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The Public Gets No Kill—and the Shelter Industry Still Doesn’t - or do they?
Another article tries to reduce No Kill to a 90% number and tie it to one organization’s brand. That’s not only misleading—it’s dangerous. No Kill means saving every healthy and treatable pet, period. It’s a philosophy, not a percentage. And it belongs to the people, not to marketing teams.

Davyd Smith
57 minutes ago
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Shining a Light on the Colorado Pet Overpopulation Fund: Why HB25-1137 is a Win for Animal Welfare
So, what is HB25-1137 about? It's about fairness. Currently, the CPOF board, largely controlled by members of well-funded organizations, dic

Davyd Smith
Feb 17
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No Kill Saves Lives—and Public Shelters, Too! Dispelling the Misinformation
For years, critics have claimed that No Kill policies harm public, open-admission shelters, but the facts tell a different story. No Kill is

Davyd Smith
Jan 30
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Setting the Record Straight: Debunking Myths About No Kill Animal Shelters
Dispelling myths about No Kill animal shelters. Learn the facts about lifesaving programs and how they benefit animals and communities.

Davyd Smith
Jan 25
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Misleading and Disingenuous: The Reality Behind Colorado’s Animal Shelters
A recent CBS Colorado news story highlights a surge in kill rates and an increase in dog surrenders at Colorado animal shelters but fails to

Davyd Smith
Aug 9, 2024
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Straight Talk for Animal Shelters
Golden retriever with text saying we can save every healthy and treatable pet.

Davyd Smith
May 1, 2024
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The OTHER Freedom - Allowing a Homeless Pet or Community Cat to Live should be a No Brainer
Dog Paw and Human Hand touching. Text says "Freedom to Live"

Davyd Smith
Apr 29, 2024
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Artificial Intelligence, Quantum Computing and Animal Welfare
Quantum computing has the potential to significantly reduce the need for animal testing in pharmaceutical testing by enhancing the accuracy

Davyd Smith
Apr 28, 2024
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Call Out the Lie – Colorado Can Be No Kill today
There is a pervasive defense for killing healthy and treatable animals from regressive shelters and it’s an outright lie.

Davyd Smith
Jul 28, 2023
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The No Kill Movement and Pet Population (NOT overpopulation)
Screenshot of video Myth of Pet Overpopulation by the Nokill Advocacy Center

Davyd Smith
Mar 30, 2023
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Colorado can be No Kill today. Why isn’t it?
In Colorado, we have more adopters than needed for the healthy and treatable pets that die in our shelter system each year. Sounds crazy...

Davyd Smith
Nov 17, 2022
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Violence is the Last Refuge of the Incompetent
“Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.” Foundation, a new series based on Isaac Asimov’s books by the same name, has brought an ol

Davyd Smith
Nov 28, 2021
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Maddie's Fund Continues to Support Needless Killing
For Maddie's Fund, this kind of advocacy is, apparently, unacceptable. In response, the head of Maddie's Fund's Shelter Medicine program, Dr

No Kill Movement
Nov 1, 2019
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The Burden of Change
If there are methods we can use to save animals, why not embrace them fully?

Aubrie Kavanaugh
Aug 23, 2019
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