No-Kill 2025 Stories

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.

Proposed Washoe County code changes cover a range of issues from shelter access to TNR. The recommended changes would greatly help homeless pets.

Best Friends LA and NY programs will host the first annual ACATEMY Awards, an all-cat adoption event on Feb. 19 and 26, respectively.

PETCO prohibits FIV+ cats into their stores for adoption events. This old-school thinking perpetuates a myth that has doomed countless cats to death.

PETA is one of the most influential and world-changing animal organizations, but their thinking on no-kill is flawed. Here's why.

Proposed by Rep. Curtis Oda, HB 210 would allow the citizens of Utah to "humanely shoot" or kill any animal that they "reasonably believe" to be "feral."

President Obama contacted Eagles' owner to congratulate him on giving Michael Vick a second chance. The Best Friends switchboard waits for same.

With open eyes, minds and hearts, the way to no-kill across the country is made possible by those special adoptable pets that give back so much.

A recent exposé of New York Animal Care and Control revealed substandard conditions and healthy adoptable pets dying in the system.

Austin City Council unanimously passes an ordinance banning retail sales of dogs and cats.

Los Angeles is looking to raise its animal limit laws. Read about five reasons why pet limits are a bad idea in the first place.