Rejection of Adopters and Barriers to Adoption We hear all the time about adopters being rejected and about barriers to adoption. What...

A news story from KOB4 in Albuquerque states, “Workers say some gentle dogs are becoming more and more dangerous.” This is the whole...

Gray Zone Dogs We had a panel discussion recently in our No Kill in Motion series about "gray zone" dogs in animal shelters. These are...

So, my dogs got out of the yard today. One I found immediately; one I frantically drove around the neighborhood for a while looking for...

The panel discussions below cover a host of topics. We hope they help you in some way. Adoptions by Appointment Only We've heard that a...

I participated in a No Kill in Motion panel discussion recently about the subject of appointment-only hours for animal shelters. During...

In this panel discussion, we hear the results of the lengthy study performed by Alan Rosenberg of the NJ Animal Observer regarding well...

The use of breed labels for shelter dogs has declined in recent years. Most dogs cannot be accurately identified just by looking at them...

We had an earlier panel discussion about Colorado House Bill 21-1160 which we felt was dangerous. We also blogged about the bill. The...

We've shared before about the incredible research done by Alan Rosenberg of the NJ Animal Observer related to animal shelter data. In...

In 2004, a conference was held in Pacific Grove, California which resulted in the Asilomar Accords which created definitions used to...

Colorado House Bill 21-1160 will be heard by the Agriculture, Livestock and Water Committee on Monday, March 22, 2021. We oppose this...

We sometimes hear people propose that free roaming community cats should be microchippped. In this panel discussion we talk about the...

We use the words healthy and treatable when we define No Kill to mean that shelters do not kill healthy and treatable animals. But what...

Veterinarians take an oath. It is not quite the same as the oath taken by medical doctors. It states: "Being admitted to the profession...

When a community becomes a No Kill community and no longer destroys healthy and treatable animals, what obligation is owed to other ...

There is a lot of information available about No Kill shelter philosophies and issues related to those philosophies. We end the year by...

We hear people complain about use of the phrase "No Kill" often. They say it is divisive or that people don't understand it. In this...

We hear all the time that people take issue with shelters adopting out animals during the holiday season or presume doing so will lead to...

We often see negative advertising by animal shelters whether it is threats to kill animals by some arbitrary date unless they are adopted...