An animal’s right to be rescued
In an email to me, Nathan Winograd, America’s most knowledgeable person about animal rescue, included the following statement: While closing one’s doors to animals in need may not undermine an …
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Owners of cats and dogs poisoned to death by commercially prepared foods should receive an automatic $10,000 payment in compensation
What you think about the idea in the title? Please share your thoughts. The figure of $10,000 comes from Nathan Winograd, the founder of the No Kill Advocacy Center. It’s …
Should people with certain illnesses or backgrounds be prevented from adopting shelter cats?
This is a discussion on whether certain human diseases, health conditions or backgrounds should determine whether a cat should be adopted out to that person. As we get older, most …
Austin Animal Shelter tried to gag rescuers
The No Kill Advocacy Center reported on their Facebook page that Austen’s animal shelter had enacted a new rescue policy which banned rescuers making public statements about the shelter management …
Animal shelter inadvertently gave me a pregnant cat then demanded that I abort and spay her
By Tracey Wilson – Readers’ Forum Our local SPCA adopted a cat to us. I noticed after a week that she seemed to be getting quite fat. I put it …
Are staff at animal shelters compensated adequately?
Why is the suicide rate among animal shelter staff relatively high? Is it because of the kind of person working at shelters or the work they do, or both? Are …
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Shelter Director Fired Because She Euthanised 14 Cats Exposed to Ringworm
Kerrin Conklin was the Executive Director for the Central New York SPCA. She was fired summarily (without notice for what must have been gross misconduct) after five months in the …
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What does it mean when a rescue is asked to sign an Animal Welfare Agreement?
What does it mean when a rescue is asked to sign an Animal Welfare Agreement between their rescue and an animal shelter they “pull” (save cats and dogs) from? This …
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