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

A fight recently broke out on Facebook. It was, ironically, at least in part, a fight about fighting. It all started when keyboard advocate and blogger, Susan Houser, had posted a series of increasingly strange No Kill blogs that left many experienced No Kill advocates scratching their heads. More recently, she wrote a blog in which she criticized No Kill advocates who are critical of animal shelters that are still killing healthy and treatable pets, while not implementing pr

Nathan Winograd recently reminded us all via his Facebook Page that it has been more than 12 years since the City of Los Angeles promised to be No Kill within five years. That pledge happened in 2003. Now, in 2015, Los Angeles is still killing nearly half of the cats that come to the shelter, and about 25% of all animals collectively. The fact that Los Angeles has repeatedly missed their much-advertised "No Kill" date is, unfortunately, not unique. It is the norm for these hi