THE NO KILL COMPANION is a reference manual by Nathan Winograd

The No Kill Companion is a reference manual for legislators, policymakers, shelter managers, media, advocates, and other stakeholders

Nathan Winograd is the architect of the no kill animal shelter movement in the USA. Well, that’s how I regard him. He’s famous for being an animal advocate specialising in saving the lives of shelter animals. He’s probably saved the lives of hundreds of thousands if not millions of animals over the years with …

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Killing shelter cats and dogs is a choice not a necessity

Killing shelter cats and dogs is a choice not a necessity

Nathan Winograd, perhaps American’s greatest animal advocate today (2022), states that “shelter killing is a choice”. He firmly believes that shelters do not need to kill their cats and dogs provided they have used all the methods at their disposal to save their lives. However, sadly, he sees excuses for killing shelter animals and …

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Shelter Neuter Return (SNR) can be inhumane

San Diego animal shelter kitten

NEWS AND COMMENT – SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, USA: Shelter Neuter Return (SNR) is a fairly new method of dealing with friendly domestic cats who have been picked up by neighbours because they are apparently without an owner and taken to a shelter. The shelter does not find a new home for these friendly cats …

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Investigation uncovers ‘no-kill’ doesn’t mean what you think it does if you live in Utah

An investigation by Get Gephardt of KUTV2 News has uncovered the hard truth about no-kill facilities in Utah. The term doesn’t mean what you think it does. Up to ten percent of animals that enter may be killed without the shelter losing it’s ‘no-kill’ status. Genni Pence recently took a mother cat and her …

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The Dilemma Faced by No Kill Animal Shelters

By Elisa Black-Taylor For those of you who don’t know, Greenville County Animal Care Services (GCACS) is the facility where my daughter Laura and I used to do rescue and fostering out of. This week they had a crisis, and they used news media to successfully adopt out several hundred abandoned, stray, and family …

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No Kill Animal Shelters

by Michael (Ponca City, OK) I thought that no kill animal shelters were as described. But I am not sure that is true and I don’t know how many there are. I also don’t understand how a “shelter” can be anything but what it says it is. The word shelter brings visions of a …

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