January 24, 2012Comments are closed.advocacy, attitude, resistance
“… of a radical or a revolutionary is not the willingness to confront the orthodoxy and arrogance of the rulers but the readiness to contest illusions and falsehoods among close friends and allies.” ~ Christopher Hitchens
Continue readingJanuary 20, 2012Comments are closed.advocacy, resistance
In the field of animal protection, with large, national organizations taking in the lion’s share of resources for the stated purpose of helping animals even as they use that money and influence to undermine the No Kill cause – the need for the public and activists to become more savvy – to learn to read […]
Continue readingJanuary 18, 2012Comments are closed.advocacy, cats, council pound, resistance
Photo: BBC News The RSPCA UK message about free-roaming cats is simple; if it’s happy, leave it be. If the stray cat is not friendly, it may be feral or semi-feral. Feral and semi-feral cats are able to look after themselves and, so long as the feral cat is healthy, leaving it alone may be […]
Continue readingOctober 24, 2011Comments are closed.adoptions, advocacy, attitude, shelter procedure
Notes from a YouTube video from Michigan’s 1st No Kill Conference. More videos can be seen here. Susanne Kogut, Executive Director of the open admission No Kill Charlottesville SPCA, details how she drastically reduced killing and created a No Kill community (saving 90% of the animals) in a very short period of time. Under her […]
Continue readingOctober 15, 2011Comments are closed.advocacy, No Kill, resistance, shelter procedure
**Warning – videos in this post include footage of animals being killed by lethal injection** It is a pervasive idea that shelters and pounds who kill pets, are doing so with a compassionate heart and after every other avenue has been exhausted. And it has been the doctrine of these same high kill pounds […]
Continue readingSeptember 29, 2011Comments are closed.adoptions, advocacy
There is a difference between advocacy and adoptions, and understanding this key to an effective message. If a person is considering adopting a pet, what they need is support, encouragement and praise for their decision (positive) Yet, often when people come to rescue to adopt, via our websites or facebook pages, we present them with […]
Continue readingSeptember 23, 2011Comments are closed.adoptions, advocacy, attitude, No Kill, shelter procedure
Widely celebrated as Australia’s answer to the No Kill movement of the US, the ‘Getting to Zero’ (G2Z) program has been, being developed by the Animal Welfare League of Queensland and claims to “detail the principles, structures and strategies for achieving zero killing of healthy and treatable cats and dogs”. The AWLQ seems like an […]
Continue readingSeptember 9, 2011Comments are closed.adoptions, advocacy, attitude
Richard Avanzino, President Maddie’s Fund USA – Building collaborative effort and the importance of reporting
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Mitch Schneider, Director Washoe County Animal Management Services USA Getting to Zero through Proactive Animal Management Programs – a Win-Win Approach to Animal Control
Continue readingSeptember 7, 2011Comments are closed.adoptions, advocacy, No Kill, shelter procedure
Robyn Kippenberger, Richard Avanzino & Joy Verrinder NDN Opening – G2Z elements
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