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For Groups & Advocates
Nationwide reform requires three things: 1. New leadership in shelters; 2. Political advocacy at
the local level; and, 3. Legislation to require shelters to operate humanely.
For information on leadership, click here.
For information on political advocacy, click here.
For our four-step guide to passing the Companion Animal Protection Act in your state, click here.
Additional Resources:
In 1998, California passed a rescue access law making it illegal for shelters to kill animals if rescue groups were willing to save them. The law has been an unqualified success. For an analysis of the law, click here. That law has also resulted in significant taxpayer savings for municipalities. For an analysis, click here.
A NYS survey showed that 71% of rescue groups have been turned away by a NYS shelter and killed the very animals they offer to save. The survey also showed that half have been the subject of retaliation for exposing neglect and abuse in shelters. For an analysis, click here.
Per capita spending on animal control does not determine the level of lifesaving. If communities want to save lives, they should focus on leadership and policies. For an analysis, click here.
No Kill 101. For our primer on the No Kill philosophy, click here.
For additional resources - including a guide to reform your local shelter, a guide to using freedom of information laws, model shelter policies, and much more, click here.
For information on leadership, click here.
For information on political advocacy, click here.
For our four-step guide to passing the Companion Animal Protection Act in your state, click here.
Additional Resources:
In 1998, California passed a rescue access law making it illegal for shelters to kill animals if rescue groups were willing to save them. The law has been an unqualified success. For an analysis of the law, click here. That law has also resulted in significant taxpayer savings for municipalities. For an analysis, click here.
A NYS survey showed that 71% of rescue groups have been turned away by a NYS shelter and killed the very animals they offer to save. The survey also showed that half have been the subject of retaliation for exposing neglect and abuse in shelters. For an analysis, click here.
Per capita spending on animal control does not determine the level of lifesaving. If communities want to save lives, they should focus on leadership and policies. For an analysis, click here.
No Kill 101. For our primer on the No Kill philosophy, click here.
For additional resources - including a guide to reform your local shelter, a guide to using freedom of information laws, model shelter policies, and much more, click here.
Understanding CAPA
A three-part strategy for change:
1. Leadership
2. Political Advocacy
3. Legislaton
A four-step guide to legislation:
1. Gather your facts and prepare
2. Modify CAPA as needed
3. Find a legislative sponsor
4. Navigate through the legislature
1. Leadership
2. Political Advocacy
3. Legislaton
A four-step guide to legislation:
1. Gather your facts and prepare
2. Modify CAPA as needed
3. Find a legislative sponsor
4. Navigate through the legislature
A Three-Part Strategy for Change:
For No Kill success to be widespread and long
lasting, we must focus on institutionalizing No
Kill by giving shelter animals the rights and
protections afforded by law.
Every successful social movement results in legal protections that codify expected conduct and provide protection against future conduct that violates normative values.
We need to regulate shelters in the same way we regulate hospitals and other agencies which hold the power over life and death. The answer lies in passing and enforcing shelter reform legislation which mandates how a shelter must operate.
For our CAPA brochure, click here.
For our Rescue Access brochure, click here.
For our Legislative Guide, click here.
For our Advocacy Guide, click here.
For the full version of CAPA, click here.
For a modified version of CAPA, click here.
For rescue access legislation only, click here.
Every successful social movement results in legal protections that codify expected conduct and provide protection against future conduct that violates normative values.
We need to regulate shelters in the same way we regulate hospitals and other agencies which hold the power over life and death. The answer lies in passing and enforcing shelter reform legislation which mandates how a shelter must operate.
For our CAPA brochure, click here.
For our Rescue Access brochure, click here.
For our Legislative Guide, click here.
For our Advocacy Guide, click here.
For the full version of CAPA, click here.
For a modified version of CAPA, click here.
For rescue access legislation only, click here.