No-Kill 2025 Stories

Experts agree, black cats should be available for adoption to good homes year round, even at Halloween!

The No More Homeless Pets National Conference is a great indicator of the vitality and energy that is lifting the no-kill movement to greater heights.

No-kill movement leaders -- Richard Avanzino, Mike Arms, Becky Robinson, Peter Marsh, Gregory Castle and Ed Duvin -- to be spotlighted at pet conference.

The Ohio Senate will vote on HB14 that will change state's ill-conceived vicious dog law and replace it with a dangerous dog and reckless owner bill.

UPDATE: Thankfully, the worst seems to be over. Our thoughts are with everyone who is now dealing with the aftermath of the storm.

Best Friends submits proposal to operate a lifesaving, high-volume adoption and spay/neuter center at the Northeast Valley shelter.

Bonney Brown led Nevada Humane Society (NHS), which partnered with Washoe County Regional Animal Services, to help Reno achieve no-kill status.

Analysis of how Austin, Texas, achieved No-Kill status.

Your action needed now for Companion Animal Access and Rescue Act legislation coming up for a vote as early as June 6 in New York State.

Avanzino's watershed achievement was an adoption compact with the city that effectively turned San Francisco into a no-kill community.

Rich Avanzino's no-kill game plan and out-of-the-box thinking have been renamed and reconfigured but have stood the test of real world application.

Bill Bruce, director of Animal Services and Bylaws in Calgary, has approached saving shelter animals with a community-policy approach.

New Hampshire's no-kill model whose architect was Peter Marsh relies on publicly funded spay/neuter that targets low-income communities.

This blog series will provide an analysis of successful No More Homeless Pets campaigns and how they work to achieve no-kill in their communities.

Now municipal or community animal control officers in Utah can bypass a holding period before returning cats who are part of a TNR program.