Nevada’s New Statewide Pet Lifesaving Campaign
This month, Maddie’s Fund is commencing a three-year effort to make Nevada a state where all healthy and treatable animals are saved. The effort is called Maddie’s Pet Project in …
“How Can I Reform the Shelter in My City?”
I get this question frequently on social media, and there is no short answer, so I decided to write a blog on the topic. As a preliminary note – this …
Rescue Buying of Puppy Mill Breeding Stock – Good or Bad?
There’s considerable controversy over whether it’s a good thing or a bad thing for rescues to buy puppy mill breeding stock at auctions. The typical scenarios for these rescue purchases …
The Game Changer: How San Antonio Pets Alive! Turned the Tide in San Antonio’s Goal to Save Lives
With the terrific progress of No Kill in San Antonio, I thought my readers might be interested in a report from San Antonio Pets Alive about their part in helping …
The Perspective of the Rescuer
In many communities rescuers are the backbone of the No Kill effort. They pull animals from the shelter, including the ones most in need of medical or behavioral rehabilitation before …
January 1, 2018
This blog takes a look at the big trends in No Kill in 2017, but first I want to say a word about sheltering in 2018. We’ve made tremendous progress …
The Future of Sheltering
This is the fifth and final blog in my series on the professionalization of the animal shelter, and it covers an important part of professionalization – planning for the future. …
On the Same Page
In the last few years, the idea that traditional shelters are fundamentally at odds with No Kill shelters has been evaporating. Traditional and No Kill shelters are quickly coming together …
Three Waves of No Kill
This is a very exciting time for No Kill advocates because we are entering on a third, and final, stage of No Kill progress.* In just a few years, if …
Creating A Safety Net for Pets
An animal shelter is more than just the sum of its internal programs. It’s also a public institution that has an interlocking relationship with its surrounding community. In recent years …