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For Legislators
The Companion Animal Protection Act saves lives, saves taxpayer money, improves public
health and safety, and is popular with voters. Lawyers for the No Kill Advocacy Center and No
Kill Nation are available to answer any questions and provide support.
For a copy of our CAPA brochure, click here.
To contact us, please telephone (510) 530-5124 or 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 a copy of our CAPA brochure, click here.
To contact us, please telephone (510) 530-5124 or 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.
Understanding CAPA
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.