No kill advocates face some challenges in winning the hearts and minds of the public and particularly those active in animal welfare. We must battle the myth of pet overpopulation. We must expose the truth about the records of groups like HSUS, PETA and ASPCA. We must educate people regarding the difference between killing and … Continue reading The Prime Directive of the No Kill Movement
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New Group to Fight for Shelter Pets in Memphis
There is a new group seeking reform and advocating for the right of pets to live at the Memphis pound. From the press release: The Memphis No Kill Coalition is an organization of animal advocates in Memphis, Tenn., created to reform abusive practices at Memphis Animal Services and create a modern, progressive animal sheltering system … Continue reading New Group to Fight for Shelter Pets in Memphis
Updated: The Best Thing I’ve Read All Week
An ACO in Shelby Co, KY was attending a required euthanasia workshop where 3 healthy kittens who had been labeled as scared by a pound (not Shelby Co) were slated for killing. The Shelby Co ACO did not simply go along with this idea and instead brought the kittens back to Shelby Co for care. … Continue reading Updated: The Best Thing I’ve Read All Week
Advocacy at Home
This morning, I sent the following e-mail to my county council members and county administrators. Anyone is free to copy/modify this e-mail in order to send it to your local officials: From: eiderdown@yesbiscuit.com Date: Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 9:16 AM Subject: Plan A is not working If you can spend 12 minutes of your … Continue reading Advocacy at Home
What is Plan B in Your Community?
With Hurricane Isaac under watchful eye, many cities have been reviewing their hurricane preparedness plans recently. Officials in Corpus Christi, TX asked animal control what their plan was for the shelter pets in case of a hurricane: "Their hurricane response plan was to euthanize all of the animals, which is totally unacceptable," Assistant City Manager … Continue reading What is Plan B in Your Community?
Defining No Kill Sheltering
Note: Like all posts on this blog, the following is representative of my opinions and not intended to represent the views of any shelter or other group. What No Kill sheltering is about: Saving every healthy pet who enters the shelter, regardless of arbitrary criteria such as age or body shape, by adopting them out, … Continue reading Defining No Kill Sheltering
Advocacy at Home
This morning I met with my county administrator regarding the local pound. The county contracts with a non-profit group to run the pound. That group is warehousing and killing roughly 3 out of every 4 pets in its care. I went to advocate for no kill and get a sense of the county administrator's stance. … Continue reading Advocacy at Home
Throwing Out the Bell Curve in Shelter Pet Advocacy
No kill is not a sliding scale. I don't determine whether I should advocate for any particular shelter pet based upon the idea that some other shelter pet is facing worse circumstances. Every shelter pet deserves an advocate, whether that person is demanding that the animal not be put into the gas chamber or that … Continue reading Throwing Out the Bell Curve in Shelter Pet Advocacy
Directors of Pet Killing Facilities Keep Puppy Mills in Business
There are not nearly enough shelter pets for everyone in the U.S. who plans to get a pet this year. This is ok because some owners, about 1.5 million, are already set on an alternate source (a breeder usually) for the new pet they plan to get within the next year. Of course many, about … Continue reading Directors of Pet Killing Facilities Keep Puppy Mills in Business
Activists Upset about Pasco Co Pound
Pasco Co, FL opened a $3 million adoption center last year but pets who arrive at the pound don't go there. They go to Building C - a place with no windows, no air conditioning, and no insulation. Some animal activists say the dogs are not fed daily and end up covered in their own … Continue reading Activists Upset about Pasco Co Pound
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