An Act of Will
No Kill’s conquest of the status quo is inevitable. But how long should we wait before we say enough of the killing?
No Kill’s conquest of the status quo is inevitable. But how long should we wait before we say enough of the killing?
The first time many animals experience neglect and cruelty is at the very shelters that are supposed to protect them from it. Why?
Irreconcilable Differences is now available as an e-book for your Kindle or other book reader.
The American Humane Association’s Vice-President says that every American needs to adopt 8 animals to end shelter killing.
If you were a cat and you happened to be stuck in a wall, where is the worst place for that to happen?
We must turn our attention away from the futile effort to hold or return our environment to some mythic state of perfection that never existed toward the meaningful goal of ensuring that every life that appears on this Earth is welcomed and respected as the glorious, cosmic miracle it actually is.
Today, I participated in a live chat on Animal Rights Zone with animal rights advocates from all over the world. I was asked questions about the No Kill movement and how it fits in with the larger animal rights philosophy.
I believe in telling the truth, however unpleasant it may be. Truth is a weapon and truth is armor. And given the strong, moneyed, and entrenched forces we must battle to achieve success, we need all the power and protection we can get.
There is a form of hoarding that is very common; hoarding that is epidemic, endemic, and at crisis proportions; hoarding that systematically neglects, abuses, and kills animals, all the while denying there is a problem and laying the blame elsewhere.
I want to thank everyone who attended one of my seminars over the last several years and for believing, as I do, in the power of compassion to end the systematic killing of animals in “shelters.” A No Kill nation is within our reach.