Comments on: Why are you here?

By: Valerie Hayes

Valerie Hayes — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 05:38:28 +0000

Making shelters be shelters in deed, not just in word, is something that we can accomplish in our lifetimes, and one that will go a long way towards stopping the sorts of violence towards animals (which also causes trauma in humans). Thank you all for commenting.

By: Karen Josephson

Karen Josephson — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 18:47:22 +0000

I came to No Kill to meet Nathan Winograd and to hear the speakers and the presenters…to meet the people in our country who want to orchestrate change in animal welfare and who are actively working to do so. My Father was a boxer breeder. His brother a Black Lab and Chocolate Labe breeder. I’ll never forget them drowning puppies that were “not quite right” because they would bring down the name of the Kennels (hence the $$$) I was 10 years old. Being raised in a very small rural community in Wisconsin – agriculture and hunting and fishing are a way of life. It never fit me – even though I participated until High School – until I had my first Ecology course. I’ve been rescuing and searching and educating ever since.

By: Leanne Tucker

Leanne Tucker — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 15:24:05 +0000

In May 2010 the local SPCA branch I had volunteered at for 8 years decided they were going to kill all of the animals in their care due to an alleged ringworm outbreak. My friends and I called the media and protested outside the shelter until the plans to cull the shelter were stopped. Unfortunately, all of the small animals in the shelter lost their lives. An independent review was subsequently undertaken and the results showed that there was no ringworm outbreak. The individuals at the OSPCA head office who were responsible for this travesty are still in their positions and this particular shelter still has not allowed volunteers back. I subsequently learned their kill rate is in the 50-60% range. This lead my to Nathan Winograd and the No Kill movement. I now volunteer at my local animal control which saves 97-98% of the dogs it takes in and 77% of the cats. It is 1/2 hour from this OSPCA branch.

By: Bonnie Carollin

Bonnie Carollin — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 14:49:07 +0000

Choked up and in tears – after 34 years of practicing TNR and no-kill-
I have hopes of seeing this in my lifetime becoming the standard for how we treat
Our animals.
I woke up from almost asleep last night remembering a regional head of a
National organization killing a severely dehydrated dog because it growled at
an inexperienced volunteer they brought to walk the dogs after Hurricane Katrina.
As I am screaming for them to stop that the dog was NOT
Dangerous- (I had just been in his kennel earlier to give him
more water and he nuzzled his head against me)they shot him full of the death drug- I was two minutes too late and I will NEVER forget!