No kill shelters

Nathan J. Winograd

Chapter 70 in Elgar Concise Encyclopedia of Animal Law, 2025, pp 263-266 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: No Kill shelters are animal shelters that only kill irremediably suffering animals, such that the killing meets the definition of ‘euthanasia’. The No Kill movement, which began in the 1970s, has led to a 95% yearly decline in US killing from 13 million to as low as half a million. Many once-fatal conditions now have high chances of recovery because of advancements in behaviour-veterinary care; accordingly, only about 1% of animals entering shelters are irremediably suffering or deemed dangerous. The legal landscape in shelters and the controversy surrounding the killing of physically healthy dogs who are perceived to be ‘aggressive’ or animals who may be psychologically suffering are discussed.

Keywords: No Kill shelters; No Kill movement; Euthanasia; Behaviour and aggression; Irremediable suffering; Companion animals (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
ISBN: 9781803923666
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