I am deliberately writing “no kill” in lower case letters because that’s largely what I heard at last weekend’s conference in DC, organized by Nathan Winograd and the Animal Law Project at George Washington University.  Perhaps some of the sessions I didn’t make it to were more “political,” but the ones I did hear would have been useful in a fairly wide variety of settings.

Controversial or not, there’s no denying a bunch of techniques and strategies animal welfare folks can implement that will change from outcomes that create or sustain suffering for animals to outcomes that improve their quality of life.  These strategies ultimately end up saving their lives.  In a nutshell, that’s what shelters are supposed to do in the first place.

Some people are  adamantly opposed to no-kill.  Not all of the techniques presented and discussed during this conference are right or adaptable for all shelters.  But that doesn’t mean the movement is all wrong.

What others are saying:

See Kim Thornton & Christie Keith blogging at PetConnection

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