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The Huntsville No Kill Story Premieres June 1, 2019
No Kill Learning is excited to announce the premiere of the second in our "Boots on the Ground" mini-series, where we visit No Kill...
Mike Fry
May 27, 2019
Coming Soon: Huntsville No Kill Story
In 2008, the City of Huntsville, Alabama's animal control shelter destroyed more than 7,000 dogs and cats. Ten years later, in 2018, they...
Mike Fry
Apr 27, 2019
Watch: Getting to No Kill
"The No Kill Movement is sweeping the country. And we should all be really excited about it! This map shows all of the places in the USA...
No Kill Learning
Feb 9, 2019
Only by Telling the Truth Can the Truth be Changed
The year was 1999 and I had already been advocating for No Kill sheltering for many years. There was much I did not understand at the...
Mike Fry
Dec 20, 2018
Advocate: 'It is really sad they never tried this hard to save lives'
In Pueblo, Colorado, the old guard has tried desperately to cling to power as the No Kill timeline kept moving forward. There is much we...
No Kill Learning
Dec 6, 2018
Traditional Animal Shelters: You're Invited to the Party!
In my decades of work in the No Kill Movement, one thing has always struck me as odd: why do traditional animal shelters resist the...
No Kill Learning
Sep 27, 2018
No Kill and Other "New" Technologies and Why Some Have Yet to Adopt Them
Anyone who has followed the constant release of new smart phones from companies like Apple and Samsung knows that different people adopt...
Mike Fry
Sep 29, 2017
Flipping the No Kill Switch in Lake County, Florida
Photo: The Bell of New Beginnings hangs in the lobby of the Lake County Animal Shelter. Each time an adoption occurs, staff there ring...
Mike Fry
Aug 28, 2017
Engaging the Community in No Kill Discussions Can Smash Through Obstacles to Success
Whether it was Austin, Texas; Reno, Nevada; Lake County, Florida or Huntsville, Alabama, one factor contributed to No Kill advocates...
Mike Fry
Jul 30, 2017
The Cat is Out of the Bag: No Kill Pretenders Signs of No Kill Progress
Reflecting back on my 20 or so years of No Kill advocacy, one thing keeps coming to mind: Shortly after the movement began gaining steam,...
Mike Fry
Sep 20, 2016
Dear Shelters: Healthy Free-Roaming Cats Don't Need Rescue
A regular parade of healthy free-roaming cats visit the catnip plants in my garden every day. These felines are happy and content and...
Mike Fry
May 12, 2016
Casey's Big Adventure And What We Can Learn From It
Casey couldn't have picked a worse day to discover the latch to the gate of his fenced yard had broken, and then decide to go off...
Mike Fry
Jan 18, 2016
No Kill Comes in Many Flavors - Create Your Own in 2016
Whether it comes about as the result of thoughtful, pragmatic planning or through sudden, inspirational change, No Kill is a recipe to...
Mike Fry
Jan 1, 2016
The 'Division' in Animal Sheltering and What it Means for the Coming Year
Even as some people involved in animal sheltering complained about a growing divide in the industry, 2015 turned out to be a year of...
Mike Fry
Dec 14, 2015
Why 5-Year Plans Fail
Nathan Winograd recently reminded us all via his Facebook Page that it has been more than 12 years since the City of Los Angeles promised...
Mike Fry
Sep 15, 2015
No Kill Movement - One Part Revolution, One Part Renaissance
The no kill movement in the Unites States has frequently been described as a revolution. However, recently, as I was walking through the...
Mike Fry
Aug 1, 2015
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