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Reblog: Best Friends honors pound that kills animals by gas chamber

Best Friends Animal Society has given an award to a Wyoming pound for its “achievements” in 2022, even though it spent the year gassing animals.

Best Friends honors pound that kills animals by gas chamber News and headlines for November 4 – November 11, 2023 NATHAN WINOGRAD NOV 11, 2023 Best Friends Animal Society has given an award to a Wyoming pound for its “achievements” in 2022, even though it spent the year gassing animals. They were only one of […]

Reblog: What’s PETA up to??

A dead dog at an animal care and control worker's feet.

When PETA Comes to Town PETA is urging communities to kill animals, claiming doing so is a “gift” — in the dark and dystopian words of Ingrid Newkirk, PETA’s founder, it is “the greatest gift of all.” NATHAN WINOGRAD NOV 07, 2023 23 7 Share A puppy who should have had his whole life ahead […]

Reblog: Hiring a compassionate and capable shelter director

A dog behind a fence, an animal control shelter.

NATHAN WINOGRAD “We’re seeing something we’ve never seen before.” Newspaper articles across the country are spreading alarm about what they claim are unprecedented intake rates at shelters. But the facts tell a different story: while intakes are higher than at the height of the pandemic when many of these facilities were closed, they remain below […]

Reblog: Rescuers sue the New York City pound for violating their constitutional rights

Dogs at a shelter.

News and headlines for October 14 – October 20, 2023 NATHAN WINOGRAD OCT 20, 2023 ∙ PAID 18 Share   Rescuers and shelter reform advocates are suing New York City Animal Care & Control (ACC) for violating their constitutional rights. Among other allegations, plaintiffs contend that “Defendant ACC, as the administrator of its Facebook page, moderates […]

Reblog: Members of the California Animal Welfare Association Want to Kill More Dogs

NATHAN WINOGRAD OCT 09, 2023 In support of a Petition for Rehearing filed with the Court of Appeal, groups like Best Friends Animal Society, American Pets Alive (Austin Pets Alive), Maddie’s Fund, the San Francisco SPCA, the National Animal Control Association, Petco Love, and others — in and through the California Animal Welfare Association, their […]