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Florida Companion Animal Public-Private Partnership Act

By Nathan J. Winograd | February 27, 2019February 27, 2019 by Nathan J. Winograd

If HB 1095/SB 1202 become law, tens of thousands of animals will be saved instead of being killed every year in Florida pounds, all at no cost to taxpayers. The Florida Companion Animal Public-Private Partnership Act — written by the No Kill Advocacy Center, my organization and sponsored by Representative Barbara Watson and Senator Kevin Rader — would make it illegal for municipal pounds to kill animals when qualified non-profit rescue organizations are ready, willing,…

PETA News Coverage: Whimsy Over Substance

By Nathan J. Winograd | February 25, 2019February 25, 2019 by Nathan J. Winograd

PETA has been trending in the news but not for the reasons they should. In a tweet, they criticized Google’s decision to honor Steve Irwin, the Australian conservationist, by doing a doodle of him. Stories taking them to task appeared in USA Today, BuzzFeed, NBC, Fox, and more. They have appeared in Australian newspapers, Indian newspapers, British papers, and newspapers elsewhere across the world. Meanwhile, not a line of print is dedicated to the real…

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Kitbull

By Nathan J. Winograd | February 22, 2019February 22, 2019 by Nathan J. Winograd

What Pixar’s masterpiece says about how far the No Kill movement has come, how far it still has to go, the need for shelter reform legislation, and corruption within groups like the ASPCA. Kitbull is the new short film by Pixar. The name “Kitbull” comes from a combination of kitten and pit bull for the inseparable bond that forms between a feral kitten and an abused pit bull. It is a film that explores…

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PETA vs. Winograd

By Nathan J. Winograd | February 8, 2019February 8, 2019 by Nathan J. Winograd

PETA demanded in court that I reveal the names of PETA employees who spoke to me on condition of anonymity about PETA’s killing of animals. The information they provided was used to corroborate newspaper articles, on the record sources, government documents received under the Public Records Act, testimony and information from civil and criminal cases against PETA, videotape evidence, and admissions of killing by PETA officials. Their testimony was used for a series of…

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Lovey

By Nathan J. Winograd | February 7, 2019February 8, 2019 by Nathan J. Winograd

There was a time when the Loudoun County, Virginia, shelter was no place for a little dog, even one described as “lovey, “wiggly,” and “gentle.” In 2009, Animal Rescue of Tidewater sued the pound over its breed discriminatory policy of automatic killing. Counsel for plaintiffs summarized the consequences of being a dog who looked a certain way at the hands of Loudoun County pound staff: Your Honor, on June 19, 2007, a 12-week-old brown and…

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They Killed Animals

By Nathan J. Winograd | February 5, 2019February 6, 2019 by Nathan J. Winograd

Ah, that deceit should steal such gentle shape, And with a virtuous vizor hide deep vice! — King Richard III Today, the single greatest cause of death for healthy dogs and cats in the United States remains deliberate killing at the local animal shelter. But as I argued over 10 years ago in Redemption: The Myth of Pet Overpopulation & The No Kill Revolution in America, they are not killed because of pet overpopulation. The…

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4,000 No Kill Communities?

By Nathan J. Winograd | February 2, 2019February 3, 2019 by Nathan J. Winograd

Almost weekly, my Google alert is telling me of another community that has achieved No Kill because it reached a “90% live release rate.” Using that benchmark, Best Friends recently announced that we now have 4,000 of them in the U.S. But is it true? Unfortunately, it is not. First and foremost, a 10% rate of killing is not No Kill, as I explain below. But even if it was, Best Friends is relying on…

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PETA’s Mass Killing Continues in 2018

By Nathan J. Winograd | February 1, 2019February 7, 2019 by Nathan J. Winograd

Just Released Statistics Show That Once Again, Thousands of Dogs, Cats, and Farmed Animals Were Killed By or Because of PETA A photo of a dead puppy given to me in 2015 by a PETA employee on condition of anonymity. The employee stated that PETA kills healthy and adoptable animals. January 31 marked the last day “shelters” in Virginia could submit statistics for 2018 to the Virginia Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services. And…

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Speaking for the Puppies of Los Angeles

By Nathan J. Winograd | January 31, 2019 by Nathan J. Winograd

From the No Kill Advocacy Center: Los Angeles Board of Animal Services Commission Department of Animal Services Ani.Commission@lacity.org Dear Members of the Commission: The General Manager of Los Angeles Animal Services is proposing to eliminate the policy that dogs in late-term pregnancy be spayed before they are released. As she noted in a 2013 memo to the Commission, “The spaying of late-term pregnant dogs results in puppies being born by the equivalent of a…

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Study: Adoptions up, killing down thanks to No Kill Equation

By Nathan J. Winograd | January 29, 2019January 29, 2019 by Nathan J. Winograd

A dog available for adoption from the Humane Society of Fremont County, one of the brightest spots in Colorado’s constellation of progressive sheltering communities. A new study analyzing 15 years of intake and outcome data for animal shelters in Colorado finds that adoptions dramatically increased, killing dramatically declined, and Colorado could easily be a No Kill state. The study identified several programs of the No Kill Equation, such as community cat sterilization, public relations and…