Davyd Smith
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
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Davyd Smith
May 1
Straight Talk for Animal Shelters
Golden retriever with text saying we can save every healthy and treatable pet.
Davyd Smith
Apr 29
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 26
Basic TNR (Trap, Neuter, Return)
Learn how trap-neuter-return (TNR) programs can help control the population of community cats and improve their health. This blog post explo
Davyd Smith
Jul 28, 2023
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
Apr 5, 2023
Let's Set Misconceptions Straight About No Kill
Dispelling misconceptions and clarifying the truth about the No Kill movement. Find out what it's really about and how it's been so successf
Davyd Smith
Mar 30, 2023
The No Kill Movement and Pet Population (NOT overpopulation)
Screenshot of video Myth of Pet Overpopulation by the Nokill Advocacy Center
Davyd Smith
Nov 17, 2022
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 28, 2021
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
Sep 30, 2021
Colorado has more adopters than pets losing their lives in the shelter system
An online recent article from KDVR announced the record number of pets entering Colorado for sale is increasing. But the number entering th
No Kill Movement
Nov 1, 2019
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
Aubrie Kavanaugh
Aug 23, 2019
The Burden of Change
If there are methods we can use to save animals, why not embrace them fully?
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