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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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 …
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6 reasons for the 90% drop in pound killings of US dogs and cats since the 1970s
Despite the fact that the number of domestic cats and dogs in America has doubled since the 1970s, the number of these animals that have been killed (‘euthanized’) at shelters …
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Substantial drop in shelter animal euthanasia in the USA
Best Friends Animal Society reported a 44.5% drop between 2019 and 2020 of euthanized shelter cats and dogs from 625,000 to 347,000.
Can animal shelters refuse animals?
Somebody asked the question whether animal shelters can refuse animals. The answer must depend on the type of animal shelter we are referring to. There are a wide range of …
Colorado law designed to ensure high standard, ‘socially conscious’ animal shelters
I like this law which is currently going through the Colorado legislature. Not everyone does who is involved in debating it but it appeals to me. I particularly like the …
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Governor wants California to be a no-kill animal shelter state
Governor Gavin Newsom has dedicated $50 million to the UC Davis Koret Shelter Medicine Program to give California’s animal shelters the training and resources that they need to meet the …
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Delaware is America’s first no-kill animal shelter state
It has been decided that in Delaware, as a whole, their animal shelters meet the standard of no-kill. In order to achieve this there must be at least a 90% …
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