Last year, about 733,000 dogs and cats were killed in our nation’s animal shelters, simply because they didn’t have safe places to call home. Together, we can change that and achieve no-kill for dogs and cats nationwide by 2025.Collective responsibility: We hold ourselves accountable for the welfare of pets in our animal shelters and communities.
- Individual community members are willing to participate in lifesaving programs.
- State and local government are poised to support those programs.
- A transparent shelter staff is working with their community to save more lives.
Progressive lifesaving: We value compassionate and responsible actions to save animals.
- Decision-making is data-driven and anchored by best practices in the field.
- Quality care is provided to every pet and quality of life is a priority.
- Programs are designed to save the animals most at risk of being killed.
- Programs are designed to tackle the root of the problem rather than the symptoms.
True euthanasia: We recognize that, for some animals, euthanasia is the most compassionate choice. This is why the no-kill benchmark for save rate is 90% and not 100%. In some cases, shelters may not meet the 90% benchmark, but do meet the philosophical principles of no-kill, which are:
- Ending the life of an animal only to end irremediable suffering.
- Ending the life of an animal when the animal is too dangerous to rehabilitate and place in the community safely.
End-of-life decisions are made by animal welfare professionals engaging in best practices and protocols.
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