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Stop the Secrecy and Killing in Animal Shelters

Sponsored by: Alley Cat Allies

A staggering number of cats are killed in shelters each year. And the majority of these killings happen in secret, away from the public eye and off the record. That's because only a few states require animal shelters to keep records and publicly report the number of cats they kill each year.

You have a right to know what is happening to the animals in your shelters and how your tax dollars and donations are being spent. You can demand that policies change.

A revolutionary change in shelter practice and policy is needed. Pledge to make this happen at your local shelter by contacting them to:  
  • Find out their policy on keeping records of how many cats they kill (if they do not have a no-kill policy).

  • Encourage them to make this information publicly available.

  • Support humane methods of care, such as affordable and accessible spay and neuter services and Trap-Neuter-Return programs.
  

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We pledged to take action:
# 100:
10:33 am PDT, Jul 28, Patty Beverly, New Jersey
# 99:
10:32 am PDT, Jul 28, Kathleen Sucht, Colorado
# 98:
10:31 am PDT, Jul 28, Nikki Schmitt, Pennsylvania
# 97:
10:29 am PDT, Jul 28, Tami Agne, Colorado
# 96:
10:29 am PDT, Jul 28, Jessica Siney, Ohio
# 95:
10:28 am PDT, Jul 28, Niki Lahtinen, Finland
# 94:
10:28 am PDT, Jul 28, Beverly Windham, North Carolina
# 93:
10:26 am PDT, Jul 28, Terry Lee, Michigan
# 92:
10:26 am PDT, Jul 28, Name not displayed, Maryland
# 91:
10:26 am PDT, Jul 28, Theresa S., New Jersey
# 90:
10:24 am PDT, Jul 28, Dru Ann Delgado, Pennsylvania
# 89:
10:22 am PDT, Jul 28, Mafalda Chandler, New York
# 88:
10:19 am PDT, Jul 28, Alice Artzt, New Jersey
# 87:
10:17 am PDT, Jul 28, Trina Hogge, Utah
I am forwarding this petition on to all of the cat lovers I know. I am going to also ask that all of my friends tell their friends. Networking has power! It deeply saddens me to read of this. As a cat lover, anything to do with cats is my cause!
# 86:
10:17 am PDT, Jul 28, Tammie Koehn, Colorado
# 85:
10:16 am PDT, Jul 28, Annette Klein, Canada
# 84:
10:16 am PDT, Jul 28, DIANA GUZMAN, Mexico
# 83:
10:15 am PDT, Jul 28, Rhonda Lawford, Illinois
neuter and spay
# 82:
10:15 am PDT, Jul 28, Joshua Heffron, New York
# 81:
10:14 am PDT, Jul 28, Marc Sampaix, United Kingdom
Stop the Secrecy and Killing in Animal Shelters
# 80:
10:14 am PDT, Jul 28, VIDA TOBI KANTER, New York
# 79:
10:13 am PDT, Jul 28, Tarequl Islam Munna, Bangladesh
# 78:
10:12 am PDT, Jul 28, AldiLa Cese', Illinois
# 77:
10:11 am PDT, Jul 28, Mary Sloan, Alabama
# 76:
10:11 am PDT, Jul 28, Nick McGuire, Ohio
# 75:
10:11 am PDT, Jul 28, Seth Stern, New Jersey
# 74:
10:10 am PDT, Jul 28, Malissa Romero, Arizona
# 73:
10:10 am PDT, Jul 28, Maximillion Music, California
I'll do ANYTHING I can to stop these murders
# 72:
10:09 am PDT, Jul 28, Marilyn Getz, Ohio
# 71:
10:09 am PDT, Jul 28, Linda Llama, Georgia
# 70:
10:09 am PDT, Jul 28, Joanne Zullo, New Jersey
# 69:
10:09 am PDT, Jul 28, Sally A, Colorado
# 68:
10:04 am PDT, Jul 28, Ineta Igunaite, Lithuania
# 67:
10:03 am PDT, Jul 28, Suvra Anita Das, United Kingdom
# 66:
10:03 am PDT, Jul 28, Marie Ayuso, New York
i want a better policy on keeping records of how many cats are kill and that information to be publicly available. Also, I support humane methods of care, such as affordale and accessible spay and neuter services and trap-neuter-return programs. i make this pledge to help my furry friends!
# 65:
10:02 am PDT, Jul 28, Robert Redmon, Ohio
# 64:
10:02 am PDT, Jul 28, Yvonne CLAUDIUS, California
Run an ad in the local newspaper.
# 63:
10:01 am PDT, Jul 28, Shirley Shaw, California
A staggering number of cats are killed in shelters each year. And the majority of these killings happen in secret, away from the public eye and off the record. That's because only a few states require animal shelters to keep records and publicly report the number of cats they kill each year. You have a right to know what is happening to the animals in your shelters and how your tax dollars and donations are being spent. You can demand that policies change. If this is the case! STOP PAYING TAXES until this changes! We are being trained into believing, our taxes go to good cause's!!!!!!!!!!! I THINK NOT let the Word out ! wear our money goes!
# 62:
10:01 am PDT, Jul 28, Jan Cole, Colorado
# 61:
10:00 am PDT, Jul 28, BiLL Fowlie, Maine
# 60:
9:59 am PDT, Jul 28, John Mastrandrea, Esq, New York
# 59:
9:59 am PDT, Jul 28, Spirits Heart, New Hampshire
# 58:
9:59 am PDT, Jul 28, Lily Gruber, Kansas
# 57:
9:59 am PDT, Jul 28, Stephanie Gonzalez, New York
# 56:
9:58 am PDT, Jul 28, Michael Dowdell, Ohio
# 55:
9:57 am PDT, Jul 28, Nan Stevenson, Minnesota
Please make this public so we can help these innicent animals@!
# 54:
9:56 am PDT, Jul 28, Tara Dawn Chiusano, New York
People need to be educated on spaying and neutering... millions of animals die each year because people can not be bothered.
# 53:
9:55 am PDT, Jul 28, Bernadette Tomassetti, Pennsylvania
This should go on with DOGS too!! Please, help our animals and NOT KILL them!
# 52:
9:53 am PDT, Jul 28, Karen Sheaffer, Pennsylvania
# 51:
9:53 am PDT, Jul 28, Jim Phillips, California
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