Browsing Archive: April, 2012

A Single Step

Posted by NMPA on Thursday, April 26, 2012, In : GET INVOLVED!

A single step - TAKE IT! Nathan Winograd has a new tumblr delivering a single step each day to help us create No Kill communities across America - Thank You, Nathan. http://nokilladvocacy.tumblr.com/
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FETCH Thoughts from NMPA! Co-Founder, Kurt Schlough

Posted by NMPA on Tuesday, April 24, 2012, In : Saving At-Risk Shelter Pets

New Mexico Pets Alive! had an incredible couple of days this past weekend, participating in our first ‘FETCH-apalooza’, the Mega Pet-Adoption event which has been held here in Albuquerque for the last several years and was sponsored by the Albuquerque Journal, the City of Albuquerque, Petco and the Petco Foundation. Over the past two days, 514 dogs and cats from shelters and rescues across the state of New Mexico were adopted out to their forever families. That’s up 98 animals from last...
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What is the single, most crucial step to becoming a No Kill community?

Posted by NMPA on Monday, April 23, 2012, In : Struggles Along the Way to No Kill

"What is the single, most crucial step to becoming a No Kill community? If you ask 100 animal welfare professionals this question, all 100 would say spay/neuter. But all 100 would be wrong. That is not to say that high volume, low cost sterilization services aren’t important, they are… But that is not why most dogs and cats are currently being killed in shelters. Spay/neuter will not save animals in shelters today. It might not even save many animals in shelters in the future: In Austin,...
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The Economic Benefits of No Kill (saving 90% - 97% of a community's lost and homeless pets)

Posted by NMPA on Sunday, April 15, 2012, In : Inspiration!

One of the largest untapped sources of tax benefits and tax revenue for every New Mexico community is sitting right in front of our eyes: our municipal animal control and shelter systems. I did a double take in my own head when I first read the No Kill Advocacy Center's new publication, 'The Economic Benefits of No Kill Animal Control'. Read it and you'll do the same and then you'll want to make sure your local elected officials have and read a copy too.

"Given the cost savings and additiona...
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"there aren’t enough shelter animals to satisfy consumer demand"

Posted by NMPA on Saturday, April 14, 2012, In : GET INVOLVED!

You never know who you may find yourself in agreement with (at least on the facts of the myth of pet overpopulation).

"The Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council contends that even though there are many pets in U.S. shelters, there aren’t enough shelter animals to satisfy consumer demand." http://www.petproductnews.com/headlines/2011/04/01/no-pets-for-sale.aspx

The webinar I attended just 72 hours ago courtesy of Maddie's Fund revealed recent stats update: Here in the United States, 23.5 million...
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The Costs of No Kill Animal Control vs No Kill Shelters

Posted by NMPA on Tuesday, April 10, 2012, In : No Kill animal control

"Don't punish people through their pets, because the pets lose" - http://btoellner.typepad.com/kcdogblog/2012/04/the-costs-of-no-kill-animal-control-vs-no-kill-shelters.html

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Exemplary Leadership for People and Pets in Broward County, FL

Posted by NMPA on Saturday, April 7, 2012, In : Inspiration!

CONTACT: Debi Day; Executive Director; debi@thenokillnation.org; 954-648-5114
Bill LeFeuvre; Director of Program Development; bill.lefeuvre@thenokillnation.org; 954-644-0434

April 4, 2012 – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

BROWARD COUNTY TAKES HISTORIC STEP FORWARD FOR ANIMALS, BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS UNANIMOUSLY PASSES NO KILL RESOLUTION

BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA (April 4, 2012) – The Board of County Commissioners of Broward County voted u...