Fwd: The No Kill Movement Today

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A Call for Essays!

 

 

THE NO KILL MOVEMENT

TODAY

What has changed for our

movement? What have we discovered? What do we still have to accomplish? In

other words, where is the No Kill Movement today?

 

The No Kill Advocacy Center is teaming up with The No Kill

Nation in calling for essays about where the movement is today. All entries

(subject to conditions below) will receive a free personally signed copy of

Redemption, the book which has been called "a passionate advocacy for

ending the killing of homeless dogs and cats in shelters." The most

thoughtful essay will receive two free registrations to the No Kill

Conference in Washington D.C. (nokillconference.org). Winning

entries will be published in The No Kill Advocate.

 

 

In September, the book

Redemption: The Myth of Pet Overpopulation and The No Kill

Revolution in America celebrated its one

year anniversary in release. Redemption is being called

"powerful and inspirational,ground-breaking," and

"a must read for anyone who cares about animals." Nominated as

the Best Book by the Dog Writers Association of America and winner of a

Silver Medal from the Independent Publishers Association, the book shatters

the notion that killing animals in U.S. shelters is an act of

kindness.

 

The book has not only helped shif

t the

national debate about killing, but also played a direct role in helping to

transform communities. A rescuer in Washington received this from the shelter

manager she gave a copy of Redemption:

 

 

She just called to say that [she] has

read the book and has had a 180 degree turn around. She told [us] that she

now sees they have all been brain washed. The book is going to make the

rounds of the staff. The personal goal of the manager is no dogs [killed]

due to space this year.

After reading Redemption, Porter County (Indiana)

commissioners and advocates succeeded in getting the 20-year shelter

director of the county’s animal control shelter in Valparaiso and almost

all of the staff removed from their positions. What was once a shelter that

killed the vast majority of dogs and cats, sold live animals to a research

facility on the side, and even cruelly killed the animals has been No Kill

since a new team took over. During a recent visit, dogs were playing

outside, were being walked by volunteers, kittens were being bottle fed,

adopters were coming through the shelter in droves, the place was clean,

and the animals had enrichment items to play with and soft blankets to

sleep on.

 

As

Redemption celebrates its first anniversary, Tompkins County enters its seventh No Kill year, Charlottesville enters its third, and new communities

like those in Reno, NV and Valparaiso, IN enter the No Kill club.. Other

communities—in Montana, Michigan, and

elsewhere—have also embraced No Kill, and many others are

aggressively moving in that direction. No Kill is on the agenda of local

governments nationwide as advocates in communities as diverse as King

County (Seattle), WA and Indianapolis, IN are using Redemption and

the model it advocates to force changes in the practices of local

shelters.

 

In honor of the

one year Anniversary, the author has donated copies of Redemption to

The No Kill Nation to give away. And we are joining in by offering two free

registrations to the No Kill Conference in Washington D.C.

 

The No Kill Nation is sponsoring

a call for essays/blogs entitled “The No Kill Movement Today”:

What has changed for our movement? What have we discovered? What do we

still have to accomplish? In other words, where is=2

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today?

 

All submissions (of at least one page) received by

October 1, 2008 will receive a free personally autographed signed copy

of Redemption (while supplies last). The most thoughtful essay will

receive two free registrations to the No Kill Conference in Washington D.C. (nokillconference.org).

 

 

For more information or to join, visit www.thenokillnation.com or

 

 

www.nokilladvocacycenter.org

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