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Puppies found abandoned in El Paso, TX. Hired by the city to develop policy for the city shelter, Best Friends embraced turning animals away to inflate placement rates.

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 animal’s right to live it ignores an animal’s right of rescue. Nathan Winograd The right of an animal to be rescued is something I’d not …

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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 he …

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Cat rescue kittens waiting for an adopter

Should people take a written test before adopting a cat or dog?

In order to raise the standard of cat and dog ownership (guardianship) Melbourne Council in Australia are proposing that people who want to adopt a pet take a written test to ensure that they are suitable. I don’t know whether this only applies to adopting from an animal shelter or whether it applies to all …

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LA Animal Services

In Los Angeles you will be able to keep a pet cat or dog that you find

An extraordinary proposal has been made by the general manager of animal services in Los Angeles, Brenda Barnette. On 23 May 2017 her proposal was approved by the Animal Services Commission. Her proposal is that if a person finds someone’s pet, most commonly a cat or dog, they will be allowed to keep it under …

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Happy Ending For Dog Pictured Being Dragged Along By Rowan County Animal Control Officer

In a recent article by Elisa on the concerns regarding animal welfare at Rowan County Animal Control, a photograph showed a dog being dragged along rough tarmaced ground by his neck with an animal grasper. The person dragging the dog appears to be an animal control officer. It is believed that this dog is now …

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