A few quick links that I know will be of interest to some of the no kill advocates who hang around here: An upcoming program on Animal Wise Radio: Sunday at noon PST on Nathan Winograd UNLEASHED: With groups like the ASPCA, HSUS, & Best Friends using their wealth for their own power-hungry ends, we … Continue reading A Few No Kill Links for your Clicky Pleasure
Category: No Kill
Road Map to Reform
There are shelters in need of reform all around our country - that is, shelters that do not reflect the values of the vast majority of people who oppose the needless killing of pets and support the rights of shelter pets to be cared for compassionately. And there are cities and counties all over the … Continue reading Road Map to Reform
The Care and Marketing of Long Term Resident Shelter Pets
No kill shelters face some challenges that kill shelters don't. Among them, caring for dogs and cats who, for whatever reason, end up spending a longer than average time living at the shelter, waiting for the right adopter to find them. Regarding the standard of care and special handling unique to these shelter pets, I … Continue reading The Care and Marketing of Long Term Resident Shelter Pets
Who are We Helping?
"His time is up. He's too young and too beautiful to put down. Somebody please step up and adopt him. His days are numbered." - from a random posting about a dog in a kill shelter While I appreciate that posts like these are well-intentioned and aimed at expressing the urgency of getting a pet … Continue reading Who are We Helping?
Through a Glass, Darkly
I know some of you have been following the story of this Shelter Pet of the Day kitten from earlier this week. I want to bring it to the forefront because this cat's life matters. From a comment by reader Kristi, this is part of a plea from a shelter volunteer that was posted online: … Continue reading Through a Glass, Darkly
Click Here to Give the Gift of Carbon Monoxide to a Needy Shelter Pet
HELP! Our public shelter has no money to buy vaccines in order to vaccinate pets at intake. Therefore pets with suspected communicable diseases are killed immediately or, if it's a weekend or holiday, allowed to suffer without treatment until they die. Can you donate money to us so we can buy some vaccines? Yeah, see … Continue reading Click Here to Give the Gift of Carbon Monoxide to a Needy Shelter Pet
2011 No Kill Conference
The No Kill Advocacy Center is teaming up with the Animal Law program at George Washington University Law School and No Kill Nation to bring together the nation's most successful shelter directors and the nation's top animal lawyers. They will help you create a No Kill community and teach you how to use the legal … Continue reading 2011 No Kill Conference
Another Approach to No Kill
A group of volunteers in KY has spearheaded the success of Shelby Co as a no kill community. Read an interview with Henry Bergh Leadership Award recipient Kelly Jedlicki of the Shelby Co No Kill Mission. Of particular interest to me was the story of how and why the group was created - another example … Continue reading Another Approach to No Kill
Testify!
When I heard about how UPAWS in Michigan went from an open admission shelter who killed more pets than they saved to an open admission shelter saving more than 90% of their pets, I wanted to know more. We often hear from kill shelter staff and their supporters that no kill is just not possible … Continue reading Testify!
Less Killing, Tastes Great
You might recall the video of Susan Boyer, an employee at the Charlotte-Mecklenburg AC & C shelter, offering her view that killing pets by injection is a "morale booster" for shelter staff vs. killing them via the gas chamber. Today, I came across a different view from Tommy Morson, the AC director in Tuscumbia, AL. … Continue reading Less Killing, Tastes Great
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