The new issue of No Kill Sheltering will be available next week: news.nokilladvocacycenter.org

California Rescue Groups: Know Your Rights What a recent court ruling means for your right to save dogs from shelters: bit.ly/48AXQyv.

A new study confirms that medical conditions “can trigger aggression in a nonaggressive dog.” It finds that “a complete medical checkup is needed to make a proper diagnosis.” Instead, many shelters rely on temp tests that are “no better than a coin toss”: bit.ly/468m1Ct.

Out of the shadows and into the sun. In Colorado, the last remaining pit bull ban has fallen. All dogs are welcome again in Louisville after the City Council voted unanimously to repeal its breed discriminatory ordinance: bit.ly/3ZKCQ49.

Illegally firing volunteers for criticizing a pound, a moratorium on breeding licenses, the end of BSL in Colorado, are domesticated animals less intelligent than their wild counterparts, and more: bit.ly/3Q97mSk.

Best Friends, American Pets Alive, Maddie’s Fund, Petco Love, and others — through the California Animal Welfare Association, their lobbying group — ask the Court of Appeal to reverse a ruling in favor of rescuers and allow shelters to kill more dogs: bit.ly/3rArzad.

Victory! Due to a public outcry, the Grosse Pointe Shores City Council in Michigan voted to repeal the city’s pit bull ban one month after passing it: bit.ly/3LS6T43.

Out of the shadows and into the sun. All dogs are now welcome again in Bluefield, WV. The City Council repealed its pit bull ban: bit.ly/3rO80uZ.

In addition to targeting children and others, targeting family pets is yet another of Hamas’ many war crimes as it seeks to destroy the lives and break the hearts of Jewish families: bit.ly/3M0MnhI.

Breaking: In a victory for dogs and their rescuers, the Court of Appeal has denied the petition to allow "shelters" to kill dogs despite rescue groups ready, willing, and able to save them!

How dogs have turned people into slaves, allowing them to become one of the most successful mammals in the world, extending their lifespans, quality of life, food availability, and numbers beyond almost all other creatures: bit.ly/3Q3eDlh.

Today is the anniversary of PETA’s theft and killing of Maya. Listen to a free audio version of Why PETA Kills, my book, which tells the story of Maya and over 30,000 others PETA has put to death. You can also download the e-book from Amazon for free: news.nathanwinograd.org/p/the-short-li….

Intakes are down, shelter doors remain closed post-pandemic, and killing is up. Gavin Newsom spent $50 million to end pound killing. So why are more pets being killed? Corruption and uncaring on the part of the shelters and their kill lobby California Animal Welfare Association. sacbee.com/news/politics-…

They fought and killed legislation to save more animals. They argued in court they should be allowed to kill animals, even when rescuers want to save them. Shelter doors remain closed post-pandemic. Programs remain scuttled. And the money was given to an org opposed to No Kill.

My response to Commissioners telling them to ignore PETA, as it runs the functional equivalent of a slaughterhouse, is here: decaturish.com/2023/10/dekalb….

Rescuers and shelter reform advocates are suing New York City Animal Care & Control (ACC) for violating their constitutional rights: bit.ly/46SmeK6.

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