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Each year an estimated 25.5 million puppies and kittens are born (70,000 a day). Of these, six to ten million end up being euthanized in shelters all across the United States. The no kill movement hopes to reduce this amount and ultimately find homes for all homeless pets {Link without Title} . The No-Kill Movement received a huge boost with the establishment of the $250 million Maddies Fund. A number of communities in the United States have significantly increased their live-release rate and gotten closer to their no-kill goals with the help of Maddies {Link without Title} EXAMPLES OF NO-KILL SHELTERS In 1994, the City of San Francisco originated the current trend towards "No Kill" shelters. The San Francisco SPCA along with the San Francisco Department of Animal care and Control guaranteed a home to every healthy dog and cat who entered the shelter system. [http://www.sfgov.org/site/acc_index.asp?id=6656]. Since then the city of San Francisco(the SPCA along with the Department of Animal Care and Control) has consistently been able to keep San Francisco as a no-kill city i.e. all adoptable animals found a home. In 2006 the live-release rate of all dogs and cats in the city of San Francisco was 82% [http://www.sfspca.org/volunteers/creaturecomforts1206.html](the second highest in the country after Tompkins County). 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 and 2004, becoming the community with the lowest per capita euthanasia rate in the United States. A phenomenal 93% of all dogs and cats either found a home or were returned back to their owners {Link without Title} In 1998, California passed three pieces of legislation directed at animal shelters to move California towards no-kill: the Vincent Law, the Kopp Law and the Hayden Law. The Hayden Law supports no-kill groups and as a result many California communites have made significant progress in increasing their live-release rates and no-kill goals {Link without Title} The Best Friends Animal Sanctuary in Kanab, Utah is a no-kill animal sanctuary providing homes for thousands of homeless pets . With the help of a fund from Maddies they led a coalition of rescue groups called "No More Homeless Pets in Utah". In the five-year period from 200-2005 they were able to double the number of adoptions, increase the number of spay-neuters and dramatically reduce the number of pets killed in Utah animal shelters[http://www.utahpets.org/index.html The first city in the world to be no-kill was Mumbai, India. The Indian government announced in 1998 the goal of the whole country to become no-kill {Link without Title} Italy outlaws the euthanasia of healthy companion animals and controls stray populations through trap, neuter and release programs (TNR). DEBATE OVER NO-KILL SHELTERS Supporters of no-kill shelters believe that killing healthy animals is inhumane. {Link without Title} , “NoKillNOW.com" Critics refer to no-kill shelters as “limited admission shelters” because of many no-kill shelters’ frequent need to turn away animals if they are deemed unadoptable or if the facilities are full; critics say that this often means the animals are abandoned, leading to a worse fate than euthanasia. “The Disturbing Facts About ‘No-Kill’ Shelters” , “Peta.org” No-Kill advocates counter that increasingly no-kill shelters are open-admission shelters such as the Tompkins County SPCA and that no-kill shelters now work to reduce the number of animals having to be killed in the first place.[http://news.bestfriends.org/index.cfm?page=news&mode=entry&entry=75108A12-BDB9-396E-95C8FB907EDDB375&pn=2] There is also the concern that animals who are not adopted from some no-kill shelters are confined for long periods of time in cages, however many no-kill shelters are moving towards cageless sheltering [http://www.bestfriends.org [http://www.spcaonline.com/nokill.htm]allowing animals to live a very comfortable life for an indefinite period of time. The general consensus among both sides, however is that the root of the problem is the Overpopulation of cats and dogs, a problem that can only be solved by Spaying or Neutering pets and by adopting animals from shelters or rescue groups instead of purchasing animals from breeders. SEE ALSO REFERENCES EXTERNAL LINKS
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