An ASPCA sponsored quick kill bill in NYS eliminates the holding period for scared cats, feral cats, shy dogs, and traumatized animals by granting shelters the legal authority to kill animals for being in “psychological pain” immediately on intake. They could be killed within a minute of arrival. With this bill, the ASPCA is trying to not only stop rescue access, but to erode what few protections animals in shelters already have.

Join me in Phoenix, AZ, on Saturday, February 18, 2012 for a Building a No Kill Community seminar. Also join me on Tuesday, February 14 at 10:30 am MT for a 30 minute radio on NBC 96.1 FM.

A plea to California Legislators not to allow the Governor to roll back the clock 15 years for sheltered animals and rob them of a brighter future.

Please join in writing to those who hold the power over life and death over shelter animals in the California Legislature.

Welcome PETA supporters who asked "Who is Nathan Winograd?" after seeing their recent article saying I was a "misguided" No Kill advocate.

Killing is easy and killing is convenient, so why bother with the hard work of researching or implementing proven alternatives?

What does hoarding have to do with rescue access laws and the No Kill movement? The answer is, not much.

We need Arkansas, Hawaii, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Maine, Montana, Oklahoma, South Dakota, and Vermont to step up to the plate. Help us fill these remaining states on the map!

In 1997, the year before the Hayden Act was passed, 576,000 animals were killed in California shelters. In 1999, one year after passage, that number plummeted to 328,000. Those gains will be a thing of the past if Governor Brown is successful in repealing the law.

It was a beautiful sight, the united chorus of hundreds of animal lovers speaking truth to power. I was witnessing the No Kill movement all grown up.