As the only national advocacy organization dedicated to the protection and humane treatment of cats , alley cat allies is working to set the record straight. Pet shops, breeders, and phony “rescues. ” we can wipe out animal homelessn. Finding a home for one dog may save one life, but sterilizing one dog will save hundreds, if not thousands, of dogs’ lives by preventing g. It’s appalling to contemplate, but when shelters give in to pressure to go “no-kill” before they have overcome the breeding and selling of animals in their communities and before establishing sufficient spaying and neutering services, the results are often far worsefor animals than a peaceful death through euthanasia. See full list on peta. org The boat will still go down unless we fix the gaping hole in the bottom. · by keeping cats outdoors, trap-neuter-release policies have troubling consequences for city residents, local wildlife—and even the cats themselves. · we want to not only provide funding and resources to rescues and shelters in need, but we also want to educate the pet community with factual information about what kill shelters are and how to. · the lawsuit has been mischaracterized by some leading advocates of no-kill animal control, perhaps most influentially “kitten lady” hannah shaw and the feral cat coalition, as an attack on trap-neuter-return cat control, tnr for short––but tnr is in fact favored and practiced by both sides. Here’s what happens: · california’s public shelters are on the front lines of a growing crisis and are not alone. Government-run animal shelters are often misunderstood. The reality is far more complex — and far more compassionate. A long-serving animal-control officer. Misinformation costs millions of cats their lives every year. · at stake is not just the fate of friendly, adoptable cats being released back into the streets—but a precedent that could alter the balance between humane care, public safety, and animal welfare in shelters across the country. Finding homes for needy dogs and cats is gratifying, but to use another apt analogy, it’s like bailing out a sinking ship with a teaspoon: Media portrayals tend to depict them as places of last resort. Profiteers that breed and trade animals for a buck are succeeding because the powerful voice of the animal rights movement is being diluted and because good activists are being misled into attacking one another rather than those who are making money off the backs of animals:

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