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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:
# 150:
10:55 am PDT, Jul 28, Animal Abuse Greece, Greece
# 149:
10:54 am PDT, Jul 28, Wendy DeLaunay, Washington
# 148:
10:54 am PDT, Jul 28, Marlene Vandyke, Arizona
WHY ARENT RECORDS KEPT ? keeping records of how many cats thAT ARE killED IS INPORTANT . THE NUMBERS CAN BE USED TO WAKE PEOPLE UP TO THE PLIGHT OF THESE ANIMALS. WE NEED TO REDUCE THE KILLING OF ALL ANIMALS IN SHELTERS !!! RATHER THAN KILL THE ANIMALS IN THOSES CASES YOU COULD REDUCE THE FEE'S TO TRY TO FIND THEM A ACCEPTABLE HOME. OTHER IDEAS AND SOLUTIONS MUST BE FOUND ! ANIMAL BREEDING MUST BE RESTRICTED . NEW LAWS ARE REQUIRED. ! IN THIS WAY THERE WOULD BE LESS UNWANTED AND CARED FOR PETS. PLEASE MAKE this information publicly available. Support humane methods of care, such as affordable and accessible spay and neuter services and Trap-Neuter-Return programs.
# 147:
10:53 am PDT, Jul 28, Ruth Pruiksma, New Jersey
# 146:
10:53 am PDT, Jul 28, Roxanne Acosta, Florida
# 145:
10:53 am PDT, Jul 28, Dick M., Oregon
# 144:
10:52 am PDT, Jul 28, Mariel Zamora, Mexico
# 143:
10:52 am PDT, Jul 28, Courtney Luddon, California
# 142:
10:52 am PDT, Jul 28, Catherine Craniey, New Jersey
# 141:
10:51 am PDT, Jul 28, Leathur Wench Rokk, New Jersey
Cats should not be killed at all.Why is it that people who are employed in a profession of animal CARE, still can be paid to kill them?THis photo is the last taken photo of me with my now DEAD catbaby, Hobbes.He was 15.I did not get a vet to kill him.Hobbes had diabetes.We did not kill him.We gave him feline insulin twice a day.When his kidneys began failing we got him special hydration treatments.The last 2 weeks,he wouldn't eat by himself.I bioled up fish to make stock, and I made babycat food by mixing it with wet food and dry food and I spoon fed him and dropper fed him.He died in my arms.Animals are our family members for LIFE! (Now I have a halfgrown kitty I found,and he's with me for life!)
# 140:
10:51 am PDT, Jul 28, Jessica Lee, California
# 139:
10:50 am PDT, Jul 28, Kirsikka Ahtiala, Finland
# 138:
10:50 am PDT, Jul 28, Carol Anderson, Pennsylvania
# 137:
10:49 am PDT, Jul 28, Michelle Krueger, Indiana
# 136:
10:49 am PDT, Jul 28, Akiko Miyake-stoner, California
# 135:
10:49 am PDT, Jul 28, Hideki Yamada, Minnesota
# 134:
10:49 am PDT, Jul 28, Jacolin Schultz, Wisconsin
# 133:
10:48 am PDT, Jul 28, Gail Costic, Pennsylvania
# 132:
10:48 am PDT, Jul 28, Sandra Silwany, Florida
anything that you tell me...please, that is so awful and sad...
# 131:
10:46 am PDT, Jul 28, Samantha Stone, Florida
# 130:
10:46 am PDT, Jul 28, Barb Knight, North Carolina
I will continue praying for them and asking others to pray for them as well. With God ALL Things Are Possible!
# 129:
10:45 am PDT, Jul 28, Leonard Schwartz, New Jersey
# 128:
10:45 am PDT, Jul 28, Erika Rodriguez, New York
# 127:
10:45 am PDT, Jul 28, Sonia Trimboli, Italy
# 126:
10:44 am PDT, Jul 28, June Marshall, New Hampshire
This is a sin! Taking the lives of all animals never should be! They have as much right to life as you and me - more so as they don't tote guns or kill!
# 125:
10:43 am PDT, Jul 28, Carol Freedman, New Jersey
# 124:
10:42 am PDT, Jul 28, Scarlett Silwany, Florida
I will do anything I possibly can to stop the killing of cats in our shelters!! I cannot bear to take an adult cat to a shelter anymore in fear that it will be euthanized!! That is my last option and I will always choose a no-kill shelter!! All shelters should be no-kill shelters!!
# 123:
10:42 am PDT, Jul 28, Sarah Hill, Utah
# 122:
10:42 am PDT, Jul 28, ROBIN MCKAY, Kentucky
# 121:
10:41 am PDT, Jul 28, Denise Gambale, Florida
make it mandatory to fix and chip aanimals
# 120:
10:41 am PDT, Jul 28, Allison Knabb, New Jersey
# 119:
10:41 am PDT, Jul 28, Ed M Koziarski, Illinois
# 118:
10:41 am PDT, Jul 28, Pearl Millard, United Kingdom
# 117:
10:41 am PDT, Jul 28, Tina Didriksson, Ireland
# 116:
10:40 am PDT, Jul 28, Tzipora Katz, New Jersey
# 115:
10:39 am PDT, Jul 28, Maria Elena Garcia, Texas
# 114:
10:39 am PDT, Jul 28, Allen Huggins, Wisconsin
# 113:
10:39 am PDT, Jul 28, Sarah Fischer, Illinois
# 112:
10:37 am PDT, Jul 28, Jason Stagg, Louisiana
# 111:
10:37 am PDT, Jul 28, Vanessa Lee, Washington
# 110:
10:37 am PDT, Jul 28, Name not displayed, California
# 109:
10:35 am PDT, Jul 28, Jenny Cozine, Florida
# 108:
10:35 am PDT, Jul 28, Camille D. Rouleau, Canada
# 107:
10:35 am PDT, Jul 28, Chessa Hickox, Washington
# 106:
10:35 am PDT, Jul 28, Mylene De la fuente spoor, Mexico
# 105:
10:35 am PDT, Jul 28, Name not displayed, Pennsylvania
# 104:
10:34 am PDT, Jul 28, Kelly Reardon, Illinois
# 102:
10:34 am PDT, Jul 28, Barbara Williams, Washington
# 101:
10:34 am PDT, Jul 28, Jason J Green, Virginia
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