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Austin City Council Embraces a Minimum 95% Placement Rate

By Nathan J. Winograd | March 30, 2019March 30, 2019 by Nathan J. Winograd

Shorty is waiting for you at the Austin Animal Center. This week, the Austin, TX, City Council voted unanimously on a resolution in favor of a 95% minimum placement rate. The Austin, TX, City Council voted unanimously on a resolution to increase its minimum 90% placement rate in favor of a 95% minimum in its city shelter. While I would have liked to see a higher threshold — consistent with the success of the most…

157 Million Reasons to Go No Kill

By Nathan J. Winograd | October 17, 2017December 21, 2017 by Nathan J. Winograd

A new study out of the University of Denver offers 157 million reasons for a city to embrace No Kill. The exact number — or rather, dollar value — is $157,452,503. That’s the total positive economic impact the City of Austin, TX, has realized since passing Resolution 20091105-040, the “No Kill plan.” And, the study authors note, that’s “the most conservative possible measure of the data.” In other words, the true economic benefit is likely…