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Henry was killed on Saturday, October 21, 2023
Pictures of Henry before he was killed by a Colorado shelter.

Davyd Smith
Oct 25, 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
Jul 28, 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
Apr 5, 2023


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


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


Silent Shelter - An Important Film about Free Speech and Animal Shelters
We hear every week about shelter volunteers who have been silenced by shelter leadership as a condition of volunteering. Some have been...

Aubrie Kavanaugh
Jul 11, 2022


Revisiting the Subject of Mandatory Spay and Neuter
We have spoken in the past about something called Mandatory Spay Neuter (often referred to as MSN) and our opposition to MSN. We had a...

Aubrie Kavanaugh
May 26, 2022


No Kill in Motion Panel Discussions Update
We're a little behind in sharing our latest panel discussions here which are on our Youtube channel and shared on Facebook....

Aubrie Kavanaugh
May 9, 2022


No Kill in Motion: A New Conversation with James Evans of CARE
In this video in our No Kill in Motion series, Davyd Smith of No Kill Colorado has a conversation with CEO James Evans of CARE...

Aubrie Kavanaugh
Mar 18, 2022


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


A Tale of Two Cities and the Power of Compassion
This blog was originally published by Paws4Change on September 14, 2020 and is shared here with permission. In one city, cats and kittens...

Aubrie Kavanaugh
Oct 15, 2021


No Kill in Motion: New Math Which Doesn't Count Animals and Memphis Redux
No Kill in Motion - Shelter New Math and When Not All Animals Count When we calculate the Live Release Rate it is exactly what the words...

Aubrie Kavanaugh
Oct 11, 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

Davyd Smith
Sep 30, 2021


No Kill in Motion: Rejection of Adopters and Keeping Focused on our Goal
Rejection of Adopters and Barriers to Adoption We hear all the time about adopters being rejected and about barriers to adoption. What...

Aubrie Kavanaugh
Sep 27, 2021


Homeless Pets Should Not Degrade Because They Enter a Shelter.
A news story from KOB4 in Albuquerque states, “Workers say some gentle dogs are becoming more and more dangerous.” This is the whole...

Davyd Smith
Sep 21, 2021


No Kill in Motion: Grey Zone Dogs and Mandatory Laws
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...

Aubrie Kavanaugh
Sep 13, 2021


I Lost My Dog This Morning
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...

Davyd Smith
Sep 10, 2021


No Kill in Motion: Adoptions by Appointment, Advocacy and Animosity
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...

Aubrie Kavanaugh
Jul 19, 2021


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

Aubrie Kavanaugh
Jul 1, 2021


No Kill in Motion: Results of the Shelter Study
In this panel discussion, we hear the results of the lengthy study performed by Alan Rosenberg of the NJ Animal Observer regarding well...

Aubrie Kavanaugh
Jun 22, 2021
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