Denver Dumb Friends League – Nathan J. Winograd

An Appeal for Pueblo’s Animals

By Nathan J. Winograd | March 30, 2019March 31, 2019 by Nathan J. Winograd

Members of the City Council and County Commission: I am deeply troubled by the deaths of 14 dogs in the Pueblo Animal Shelter under a new contractor. But I am also mindful that Pueblo’s recent problems are not the outcome of the Pueblo Animal Protection Act (PAPA). The new law explicitly authorized the “euthanasia” of dogs who were suffering. As noted by Doug Rae of the Humane Society of Fremont County (HSFC), who spent over…

Denver to Pueblo: ‘Do As We Say, Not As We Do’

By Nathan J. Winograd | March 29, 2019March 23, 2020 by Nathan J. Winograd

The shelter in Pueblo, CO, is in turmoil after 14 dogs died and the state took over operations. Adding insult to injury, anti-No Kill zealots are trying to exploit it to repeal a new law that mandates a 90% placement rate. The head of the Denver Dumb Friends League (DDFL), an organization that has long fought progressive sheltering policies and operates in a city that still kills dogs because of the way they look —…