The following was originally published in March of 2002. Recently, more talk about this topic has been stimulated on social media after...

Beware of disaster profiteers Today marks the 11 year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina striking New Orleans. And, as I type this, another...

On the eve of the eleven-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, I have been thinking about a Katrina survivor and his family, who forever...

It is hard to believe that in this day and age advocates for animals still need to work hard to convince animal shelters and rescue...

Note: Between the time that I wrote this piece and the time it was published, two more police shootings have occurred. In WYNNEWOOD, OK,...

I confess up-front that this blog post is going to be confusing for some people. It is not going to be my normal animal-shelter-related...

The award-winning documentary film Redemption: The No Kill Revolution in America (written by Nathan Winograd and funded by No Kill...

The evidence is in: if animal shelters in the USA stopped kidnapping and killing cats, we could be a No Kill nation overnight. That may...

I previously wrote about the disconnected and often dysfunctional systems in place to help reunite lost pets with their families, and how...

A regular parade of healthy free-roaming cats visit the catnip plants in my garden every day. These felines are happy and content and...

There has been much talk about dangerous dogs and K9 aggression towards humans over the years. In the discussion, some People tend to...

Unless you have been living in a cave for the last several years, you have no-doubt been seeing Quick Response Codes, or QR Codes,...

It was nearly exactly twenty years ago that I first began advocating for No Kill shelter policies in my home Twin Cities towns of St....

There is a lot going on at No Kill Learning, and the No Kill Movement in general that I thought I would provide this overview of some of...

A city-run animal shelter in Oklahoma is making international headlines for “euthanizing” dogs by shooting them. In Pennsylvania, a...

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...

There has been much talk about proposed new legislation in Wisconsin. If you listen to some animal advocates, you would think that...

Whether it comes about as the result of thoughtful, pragmatic planning or through sudden, inspirational change, No Kill is a recipe to...

Even as some people involved in animal sheltering complained about a growing divide in the industry, 2015 turned out to be a year of...

Photo: Me jumping off the “Diaper Pole” during Pecos River’s Playing to Win seminar. It was as much an exercise in developing courage as...