We have the power to build a new consensus, which rejects killing as a method for achieving results. And we can look forward to a time when the wholesale slaughter of animals in shelters is viewed as a cruel aberration of the past. We have a choice. We can fully, completely, and without reservation embrace No Kill as our future. Or we can continue to legitimize the two-pronged strategy of failure: adopt a few and kill the rest. It is a choice which history has thrown upon us. We are the generation that questioned the killing. We are the generation that has discovered how to stop it. Will we be the generation that does?
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Said the killing apologist to the killerA writer for PETA gives a shelter director on the defensive for staggering levels of killing advice on how to attack No Kill generally, and me specifically.
Read more Ed Boks E-Mails Reveal Mandatory S/N Law FailuresDespite public claims of success, recently uncovered e-mails show that Ed Boks knew that his much touted mandatory sterilization law was harmful to animals.
Read more Building a No Kill KentuckyJoin me this Saturday, March 6, for an inspirational two-hour multi-media presentation followed by a book signing for Irreconcilable Differences.
Read moreRedemption
Redemption is now the most critically acclaimed book on its topic ever written. Read the reviews and see the awards the book has won.
Redemption is the story of animal sheltering in the United States, a movement that was born of compassion and then lost its way. It is the story of the “No Kill” movement, which says we can and must stop the killing. It is about heroes and villains, betrayal and redemption. And it is about a social movement as noble and just as those that have come before. But most of all, it is a story about believing in the community and trusting in the power of compassion.