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Nathan Winograd’s Blog

• A Push to Illegally Give Cats Second Class Status in Shelters December 10, 2013
  Not only is depriving cat lovers of the companionship of their cats cruel, offensive, and wrong; not only is legislating second class status unethical; not only is it not supported by the evidence or experience; it is also unconstitutional. […]
  Nathan J. Winograd
• Legislating a Double Standard December 6, 2013
  HSUS, Maddie’s Fund, the ASPCA, UC Davis, the Maddie’s Shelter Medicine Program, and other cat “protection” groups and cat “advocates” believe your love and your relationship with your cat are meaningless and are not worth even a single day to find him/her if she gets lost. […]
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• Animal Lovers Need Not Apply November 20, 2013
  My latest article in the Huffington Post. […]
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Yesbiscuit!

• Records Reveal Dog’s Pain and Suffering at Petersburg Pound December 10, 2013
  Dog #680-13 was impounded by Petersburg Animal Care & Control in VA at approximately 1pm on Saturday, July 27, 2013.  His records indicate he was a 2 year old, white, male Shih-Tzu weighing 15 pounds who was “severely matted”.  There are no notes indicating he received an exam by a veterinarian.  Instead, he appears to […] […]
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• Treats on the Internets December 10, 2013
  Nathan Winograd on the double standard employed by animal groups who rake in donations by promoting the human-animal bond yet are ready to destroy the actual human-animal bond by breaking up families via elimination of shelter holding periods for stray pets. A private shelter in Brazoria Co, TX was closed due to the director’s poor […] […]
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• Fulton Co In Their Own Words December 9, 2013
  Welcome to Fulton Co where they kill more than 1/3 of the animals in their care and post “urgent” animals on Facebook. But do not call them!  Because whoa – it’s not THAT urgent. In late October, the Fulton Co rescue coordinator took to Facebook to shame the public for asking the pound to do […] […]
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KC Dog Blog

• New study points to many factors related to dog bite fatalities December 10, 2013
  Last week, the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association (JAVMA) the released an in-depth study of 10 years worth of dog bite fatalities -- and the results are extremely interesting (if not altogether suprising). This study is the first... […]
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• Thoughts (& practical solutions) to the idea of reducing & eliminating holding periods at shelters December 8, 2013
  A couple of months ago, a group of shelter directors and advocates in California released a very detailed whitepaper on recommendations for shelters across the state. Many of the ideas were logical, and while some were controversial, they were for... […]
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• Very Good Sentences - Experts against breed-specific laws November 27, 2013
  A couple of weeks ago, Miami Veterinarian Ian Kupkee wrote a very nice column for channel 10 about BSL and fears surrounding pit bulls. It's compelling throughout, but had a really nice comment toward the end. "So back to the... […]
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