5. Celebrity Rachel Ray gave the ASPCA half a million dollars less than 2 months ago to board pets displaced by Hurricane Sandy at its Emergency Boarding Facility in Brooklyn. At the time, ASPCA president Ed Sayres promised, "The need is daunting, but the animals will not be forgotten." After caring for just 280 animals … Continue reading Top 5 Reasons the ASPCA Should Do Right by Displaced Sandy Pets
Category: No Kill
Discussion: Alternatives to Death for Dogs Labeled Aggressive
Is there anyone among us - canine behaviorist, dog trainer, rescuer, foster owner, breeder, shelter director, pet lover or county official - who is so qualified to judge a dog's so-called aggressive behavior that his word alone is good enough, even if that word means death? I would think not. But what about cases where … Continue reading Discussion: Alternatives to Death for Dogs Labeled Aggressive
Where the Chicago No Kill Bequeathment is Going
It was announced this week that an 84 year old man named Sylvester Czopek bequeathed $1.5 million to Chicago area no kill shelters. ABC reports the money will be divided among the following five shelters: 1. The Will County Humane Society is a limited admission shelter that sells dogs for $175 and cats for $100 … Continue reading Where the Chicago No Kill Bequeathment is Going
If you can’t own it, maybe you shouldn’t be doing it.
When the pound kills for "space" while cages sit empty, they blame the public for failing to neuter their pets. When the pound kills someone's lost pet instead of sending him back home, they blame the owner saying the pet should have been microchipped. When the pound kills someone's lost pet despite him having a … Continue reading If you can’t own it, maybe you shouldn’t be doing it.
Treats on the Internets
In TN, the group Cleveland for a No Kill City says it has reached its 5 year goal of saving at least 90% of the shelter's pets, 4 years early. (Thanks Clarice, as always.) A pregnant woman in Charlotte says a Char-Meck police officer shot one of her dogs to death while a bullet grazed … Continue reading Treats on the Internets
“I think we’re fighting a losing game.”
Harrison Co, WV recently hired a new AC director named Cheryl Shaw and a local paper ran a story about it: In 2011, the center euthanized 2,399 out of 3,184 animals, or nearly 75 percent. “To put that amount of animals down is crazy,” Shaw said. The paper also printed comments on pet killing from … Continue reading “I think we’re fighting a losing game.”
Op-Ed in OH Paper Misses the Mark
In an op-ed piece entitled "Last Resort", the Columbus Dispatch offers: Hands down, the worst job in any dog shelter doesn’t involve a scoop and a bag; it requires a needle, or a gas chamber. Killing shelter pets is a worse job than scooping poo. This is not a valid comparison and worse - it … Continue reading Op-Ed in OH Paper Misses the Mark
Animal Sheltering in the Words of Those Who Don’t and Those Who Do
No kill is not real, in the words of killing apologists: "[P]lease don’t believe that no kill shelters work. They simply do not." - Ed Smith, ACO Humane Society of Carroll Co in MD “When you have a no-kill shelter, someone else is going to have to kill.” - Connie Kondravy, co-founder Organization for Responsible … Continue reading Animal Sheltering in the Words of Those Who Don’t and Those Who Do
Book Review: Friendly Fire
Friendly Fire by Nathan and Jennifer Winograd is the book no kill advocates have been waiting for. Although Redemption is the book I wish everyone interested in or skeptical of the movement would read, I think Friendly Fire is the book they actually will read. I say this because the formatting of the pages in … Continue reading Book Review: Friendly Fire
When is National Not-So-Feral Cat Day?
Who is the best unsocialized kitten marked for death at a euthanasia class but saved by Shelby Co No Kill Mission instead? Everyone KNOWS it's Shirley T! An update from Kelly on how kitteh's socialization is going: Shirley T now calls out for me and BEGS for can food. Oh....and she sure LOVES her bed … Continue reading When is National Not-So-Feral Cat Day?
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