Lou Hays: winner of DogTime’s Unsung Hero award

At 65, Lou Hays has earned the right to finally take it easy. Instead, he works 40 hours a week in an environment that can be both physically and emotionally draining — and takes home no paycheck.

Hays is a volunteer for the Humane Society of Cherokee County (HSCC) in Oklahoma, a community about 70 miles from Tulsa. When he and his wife —…

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