The claims that No Kill has failed in Austin being sounded by naysayers is greatly exaggerated. The question is whether the City rises to the challenge and commits itself to avoiding these problems in the future as it has proved time and time again in the past, it can.
Long before “voluntary” recalls were initiated in the latest round, the companies peddling their poisoned food knew about the problems. The FDA also knew. The only ones who didn’t know were us.
Why is five the magic number? Why will it take an endless series of five year plans to achieve No Kill in New York City, to achieve a No Kill San Antonio, to achieve a No Kill Utah, to achieve a No Kill Atlanta, to achieve a No Kill Maricopa County, to achieve a No Kill Los Angeles, and to achieve a No Kill nation? Why five years, despite the fact that all of these communities are so different?
Amy Paulin is willing to sacrifice tens of thousands of animals every year to get it.
No Kill animal control not only makes good sense. It makes dollars and cents.
“Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift. That is why it is called the ‘present.'”
Sgt. Karl Bailey of Seagoville Animal Services is an inspiration: a veteran of the police department, he took over a rural kill shelter in Texas with no experience, abolished the gas chamber on his first day, ordered that the killing come to an end, and last year saved roughly 98% of all the animals.
Amy Paulin amends the “Quick Kill” bill to remove “psychological pain” provision, but the fight for the safety of New York animals is far from over.