recent writing
Posted by sue_cosby on 06 18th, 2009
(from Fix Austin)
Hello all,
Tonight was an historic evening at the Austin Animal Advisory Commission. For the first time ever, the Commission unanimously voted to recommend that Town Lake Animal Center adopt programs and policies that have ended unnecessary...
Posted by Barbara Saunders on 06 14th, 2009
Another agency Doing It Wrong:
I live in San Francisco, where I’ve worked for two nonprofit shelters. People in my circles come to me with their animal questions. Most of my experience is in the sheltering, rehabilitation, and adoption side of things...
Posted by A No Kill Nation on 05 31st, 2009
One county in Kentucky is getting positive press this week for becoming the first No Kill county in the state. This Saturday Shelby County celebrated the first full year of No Kill meaning they have saved every animal that could be treated or rehabilitated.
What’s...
Posted by sue_cosby on 05 27th, 2009
To my Friends and Readers,
I am honored and humbled to share with you the news that I have been offered and accepted the position of the CEO of the Pennsylvania SPCA. It gives me a feeling of incredible hope for the future that the Board of Directors...
Posted by Nathan J. Winograd on 05 5th, 2009
A deep thank you to all who made the No Kill Conference in Washington DC a tremendous success. We had representatives from 37 states, the District of Columbia, and six countries (the United States, Canada, Australia, Sweden, France, and Thailand). Thank...
Posted by sue_cosby on 05 5th, 2009
Almost a year ago I started The No Kill Nation website in the hopes that it could become a voice and a resource for No Kill advocates from across the country and the world. To get the site going we started by asking people to contribute answers to the...
Posted by Barbara Saunders on 05 5th, 2009
As No Kill proponents, we ask ourselves over and over again: why such resistance from the shelter management establishment both in public animal control agencies and in nonprofit humane societies and SPCAs? Fifteen years after Richard Avanzino pioneered...
Posted by sue_cosby on 04 26th, 2009
Maddie’s Fund® has given the Berkeley Alliance for Homeless Animals Coalition (BAHAC) a $474,000 Maddie’s®Lifesaving Award* for achieving and maintaining an adoption guarantee for healthy and treatable shelter dogs and cats in Albany,...
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