A reader writes (in part): OK well, it sounds like you’re saying that individual people should never be accountable at all? For anything they do with the animals they don’t want? Is it EVER their fault when they act irresponsibly? Or is it always the shelter’s fault? I'm glad for the opportunity to address this … Continue reading Being Held Accountable
Category: No Kill
Mixed Messages on Banning the Gas Chamber
There's no such thing as bad press? I beg to differ: Thousands of animals are put to death in Alabama each year, mostly because there are not enough homes to take them. While animal rights groups are not protesting that fact, they are protesting one particular method of euthanasia legal in Alabama: the gas chamber. … Continue reading Mixed Messages on Banning the Gas Chamber
The Needle and the Damage Done
In the United States, we kill millions of pets in shelters every year. Most of them are healthy and friendly - or at least treatable. And there are enough homes for all of them. As a society, we have come to accept the killing as "unavoidable" because that's what we are continually told by those … Continue reading The Needle and the Damage Done
OH: PETA Allegations Prompt Authorities to Raid No Kill Cat Shelter
PETA has long made clear how they feel about the no kill movement. Just this week, PETA president Ingrid Newkirk announced that all no kill shelters are "hoarding facilities" operated by people with untreated mental illness. Seeing as PETA has been killing nearly every single pet they get their hands on for years, some people … Continue reading OH: PETA Allegations Prompt Authorities to Raid No Kill Cat Shelter
KY: Shelby County’s No Kill Mission Needs Help
The Shelby Co Animal Shelter has been an open admission, no kill shelter for the past two years. Due to recent events, the facility is currently overcrowded: "It’s a crisis situation. We've had a number of intakes come in the last couple of weeks to the point where we don't have any cages available for … Continue reading KY: Shelby County’s No Kill Mission Needs Help
SC Does Not Want or Need Laws to Increase Pet Killing
The Walter Crowe Animal Shelter in SC kills half its pets. They are now sending some of their pets up north to be adopted - specifically Wisconsin. This is good. It leaves fewer pets at the shelter to be killed. The shelter director Sharon Jones was interviewed by the local news about it: Within 48 … Continue reading SC Does Not Want or Need Laws to Increase Pet Killing
Oh You Must Be Joking
For those who don't know, Ingrid Newkirk is president of a pet killing organization called PETA. PETA kills almost every single pet that crosses its VA slaughterhouse threshold. The group is well known for trying to cash in on current hot topics for publicity. So it is with [scary music] HOARDERS!!!!!!! Ingrid Newkirk writes in … Continue reading Oh You Must Be Joking
Out of the Mouths of Babes
We were hanging around the lobby of our local pound last weekend trying to get a neuter voucher for Scout (we weren't successful). A family was there adopting a puppy. I was sitting in front of a corkboard in the lobby where people had put up lost pet notices. The little girl from the puppy … Continue reading Out of the Mouths of Babes
Scups at Animal Protection League
Kristine at APL sent me some photos of Scout's pups settling in at the shelter: They have been named Romulus, Rowan, Rin, Rinji, Ripley, Reece and Rafi. Kristine told me APL tries not to repeat names for dogs at the shelter and, like many breeders, they use themes of one sort or another when naming … Continue reading Scups at Animal Protection League
No Kill Conference Links
This weekend is the annual No Kill Conference in Washington D.C. Here are some links from the events so far: Welcome and Keynote - Pet Connection Forcing Transparency - Pet Connection Using Technology to Save Lives - Pet Connection Saving Lives 2.0 - Pet Connection Shelter Enrichment for Cats - Pet Connection Amazing - KC … Continue reading No Kill Conference Links
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