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In most cities, puppies with ringworm are put to death. But Austin, Texas isn't like most cities. There, they take them to offsite adoption events. Make the story of Austin, the story of your hometown: http://bit.ly/11qcz9q

We are celebrating a birthday. Ours!

This month, the No Kill Advocacy Center turns 10. And we are asking our supporters to celebrate with us by sending us just ten dollars. In many ways, we are still a young organization. But we have accomplished a lot in a very short period of time. Despite a fraction of the budget of the large national organizations, we have done what they have not: ended the killing in communities across the country.

Indeed, when we started, there was only one No Kill community. Today, hundreds of cities and towns across America have No Kill level save rates and every single one is using our No Kill Equation model of sheltering.

Help us build an alternative consensus to traditional sheltering models—one which is oriented toward promoting and preserving life; an alternative which seeks to create a future where every animal will be respected and cherished, and where every individual life will be protected and revered.

Please consider a birthday gift to the No Kill Advocacy Center today. In celebration of our 10th birthday, we are asking for just ten dollars. To make a donation in any amount, click here.

If you prefer to mail a check, please send to:

The No Kill Advocacy Center 6114 La Salle Ave. #837 Oakland CA 94611

If you cannot do so, support us in other ways:

Every time you shop on Amazon, you do not pay anything extra, we do not get any information about you or what you bought, but once a month Amazon sends us a small percentage of the proceeds if you use the following link to get to Amazon: http://smile.amazon.com/ch/20-1648359

When you eat "Rescue Chocolate," you are helping to end the systematic killing of animals in shelters. Rescue Chocolate is the sweetest way to save a life. 100% of the net proceeds from the sale of Rescue Chocolate benefit the programs and services of the No Kill Advocacy Center: www.rescuechocolate.com

Donate your old car and get a tax write off, while helping end the systematic killing of animals in shelters. We handle everything; all you have to do is make the call: 1-888-205-3420 or click here.

Free to a good home!

Today only, the e-version of Redemption, No Kill Advocacy Center director's Nathan Winograd's book about the No Kill revolution in America will be available for FREE anywhere in the world Amazon sells books:

Amazon: http://amzn.to/1iOeJY3

You do not need a kindle if you first download the free Amazon kindle reading app which allows you to read it on any smartphone, PC or MAC, or e-reader by clicking here.

What are you doing July 11-12, 2015? Attending the national No Kill Conference in Washington, D.C. Save the date!

Last year, the national No Kill Conference was the must-attend, sold-out event of the year. Next year, we are doing it again!

In addition to two days of workshops with the most successful shelter directors, shelter veterinarians, animal lawyers, and No Kill advocates in the nation, attendees will receive a free DVD of the groundbreaking documentary, Redemption, a film by Nathan Winograd, about the No Kill revolution in America, a free No Kill Advocate's toolkit, free books, a taste of Rescue Chocolate, and so much more.

Every dog has his day and August 3 belongs to No Kill Advocacy Center director Nathan Winograd. At Sunday’s sold out screening of Redemption, Austin City Council Member Mike Martinez read a proclamation declaring August 3 “Nathan Winograd Day” in the City of Austin for his role in helping it become the largest city in America saving better than 90% of shelter animals. The proclamation, signed by Mayor Lee Leffingwell, reads, in part, “We are pleased to recognize Mr. Winograd’s unwavering dedication and commitment to saving the lives of homeless pets, along with his work at the No Kill Advocacy Center, which have inspired Austin and cities throughout the country to dramatically increase shelter lifesaving.”

Free to Good (or Bad) Shelter:

A supporter who recently read Redemption, the book by No Kill Advocacy Center director Nathan Winograd about the No Kill revolution in America, wants to get it in the hands of shelter directors nationwide. She is offering to pay for them to get it free. We're also throwing in a free CD with over 200 documents, including “how to” guides, sample policies and procedures, and more. If you are a shelter director and want a free copy of the book and CD, please send a letter on official letterhead to:

No Kill Advocacy Center 6114 La Salle Ave. #837 Oakland CA 94611

The fine print: No emails. U.S. addresses only. Only one per shelter. Under the terms of the grant, this offer does not apply to foster-based rescue groups. While supplies last.

The Ohio SPCA reports that they won a legal victory in Hocking County, OH, in a ruling that declares the use of the gas chamber illegal.

In ruling that it violates Ohio law, the Court of Appeals wrote, “the carbon monoxide method of euthanasia as the standard method of destruction of dogs does not immediately and painlessly render the dog initially unconscious and subsequently dead and is not humane.” This ruling could effectively end the use of gas killing in all of Ohio. The Ohio SPCA writes, “Guns have been silenced, engine exhaust stopped, and gas boxes and gas chambers dismantled!” Congratulations. Next step: bury the needles, too. A No Kill Ohio is within reach.

Photo: An animal lover helps destroy the Medina County, OH gas chamber earlier this year. You can, too!

At their national sheltering conference this year, HSUS’ Vice-President for Companion Animals admits that pet overpopulation is a myth; that there is a huge market for shelter animals that vastly exceeds the number of animals killed for lack of a home (17 million homes vs. 3 million killed); that we can adopt our way out of killing; and we should.

Though the supply-demand imbalance is actually even more pronounced in favor of the animals (they are using old data), nonetheless, HSUS says that it isn’t a question of ‘too many animals, not enough homes,’ but the need for increasing market share. Coming from HSUS, this is a revolutionary change, striking as it does, to the heart of the killing.

Watch the above 1 minute video excerpt where HSUS is finally making public the statistics revealed by the study, done on their behalf five years ago, showing how demand for animals exceeds the numbers killed in shelters (supply).

The whole 1 hour 10 minute video is available by clicking here.

A review of the data is available from the No Kill Advocacy Center by clicking here.

Though No Kill advocates have endured years of ridicule and abuse for exposing the lie of pet overpopulation, one of its primary proponents is finally admitting that, in fact, it simply does not exist. The questions now become:

Will HSUS begin to address the true causes of shelter killing?

Will it force shelters to change the way they operate so that animals are kept alive long enough to get into those homes?

Will they stop promoting and defending the practice of shelters killing animals when there are empty cages?

Will they stop working to defeat laws that mandate all the programs and procedures that allow shelters to replace killing with alternatives?

Will they stop telling shelters that they are free to keep killing, rather than implement those alternatives to killing?

So far, the answer to all those questions has been “No.”

The next time someone tells you that "no one wants to kill," tell them about Aransas Pass, TX where the director has decided to stop all adoptions and kill them all instead: http://www.kztv10.com/news/aransas-pass-no-longer-adopting-out-animals/ If you want to tell the City what you think, you can do so here: http://wp.aransaspasstx.gov/city-administration/make-a-comment/

Shelter killing is the leading cause of death for healthy dogs and cats in the United States. It doesn't have to be.

Join us on our No Kill is Love 2014 tour in the following cities this month for a screening of Redemption, a film about the No Kill revolution in America:

Sacramento, CA, July 10

Denver, CO, July 12

New York, NY, July 16

Boston, MA, July 17

Pittsburgh, PA, July 25

Washington, D.C., July 26

Norfolk, VA, July 27

In most cities, the film will be followed by a presentation on how you can help create No Kill in your community by No Kill Advocacy Center director Nathan Winograd.

More info: www.nokill.org

Tickets: www.nokillredemption.com/screenings/

Over 300 people attended the premier of Redemption in Minneapolis and then again in Ft. Lauderdale. Join us in one of the remaining cities*:

Nashville, TN, June 25

Cleveland, OH, June 29

Sacramento, CA, July 10

Denver, CO, July 12

New York, NY, July 16

Boston, MA, July 17

Pittsburgh, PA, July 25

Washington, D.C., July 26

Norfolk, VA, July 27

Austin, TX, August 3

Las Vegas, NV, August 15

Phoenix, AZ, August 16

Atlanta, GA, August 21

Charlotte, NC, August 22

Fayetteville, AR, August 23

Albuquerque, NM, August 30

Troy, MI, September 5

Chicago, IL, September 18

Modesto, CA, September 20

Ithaca, NY, September 27

Buffalo, NY, September 27

Seattle, WA, October 1

Houston, TX, October 7

Los Angeles, CA, October 12

Tallahassee, FL, October 25

For more information and tickets, visit www.nokillredemption.com/screenings/

* Many of the cities will include a post-screening seminar on how you can help build a No Kill community and in other cities, there will also be an after-party. It is all part of the No Kill Advocacy Center’s 2014 “No Kill is Love” tour.

From No Kill Advocacy Center director Nathan Winograd:

33 dogs, including a 10-day old puppy, are recovering in an animal shelter after being rescued from an abandoned apartment. The dogs are globally undersocialized and had untreated medical conditions. If this shelter killed the dogs, as a typical shelter would have, some people would not criticize the shelter. They would claim that the fault lies with the "hoarders." And, of course, the perpetrators of the neglect and abuse deserve our condemnation. But thankfully these dogs didn't enter a "typical" shelter. Because the team in Allegany County, MD, knew that once the dogs are in their care, the calculus changes. Once in the shelter, it is up to them whether those dogs live or die. And so they did what caring people do: a team of volunteers, veterinarians, and staff treated them after hours and all the dogs are safe.

In sheltering, we like to fall back on the cliché that killing is a last resort. But while some give lip service to that, it often is a first resort. The thing that is done when the cages get full. The thing that is done even when they aren’t full. Because that is just what we’ve done in shelters for 100 years and collectively, we stopped imagining a different outcome. But in reality, this response is the most inhumane and extreme of all possible responses. If we had never started doing it, the suggestion that we should would be unthinkable. Yet custom has reconciled us to it to the point that many often see it as inevitable. It is not.

One of the team at the shelter sent me this: "[O]n Friday, we received a call to pickup over 20 dogs from a abandoned house. What we found when we entered the house was beyond anything we have ever seen before. We pulled 29 dogs out of the house on Friday, on Saturday morning 3 more dogs and Sunday afternoon another dog appeared. But after the weekend, I also know that we can do anything, there is nothing we cannot accomplish. This experience made us stronger and bonded us even more. I was amazed from the response of our volunteers and our community, who rose up to help with whatever they were able to do. I will never forget."

Whoever says "No Kill is impossible" has not met the team at the Allegany County Animal Shelter. A big thank you to the staff and volunteers who made a lifesaving difference for these dogs. Check out photos of the rescue on their page.

Read the story by clicking here.

Photo: A 10-day old puppy rescued by the Allegany County shelter. In this case, "rescue" and "shelter" are used in the true sense of the words.

Community cats are giving the City of Buffalo, NY, a shout out!

The City of Buffalo has budgeted $50,000 for the neuter and release of community cats and passed an ordinance promoting TNR. According to the ordinance, 'animal control officers shall implement this article with the goal of reducing intakes and eliminating the destruction of cats in consultation with community cat welfare experts including the No Kill Advocacy Center.'

Go Buffalo!

No Kill Advocacy Center director Nathan Winograd will be in Buffalo on September 27 to screen Redemption, a film about the No Kill revolution in America. For more information, including screenings in other cities, visit: www.nokill.org

Thank you to all the shelters and rescue groups who participated in yesterday's nationwide Just One Day campaign to erase one day's worth of killing by finding homes for over 10,000 animals.

You can see photos of some of the animals saved during the 2013 event by clicking here. Final figures for 2014 will take a couple of days to put together, but the photo provides a teaser of 25 of them.

Today is June 11, a day when thousands of shelters across the country, in partnership with rescue groups, have pledged to stop the killing, even if it is for Just One Day. Some of the largest shelters in the nation are participating, including New York City's Animal Care & Control.

Last year, over 12,000 animals were saved. On June 12, 2013, shelters opened their doors, knowing with pride and satisfaction that they cleared out their shelter the good way and not by killing. And not only did they save precious lives, but they made it easier to continue saving even more, their cages and kennels were now ready and available to animals who need a helping hand. For the public, for shelters which willingly participated, for all those new adopters and most of all, for the animals, June 11, 2013 was a good day, a happy day, an important day, and an unqualified success: perhaps the safest day for animals in shelters in U.S. history. Thousands of animals were adopted, 1,200 shelters and rescue groups came together, adopters welcomed a new family member, the incinerators remained shuttered and the morgues stayed empty. We erased more than one day's worth of killing in the U.S.

We hope to do even better today.

We can end the killing and we can do it today. And in cities and towns across America, we’ve done exactly that. Animals don’t have to die as we have been told for so long.

With the hope that people will read it and share it so that the pernicious and persistent myth at the heart of the killing—the lie that is responsible for violent atrocities against millions of animals every year—will finally die, we offer the newest free guide from the No Kill Advocacy Center:

The Myth of Pet Overpopulation

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