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No kill advocate Nathan Winograd states that a Los Angeles animal shelter "was claiming to be saving almost all 'adoptable' animals even while it was killing half the dogs and 80% of all cats. A shelter does not achieve No Kill by calling animals 'unadoptable' before killing them; it achieves No Kill by actually saving their lives." [4]
The No Kill Advocacy Center held its first annual No Kill Conference in 2005, with Winograd as the only speaker, [10] and less than two dozen in attendance. [1] The 2012 conference had 33 speakers, including shelter directors with save rates as high as 98%. [10] Attendance jumped from 300 the previous year, to nearly 900. [6]
A no-kill shelter is a usually private organization whose policies include the specification that no healthy, pet-worthy animal be euthanized; Not-for-profit rescue organizations typically operate through a network of volunteer foster homes. [4] These rescue organizations are also committed to a no-kill policy.
To account for these cases, animal rescue organization Best Friends considers a shelter “no-kill” when it consistently euthanizes no more than 10% of all the animals that come in the door.
The re-designation of their no-kill shelter also comes shortly after they just moved into a new facility in March. A grand opening is scheduled for the building on Saturday, July 13, with doors ...
Last year, Ames Animal Shelter, located at 325 Billy Sunday Road, saved 98% of its animals. "This achievement of being recognized by Best Friends, is an amazing honor," Animal Control Specialist ...
In 2019, Best Friends Animal Society and Southern Utah University began a partnership that included a new certificate program at SUU that included coursework on how to set up and run a no-kill animal shelter. [15] In 2020, NASCAR driver Alex Bowman added a Best Friends Animal Society paint scheme to his stock car to raise support for animal rescue.
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