Stock image via Pexels A post on the Best Friends website addresses the issue of adopting out intact shelter pets and cites diminished access to veterinary services nationwide. The basic idea being that pets waiting to get neutered are better off in their new homes rather than a shelter. Best Friends is fully supportive of … Continue reading Adopting Intact Shelter Pets
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TZI: The Emperor Has No Clothes
The troubling Target Zero Institute, one of the sham "no kill" consultants that participates in the war on cats, is being called on the carpet by a no kill advocate in Huntsville, AL. At issue are the do-nothing tactics and general fakiness of the group: Target Zero is actually a nonprofit called First Coast No … Continue reading TZI: The Emperor Has No Clothes
An Estimated 1000 Pets Have Been Taken to L.A. Pound by BFAS
I have an update to the Best Friends post from Monday but decided to post it on its own in the interest of transparency, in order to make it as visible as possible to anyone interested. Jon Dunn from BFAS answered the questions I had previously sent to 3 different BFAS e-mail addresses on 2 … Continue reading An Estimated 1000 Pets Have Been Taken to L.A. Pound by BFAS
Discussion: Is Best Friends Doing “The Very Best” It Can in L.A.?
In 2011, the city of Los Angeles gave the $19 million Mission Hills animal shelter to Best Friends Animal Society without allowing any other non-profit group the chance to bid on operating the facility. Best Friends launched an initiative aimed at making Los Angeles a no kill city by 2017. Critics have cried foul from … Continue reading Discussion: Is Best Friends Doing “The Very Best” It Can in L.A.?
Discussion: Can a New Campaign Make Los Angeles No Kill?
NKLA is "a coalition of animal rescue organizations, city shelters and passionate individuals" working to end the killing of healthy/treatable animals in Los Angeles. The plan, according to a piece in the L.A. Times, is to combine a major ad campaign to increase public awareness, adoption incentive grants to rescues and neuter assistance to pet … Continue reading Discussion: Can a New Campaign Make Los Angeles No Kill?
11th Hour Social Media Blitz to Fight for Shelter Pets’ Lives
On Wednesday February 15, Assembly Bill A05449A will be introduced in the NY state Ag Committee. This quick kill bill is expected to pass and we need to make our voices heard tonight to keep that from happening. This quick kill bill is of immediate concern to NYers because it affects their community pets but … Continue reading 11th Hour Social Media Blitz to Fight for Shelter Pets’ Lives
Best Friends Calls Out ASPCA
Francis Battista of BFAS does the right thing: Instead of cooking up fevered fantasies about an Al-Qaeda-like no-kill operation that is on the loose and may be coming to a community near you, one would hope that the ASPCA would be rattling the cages of local SPCAs and shelters and using their considerable influence in … Continue reading Best Friends Calls Out ASPCA
Action Alert Regarding Community Cats
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) hates feral cats. As such, they are opposed to the only proven program - Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) - aimed at eliminating feral cats over time while minimizing costs. That does not make sense, but then The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service isn't exactly known for applying common sense to … Continue reading Action Alert Regarding Community Cats
Where Will The Big Three Fall on TX CAPA?
I am so excited about the bill introduced in TX to protect shelter pets. It's such a great piece of legislation and I really hope it gets passed. But the 6 o'clock news doesn't care what my opinion is on TX CAPA. Typically, mainstream media outlets will contact the well known animal organizations who have … Continue reading Where Will The Big Three Fall on TX CAPA?
Best Friends and Oreo’s Law Redux
For those of you who work with or know of rescues, try this little exercise: Add up all the rescues you've worked with (or known) in your head. Hang on to that number. Now, of those rescues, add up the total number of them who are hoarders. Using those two figures, please share in the … Continue reading Best Friends and Oreo’s Law Redux
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