Ah, that deceit should steal such gentle shape, And with a virtuous vizor hide deep vice! — King Richard III Today, the single greatest cause of death for healthy dogs and cats in the United States remains deliberate killing at the local animal shelter. But as I argued over 10 years ago in Redemption: The Myth of Pet Overpopulation & The No Kill Revolution in America, they are not killed because of pet overpopulation. The…
A dog available for adoption from the Humane Society of Fremont County, one of the brightest spots in Colorado’s constellation of progressive sheltering communities. A new study analyzing 15 years of intake and outcome data for animal shelters in Colorado finds that adoptions dramatically increased, killing dramatically declined, and Colorado could easily be a No Kill state. The study identified several programs of the No Kill Equation, such as community cat sterilization, public relations and…
Over the next several weeks, we’re mailing Redemption, my film about the No Kill revolution in America, to shelters and rescue groups across the country.