Bowie’s law AB 595 California is an animal life saver
Bowie’s law is a significant advance in the humane treatment of animals in California according to Nathan Winograd. And it is a model for the rest of America. What is it? According to the...
Tagged: euthanasia of dogs
Volunteer ‘steals’ well-behaved shelter animal to save his life as he was listed to be ‘euthanized’
NEWS AND OPINION. This is an opinion piece based upon a good news story from the viewpoint of an animal advocate. In fact, perhaps from the viewpoint of anybody who likes to see fair...
Stress should not be a death sentence for shelter animals. Discuss.
The words of the title come from Nathan Winograd, America’s leading expert on animal shelters and one of the country’s leading animal advocates. He is referring to new legislation for New York State that...
Animal pound directors often falsely claim dogs are aggressive to kill them. Discuss.
Nathan Winograd tells people who receive his emails that “Pound directors often falsely claim dogs are aggressive to kill them. But experience and studies prove that more than 99% of dogs brought to shelters...
Does PETA kill thousands of animals annually and if so, why?
I support both PETA and Nathan Winograd. But these two entities are at each other’s throats. Winograd hates PETA. He says that they kill too many animals. He almost implies that they glorify the...
Companion animal euthanasia is on the agenda due to advances in veterinary treatments
NEWS AND COMMENT: In the UK, some veterinarians are questioning the judgement of cat and dog owners when it comes to a decision about when to euthanise their companion animal. It is one of...
VE Day celebrations – let’s remember the 400,000 pets killed on outbreak of World War II
The UK government, today, has encouraged Britons to deck their homes in red, white and blue bunting to celebrate VE Day. My neighbour across the road has dutifully done this and initially I wondered...
Why do cats die with their eyes open?
This is a difficult topic but questions are asked and I will try and answer them. Associated questions might be: Why do cats die with their tongue out? Why do cats die with their...
All cats and dogs remaining on last day of Animal Control Officer’s employment will be PTS
This is a weird situation which I fail to understand. The Animal Control Officer (ACO) of Glades County has resigned and is leaving on August 12. We are told in a Facebook post from...
Euthanizing shelter animals to make space and covering it up by saying they are unhealthy
Although it applies generally, this particular story concerns the Hillsborough County Pet Resource Center which I have mentioned before in articles about the mismanagement of the seizing of cats from a shelter in Plant...
Have Animal Advocates Lost Their Wits about Euthanasia?
Have animal advocates lost their wits about euthanasia? I don’t think so. Most of us struggle with it for obvious reasons. But are we being selfish when we hold on to pets for too long?
Shelter Euthanizes 42 Cats in One Day
As Pets without Parents, a non-profit animal rescue organization euthanized 42 cats in one day you might feel that something has gone wrong and that is the general opinion in comments on their Facebook page.
The disturbing truth behind a viral Facebook photograph of a queue outside a Texas animal shelter
A photograph of a queue of people outside a Texas animal shelter, BARC, published on Facebook went viral. On 27th June 2017, an organisation, Special Needs Animal Rescue & Rehabilitation (SNARR), said that it...
45% reduction in animals euthanized at US shelters
In the United States of America, according to the ASPCA, there has been a 45% reduction in the number of shelter animals euthanized over the period 2011 to 2016. I think this is...
Convenience Euthanasia
People like to hide behind language when discussing the death of a pet which is why so often the word “euthanasia” actually means “to kill”. The phrase “convenience euthanasia” means to kill a healthy...
Note: sources for news articles are carefully selected but the news is often not independently verified.
