No-Kill Animal Shelter

Categories: Pets | Dogs | Cats
  • American animal shelters euthanize 56% of dogs and 71% of cat that they take inAmerican Humane: Animal Shelter Euthanasia, most of them healthy animals. Since the mid-1990s, a growing national movement has sprung up for "no-kill" shelters that do not euthanize adoptable animals. This page offers some of the web's best links for locating no-kill shelters and understanding their mission. For a detailed guide to pet adoption, see How to Adopt a Dog.
  • Criticism by PETA

    Contrary to a common assumption, the animal rights organization People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is opposed to no-kill animal shelters, maintaining that such facilities are overpopulated and turn away unadoptable animals.Newsweek: PETA and Euthanasia PETA itself administers a shelter at its Virginia headquarters that has been criticized for euthanizing healthy animals.HamptonRoads.com: PETA workers face 25 felony counts in North Carolina

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