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Transparency is the Hallmark of Accountability

By Nathan J. Winograd | February 12, 2020February 12, 2020 by Nathan J. Winograd

There are a lot of organizations that masquerade as something they are not, betraying their founding missions, betraying the animals they are supposed to protect, and misleading the public and legislators about who and what they really are. This includes PETA, the ASPCA, and others. In New York, it also includes an “organization” that calls itself the New York State Humane Association. In addition to a long history of fighting progressive sheltering and defending regressive…

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CA Governor: “We want to be a No Kill state”

By Nathan J. Winograd | January 11, 2020January 11, 2020 by Nathan J. Winograd

Last year, Julian Castro – former Mayor, Cabinet Secretary, and then-candidate for the President of the United States – promised the creation of a No Kill nation if elected. I noted then that when a cause becomes so popular that those running for the highest office in the land begin to incorporate promises about it into their campaign platform, that cause has arrived. Yesterday, we truly became a potent force for change. At a press…

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Saving 60,000 Oswalds a Year

By Nathan J. Winograd | December 20, 2019 by Nathan J. Winograd

Today is Oswald’s Gotcha Day. We adopted him five years ago. It was Oswald’s best day ever. Of course, for a dog who is loved, every day is the best day ever. But there are a few that are especially great: that day, the day he was pulled from the pound (one day away from being killed), and September 22, 1998, a day he didn’t even exist yet. On September 22, 1998, California Governor Pete…

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Maddie’s Fund: Making sure “shelters” that kill “don’t look bad” more important than stopping them from killing

By Nathan J. Winograd | December 13, 2019March 23, 2020 by Nathan J. Winograd

2019 was a pretty terrific year for the No Kill movement and next week, I’ll share some of the top stories, new studies, groundbreaking court cases, and more that not only helped fuel its success, but are laying the founding for our forward push towards a certain, and hopefully not too distant, victory. To paraphrase the No Kill Advocacy Center, a No Kill nation is truly within our reach. But it was not without its…

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Shooting the Messenger

By Nathan J. Winograd | August 15, 2019August 16, 2019 by Nathan J. Winograd

Yesterday, I posted an article in response to the false claim by Best Friends and Brandywine Valley SPCA that Delaware is the nation’s first No Kill state. Although killing is down over 90% from its high water mark, Best Friends and Brandywine Valley SPCA had nothing to do with it. In addition, animals are still being killed who can and should be saved; some of them historically killed “off book.” As such, it is not…

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NYC Pound’s “Criminal” Conduct Results in Brutal Dog Death

By Nathan J. Winograd | July 23, 2019March 23, 2020 by Nathan J. Winograd

The New York City pound, long a bastion of incompetence, corruption, and uncaring, killed Don (pictured here) and caused another dog to suffer, because it transported them in extreme heat and failed to follow minimum, humane procedures. It was “the hottest weekend the Big Apple has seen in nearly a decade.” So hot, in fact, that the New York City triathlon was cancelled for the first time in its history. The OZY fest in central…

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“No Big Deal”: The Killing of April

By Nathan J. Winograd | June 26, 2019March 23, 2020 by Nathan J. Winograd

The killing of dogs for alleged “behavior” continues apace by agencies who claim to embrace a No Kill ethic, as underscored by the recent killing of Tucker by Austin Animal Center and the killing of Linda by the Larimer (CO) Humane Society, despite rescue groups ready, willing, and able to save them. They are not the only ones. The New York City pound recently killed April, an eight-month old dog (the black pup in…

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The Tyranny of Bad Ideas

By Nathan J. Winograd | June 12, 2019March 23, 2020 by Nathan J. Winograd

A Former ASPCA “Director of Animal Behavior” Wants “Shelters” to Kill More “Behavior” Dogs, Wants Rescuers to Stop Saving Them, and Gives People Permission to Kill Theirs. “The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” — William Faulkner Animal Farm Foundation’s recent podcast interviewing a former ASPCA “Director of Animal Behavior” and euphemistically entitled “We Need to Talk About Behavior Euthanasia” is, without a doubt, the single worst commentary on sheltering I have encountered…

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Falling Up

By Nathan J. Winograd | April 17, 2019March 23, 2020 by Nathan J. Winograd

Two weeks ago, I wrote about a nationwide tour by Roger Haston of PetSmart Charities. Despite being called “The Future of Animal Welfare,” PetSmart Charities harkens back to the days when killing was central to sheltering, especially of dogs Haston says no one wants and calls “blocky-headed whatevers” (but which most people label “pit bulls”). The presentation was entirely consistent with PetSmart policy, which prohibits “pit bulls” from playgroups and other services because of the…

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PetSmart Charities: The Future of Sheltering is Killing

By Nathan J. Winograd | April 2, 2019March 23, 2020 by Nathan J. Winograd

This is a photo of a puppy who was banned from PetSmart because of the way he looks. This is the “vision” for the future PetSmart and PetSmart Charities aspire to. Animal Farm Foundation, NJ Animal Observer, and others have been sounding the alarm about a PetSmart Charities presentation by Roger Haston called “The Future of Animal Welfare.” The concerns relating to this troubling, regressive, and anti-animal video are many. Despite being called “The Future…