August 30, 2012Comments are closed.advocacy, cats, dogs, No Kill
Can we change the world for dogs and cats? The No Kill Revolution in America from No Kill Advocacy Center on Vimeo.
Continue readingAugust 7, 2012Comments are closed.advocacy, cats, dogs, No Kill
Some people who call themselves animal lovers claim that they want to see the end of killing in shelters, but still support laws which target ‘pit bulls’ and ‘pit bull type’ dogs just for being the breed they are. Just to be clear, these two positions are in direct conflict with each other. We will […]
Continue readingJuly 31, 2012Comments are closed.advocacy, council pound, No Kill
– – – – – – – It has come to my attention that this link is being used to promote a petition for mandatory desexing in QLD. I just need to make it clear that mandatory desexing is an INCREDIBLY bad idea. If you’re trying to reduce the kill rate in a high-kill system, […]
Continue readingJuly 17, 2012Comments are closed.No Kill
Join us in the nation’s capital where the most successful shelter directors and top animal law attorneys will help you create No Kill communities and use the legal system to save lives. Nathan J. Winograd is the national director of the No Kill Advocacy Center. Adam Zipkin is the deputy mayor of the City of […]
Continue readingMay 7, 2012Comments are closed.cats, dogs, No Kill
Back in August 2011, the NSW Government announced the creation of the state’s first Companion Animals Taskforce. Gathering together vet and Member for Charlestown, Mr Andrew Cornwell MP and representatives from the Animal Welfare League NSW, Australian Companion Animal Council, Australian Institute of Local Government Rangers, Australian Veterinary Association, Cat Protection Society of NSW, Local […]
Continue readingApril 13, 2012Comments are closed.council pound, No Kill
February 3, 2012Comments are closed.cats, No Kill, Secret Cat
Just after the new year, a little scrawny cat started appearing around our place. He took off like a shot whenever we went out the front door, but I noticed that unlike the other cats in the neighbourhood, Secret Cat was happy to have him around. I felt I needed to take some action on […]
Continue readingNovember 27, 2011Comments are closed.No Kill, resistance
For the last several decades, as the animal sheltering system in Australia grew into an industry supporting multimillion dollar charities, we were told the reason for shelter killing was simple; ‘bad pet owners’. We were told the shelters were the victims in the situation, forced to do the irresponsible public’s dirty work and that they had […]
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 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 […]
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