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Redemption: The Myth of Pet Overpopulation and the No Kill Revolution
in America (Paperback)
 Shelter killing is the leading cause of death for
healthy dogs and cats in the United States: some 5 million are killed
in our nation's shelters every year. For far too long, we have been led
to believe there is no other way. More than that, we have been told
that this killing is the right thing to do.
In 1994, however, one shelter embarked on a
bold and revoluntionary approach to animal sheltering. Although every
national animal welfare agency said it was impossible and every other
community in the country continued to kill animals at an astonishing
rate, San Francisco became the first city in the United States to end
the killing of healthy homeless dogs and cats in shelters. The "No
Kill" movement it inspired has the potential to end, once and for all,
the century-old notion that the best we can do for homeless dogs and
cats is to adopt out a few, and kill the rest.
This is the story of animal sheltering in
the United States, a movement that was born of compassion and then lost
its way. It is the story of the No Kill movement, which says we can and
must stop the killing. It is about heros and villians, betrayal and
redemption. And it is about a social movement as noble and just as
those that have come before. But most of all, it is a story about
believing in the community and trusting in the power of compassion.
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