYSSA MULLIGER, Herald-Journal of Spartanburg WOODRUFF, S.C. (AP) — Kara West, a fifth-grader at Woodruff Elementary School, loves her family pets — a cat, two dogs, two birds and …

ORLANDO — For shelter dogs, life is one long cheerleader tryout. If you’re young, cute and perky, everybody wants you. Older and plus-sized? Not so much. So some shelters are changing the …