Category: No-Kill
Dogs Run Over, Cats Thrown in the Trash: Victims of ‘No-Kill’ Policies
“No-kill” often means slow-kill when shelters turn animals away. Urge your shelter to keep its doors open to all animals in need.
(Graphic) The Odds Are Deadly for Cats Released Into the Great Outdoors
Freezing temperatures, traffic, parasites, illness, injuries, and cruel people are everyday dangers that cats face when released outdoors.
Beware: Scam Shelters Are Everywhere
Scam “rescues” that hoard and neglect animals, sometimes fatally, depend on donations from kind but unwitting people. What kind of “rescue” are you supporting?
These Dogs Didn’t Have to Die Frightened and Alone on a Dirt Road
What happens when shelters turn away animals in need? The animals suffer and die somewhere else.
What Are These Animals Doing on a Train?
Thousands of commuters get a reminder to spay, neuter, and adopt homeless animals from the shelter.
‘No-Kill’ Pits Shelter Against Shelter—and Animals Lose
© iStock.com/MorganLaFayeStop glorifying “no-kill” policies until there is no longer a need to euthanize. No animal should have to suffer and die in pain because of wishful thinking.
Helping Animals Isn’t as Simple as a ‘Save Rate’ (Graphic)
A high “save rate” at an animal shelter sounds appealing, but what does it mean for animals?
What Happens When Animals Are Failed by Their Last Refuge?
Homeless animals need help now, not when “no-kill” shelters get around to it.
When Animals Need Rescuing From Their ‘Rescuers’
Some “rescues” are far from what they claim to be. Beware of hoarders, scammers, bunchers, dealers, and others posing as “rescuers” who are victimizing animals.
What Happens When ‘Save Rates’ Trump Common Sense?
In an attempt to boast higher “save rates,” some shelters are taking dangerous measures, including adopting out dogs with an unpredictable temperament to unsuspecting members of the public.
How Did Dogs ‘Saved From Euthanasia’ End Up Dead?
A gruesome discovery in a Tennessee barn has provided yet another example of how animals suffer and die when shelters become desperate to avoid euthanasia.
The Biggest Threat to Homeless Animals Today: The Betrayal of ‘No-Kill’ Sheltering
Watch as PETA President Ingrid Newkirk exposes the deadly consequences for animals of so-called “no-kill” policies and what you can do to stop them.
Another ‘No-Kill’ Story Ends in Tragedy
Being saved from “death row” provides a dog involved in a fatal attack with only a short reprieve.
How ‘Saving’ Animals at All Costs Can Be a Dangerous Proposition
There are literally hundreds more unwanted animals born every minute of every day. What’s a community to do?
Is TNR Spreading Rabies?
A new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggests that spaying/neutering and releasing feral cats could increase incidences of human rabies exposure.
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— Ingrid E. Newkirk, PETA President and co-author of Animalkind