No-kill Shelter

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No-kill Shelters are a type of animal shelter with an anti-euthanasia policy for the animals they house.

Humane societies and SPCAs often euthanize pets because they cannot find homes for them. Each day an estimated 70,000 puppies and kittens are born (25.5 million a year). Of these, six to ten million are end up being euthanized.

[edit] Examples of No-Kill Shelters

In 1994, the City of San Francisco ushered in the modern "No Kill" movement. The San Francisco SPCA guaranteed a home to every healthy dog and cat who entered the shelter system.

In 2001, Tompkins County, New York became the second community in the nation to adopt this policy. And in 2002, Tompkins County went one step further by saving 100% of sick and injured treatable animals and 100% of feral cats. It repeated this in 2003, becoming the community with the lowest per capita euthanasia rate in the United States.

Italy outlaws the euthanasia of healthy companion animals and controls stray populations through trap, neuter and release programs (TNR).