Pasco County, FL, has banned the sale of commercially-bred dogs and cats in pet stores. Conservationists should stop taking or supporting actions that harm individual animals, like hunting. The number of communities in the 90% Club — an important milestone on the road to No Kill — is increasing. And despite 26 years of claims to the contrary, TNR programs do not violate state abandonment laws.
In case you missed it:
- Pasco County, FL, has banned the sale of commercially-bred dogs and cats in pet stores.
- “Should conservationists think more about individual animal welfare?” A new article in the journal Science says they should, although the authors do not go far enough. “[C]onservation organizations and scientists frequently downplay or ignore the ethical implications of actions they promote that harm individual animals” and they shouldn’t.
The number of communities in the 90% Club — an important milestone on the road to No Kill — is increasing, including:
- Pitkin County, CO, reported a 99% placement rate for dogs, 95% for cats, and 100% for rabbits and other animals. For dogs, rabbits, and other small animals, it is part of the most exclusive club in the movement — those placing 99%+.
- Likewise, Archuleta County, CO, reported a 99% placement rate for dogs and 96% for cats.
- Trinidad, CO, reported a 97% placement rate for dogs, 94% for cats, and 100% for rabbits and other animals.
- Boulder, CO, reported a 94% placement rate for dogs, 93% for cats, and 94% for rabbits and other animals.
And finally, TNR isn’t controversial any more. At least it shouldn’t be. And yet this week — 26 years after the notion was debunked — I was contacted by cat advocates in upstate New York who received a complaint that their TNR work amounts to abandonment in violation of state anti-cruelty laws. It isn’t. Here’s why.
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