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No Kill Movement

May 17, 2019

What They Do NOT Want You To See

A video that was recently posted on Facebook by Andrew Weprin is raising eyebrows, though, in many ways, the video is unsurprising. In it, an obviously frightened dog is being dragged, reportedly to the "euthanasia" room to be destroyed, by a group of staff. To keep the camera from filming the terrified dog, one of the staff people stands between the dog and the camera with her back to the camera. The video is unsurprising because anyone who has followed the goings on at New

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Silence = Death - Their Deafening Silence, Part 2

No Kill Movement

Jan 17, 2018

Silence = Death - Their Deafening Silence, Part 2

In the first in this series, we described how, while silence in the face of injustice is a universal theme, large, national animal organizations that profess to speak for animals and the animal sheltering industry, like the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA), Best Friends Animal Society (BFAS), and Maddie's Fund (MF) (collectively herein after referred to as the "alphabet soup" organizations) conti

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No Kill Movement

Jan 9, 2018

Their Silence is Deafening

Photo: Dead animals, some in body bags and some not, stacked in grocery carts outside Associated Humane Societies in New Jersey. The idea that remaining silent in the face of injustice makes you a participant in it is not a new one. It goes back millennia and is universal. The Archbishop Desmond Tutu said it like this, "If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor." "Silence in the face of injustice is complicity with the oppressor,

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Eight More Years of Killing in Baytown, Texas Animal Shelter? Yes, if Best Friends Has Its Way

No Kill Movement

Sep 13, 2017

Eight More Years of Killing in Baytown, Texas Animal Shelter? Yes, if Best Friends Has Its Way

As we previously reported, Best Friends Animal Society recently announced its plan for a No Kill USA by 2025. It is a great idea. It is achievable. In most places, it is achievable much sooner than that. We also know, because of the long track record of these plans failing, that they almost never work. Even worse than the plans failing, they inhibit progress that could happen today, because they make it look like progress is being made where it isn't. They also let elected of

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Best Friends Changing Course in Houston After Hurricane Harvey?

No Kill Movement

Sep 4, 2017

Best Friends Changing Course in Houston After Hurricane Harvey?

We rejoiced yesterday, Sunday, September 3, 2017 when Best Friends Animal Society posted an action alert on their blog titled "Demand Houston SPCA Save Hurricane Harvey Animals." In it, they rightly point out that HSPCA has a history of a lack of transparency (We still can't find any outcome reports on the HSPCA web site). They also state that the agency has questionable policies regarding pit bull type dogs (HSPCA reportedly kills all so-called "pit bulls"). Because of these

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Pet Overpopulation: An Artificial Construct Used to Excuse Killing in Regressive Shelters

No Kill Movement

Aug 18, 2017

Pet Overpopulation: An Artificial Construct Used to Excuse Killing in Regressive Shelters

Anyone who has followed the No Kill movement for very long likely understands that people who make excuses for killing in animal shelters frequently drag out the tired excuse that there are too many animals and not enough homes for them (i.e. "pet overpopulation"), therefore animal shelters *have to* kill. No one wants to kill, they say. It is a thankless job, but some one *has to* do it, they say. It is a mental construct that allows them to take responsibility for the killi

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A No Kill USA by 2025 - Not Unless Best Friends and Others Change

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Aug 14, 2017

A No Kill USA by 2025 - Not Unless Best Friends and Others Change

July 13, 2017, hundreds of starry-eyed animal rescuers, would-be rescuers, and donors filled a conference room at Harrah’s Waterfront Conference Center in Atlantic City, New Jersey to hear Best Friends Animal Society announce their intention to make the USA No Kill by 2025. The conference was presented by Maddie's Fund. We wish we could be excited. But, we can't. We have been down this road with Best Friends and Maddie's Fund too many times before. Maddie's Fund's largest a

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Animal Welfare Con Artists and The Damage They Do

nokillmovement

Jul 5, 2016

Animal Welfare Con Artists and The Damage They Do

In our last two blog posts, we discussed some of the con artists that operate in the field of animal welfare. In our most recent writing, we talked about PETA, and how, after stealing and killing a family's pet Chihuahua, they had the audacity to argue in court that their behavior was not outrageous and that the dog was worthless. As shocking as that may be, it was not an isolated case for the so-called animal rights organization that may be more aptly referred to as a pet sl

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Caught in a Hole, Best Friends Keeps Digging

nokillmovement

Jan 21, 2016

Caught in a Hole, Best Friends Keeps Digging

Anyone who understands very much about animal shelters in the USA knows that the state or local mandated stray hold period is a crucial factor in determining how many pets live or die. It is a vital lifeline for pets that end up in shelters. A simple way to prove this to be true is to examine the difference between how most animal shelters handle stray pets compared with those that are surrendered by their owners. It is pretty enlightening. Because mandatory holding periods d

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