Shelter research chart by shelterresearch

12/14/2013

Shelters from the Communities Listed on the No Kill Advocacy Center Website

No. of Number of Shelters communities

Population Served1

% of US Population2

Category

“Thanks for all you do for animals! I was wondering if you follow Nathan Winograd’s no-kill equation, and if so, did he help you implement the plan. THANKS!”

3,875,750

1.23%

989,705

0.32%

YES

1,563,181

0.50%

TOTALS

135

6,428,636

2.05%

Berkeley Animal Care Services

Communities on the NKAC list Albany, Berkeley, Emeryville, Piedmont

Population served

Name of Shelter

NO = doesn’t follow the No Kill Equation (NKE)4 NS = partially follows the steps of the NKE YES = does follow all the steps of the NKE

No. of Communities

Follow NKE ? State

Shelter Count

Question asked of All Shelters:

155,600

Comments

Links

FB 11/11/13 “We are a municipal shelter serving the cities of Berkeley, Emeryville, Piedmont and Albany in the San Francisco Bay Area. We are not a rescue. We are an open access public shelter. We are not affiliated with Nathan Winograd. Thanks for inquiring!”

http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/animalservices/ https://www.facebook.com/berkeleyanimals

Irvine Animal Care Center

Irvine

229,985

FB 11/10/13”While we have an excellent adoption and return to owner rate, we are not http://www.cityofirvine.org/cityhall/cs/animalcare/ a no-kill animal shelter. Thanks” https://www.facebook.com/irvineanimalcarecenter

Petaluma Animal Shelter

Petaluma

58,921

FB 11/10/13 “Our live release rate is 98% at this time. We do not affiliate with any http://www.petalumaanimalshelter.org/ particular group, but instead endeavor to help our shelter pets thrive through excellence in sheltering, and concentrating on adoption as the solution. Thanks for your question.” https://www.facebook.com/pages/Petaluma-Animal-Services/211690755543601

Sammie’s Friends

Nevada County

98,292

11/18/13 talked by phone. They have never heard of Nathan Winograd or his no-kill equation.

http://www.sammiesfriends.org/ https://www.facebook.com/SammiesFriends

Colorado Animal Rescue

Eagle County Animal Service & Eagle Valley Humane Services

Garfield County, Glenwood Springs

Avon, Basalt, Eagle County, Gypsum, Vail

56,953

FB 11/10/13 “No we are not using Nathan Winograd’s No-Kill equation.”

https://www.facebook.com/care.rescue

51,874

FB 11/10/13 “Julie, we do not follow anyone’s equation, we save every animal that we can. We also do not use the term “no-kill”, because all animal welfare organizations do have to euthanize in certain circumstances. We use the term “Live release rate”, and most years for us that rate is 100%. Fortunately, for the past 20 years we are very proud to say that it is extremely rare that we do euthanize an animal, and when we do it is to end that animal’s suffering. I hope that answers your question.”

Population figures are 2012 estimates except where those figures were not available for very small communities. See http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/index.html# Based on population of the US at 313,914,040 which is a 2012 estimate. See footnote above. 3 Research was on line and phone. FB means contact and response was on Facebook page of the shelter. 4 http://www.nokilladvocacycenter.org/shelter-reform/success/ and http://www.nokilladvocacycenter.org/shelter-reform/no-kill-equation/ 1 2

http://www.coloradoanimalrescue.org/

http://www.eaglecounty.us/animal/ https://www.facebook.com/pages/Eagle-County-Animal-Services/101346039929640 http://www.adoptafriend.org/home.php https://www.facebook.com/EagleValleyHumaneSociety

Friends of the Rifle Animal Shelter

Rifle

Humane Society of Boulder Valley

Population served

Name of Shelter

Communities on the NKAC list

No. of Communities

Shelter Count

Follow NKE ? State

Boulder County, Broomfield, Lafayette, Louisville, Superior

305,318

(within Garfield County)

Comments

Links

email 11/14/13 “I am unsure of who he is so I am going to go with no. We are however http://www.rifleanimalshelter.org a limited admission shelter.” https://www.facebook.com/rifleanimalshelter 11/15/13 Talked on phone. They don’t liked to be call no-kill shelter because it’s divisive. They consider themselves open admission with a 90% live release. Nathan Winograd didn’t help them and they have their own policies.

http://www.boulderhumane.org/about-us/our-mission https://www.facebook.com/HumaneBoulder

Humane Society of the South Platte Valley

Cherry Hills Village, Columbine Valley, Englewood, Littleton, Lone Tree, Parker, Sheridan

147,285

FB 11/14/13 “Hello Julie, We do not currently follow Winograd. We are not a no-kill http://hsspv.org/ shelter, we are very low at 98% live release but we are not in the category of no-kill. We only euthanize in extreme cases of terminal illness, age beyond wellness of life and https://www.facebook.com/hsspv aggression beyond rehabilitation. I looked at this site and there is a lot of interesting information. Thank you for sharing,”

Longmont Humane Society

Erie, Frederick, Longmont

117,341

FB 11/15/13 “Hi Julie. Thanks for your kind words! Our programs are very similar to the no-kill equation but we developed them on our own accord and have had them in place for many years. Have a great day!”

Rio Blanco County

Rangely Animal Shelter

6,857

https://www.longmonthumane.org/ https://www.facebook.com/pages/Longmont-Humane-Society/68625828593?ref=ts

12/13/13 talked on phone: City run shelter and they are not a no-kill shelter. They don't http://rangelypets.webs.com/ follow follow Nathan Winograd's no-kill equation. Note: Rangely has a population of 2,096.

Meeker Animal Control

Rio Blanco County

12/11/13 email: "No, I just try to find them good homes!" Note: Meeker is the largest town in Rio Blanco County and has its own animal shelter. Meeker, however, is not listed as a community on the NKAC list of communities, so is not counted in the Number of Communities). The population of Meeker is 2,475 and also not counted as it is counted as part of the County total.

http://www.townofmeeker.org/animal-control/

Routt County Humane Society

Routt County

Population served

Name of Shelter

Communities on the NKAC list

No. of Communities

Shelter Count

Follow NKE ? State

23,334

and Steamboat Springs Animal Shelter

Comments

Links

FB 11/10/13 “Julie, RCHS does not have an animal shelter or facility. We provide monetary and volunteer assistance to the Steamboat Springs Animal Shelter which is run by the city of Steamboat Springs.

http://www.routthumane.org/ https://www.facebook.com/pages/Routt-County-Humane-Society/370135551289

FB 11/11/13: Routt County Humane Society No we do not follow his equation. We do what seems best for the animals in our community.

http://steamboatsprings.net/index.aspx?NID=146 https://www.facebook.com/pages/Steamboat-Springs-Animal-Shelter/279481948751638

12/9/13 Talked on phone: Steamboat Animal Control. They are a gonernment run shelter.They do not follow no kill equation. They have their own policies they follow. They work closely with 2 rescue groups to save animals from euthanasia. So as soon as you get your PDF updated, I will forward to the person writing the article. NO

Summit County Animal Control and Shelter

Summit County

28,044

FB 11/12/13 “Julie, No we do not follow Nathan Winograd’s no-kill equation. We do http://co.summit.co.us/index.aspx?NID=538 have a very low euthanasia rate (2-3%). We do receive pets that are not adoptable because of serious health conditions or behavior issues. We do end up euthanizing these https://www.facebook.com/SummitCountyAnimalControl animals as their condition is beyond what an adopter wants to deal with or the animal exhibits behavior that is unsafe to the public. Feel free to contact me at 970-668-3230 if you have further questions.

Brown County Humane Society

Brown County

15,083

FB 11/14/13 “Julie, thank you for your question. We are a no-kill shelter, but we haven’t received any direct help from Nathan Winograd.”

http://www.bchumane.org/available-dogs/ https://www.facebook.com/bchumane

Terre Haute Humane Society

Terre Haute, Vigo County

108,428

FB 11/10/13 “We don’t follow his methods specifically, though we share a lot of the same tactics. We did not reach out to him for any assistance.”

http://www.thhs.org/ https://www.facebook.com/thhumane

Logan County Humane Society

Logan County, Russellville

26,646

11/19/13 Talked on phone. The shelter is no-kill/limited admission. (turn away animals http://www.logancountyhumanesociety.com/ if full) He never heard of Nathan Winograd or his equation. https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Humane-Society-Serving-Logan-County/116238598390702

Au Sable Valley Animal Shelter

Crawford County

14,009

FB 11/11/13 “Hi, we do know of Nathan and I have had the pleasure of meeting him. http://www.ausablevalleyanimalshelter.org/ This plan evolved on its own though and is a testament to the people who live in and around Crawford County as well as several others who have a heart for animals and this https://www.facebook.com/pages/AuSable-Valley-Animal-Shelter/265195626925 shelter.”

Benzie County Animal Control

Benzie County

17,465

FB 11/19/13 “No we don’t follow this method.”

http://www.benzieco.net/dept_animal_control.htm https://www.facebook.com/pages/Benzie-County-Animal-Control/480441958659333

Copper Country Humane Society

Upper UP of Michigan counties of Baraga, Houghton. and Keweenaw

47,418

FB 11/11/13 “CCHS was inspired years ago by Best Friends Animal Sanctuary in Utah. http://www.cchumanesociety.com/ No kill is just part of our philosophy but there are many on line resources to help guide those who are trying to reach that mission. CCHS is there to help continue working https://www.facebook.com/coppercountryhumanesociety towards a no kill country.”

Delta Animal Shelter

Delta County

Elk Country Animal Shelter

Montmorency County

Population served

Name of Shelter

Communities on the NKAC list

No. of Communities

Shelter Count

Follow NKE ? State

36,884

9,476

Comments

Links

Phone call 11/20/13 No-kill shelter limited admission in a way they refuse aggressive dogs. They have their own policies & don’t follow Nathan Winograd or his no-kill equation

http://www.deltacommunityanimalshelter.ca/

11/20/13 Talked on phone: limited admission/ turn away animals when full. They do not follow Nathan Winograd & his no-kill equation.

www.elkcountryanimalshelter.org

https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Delta-Community-Animal-Shelter/196492726212

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Elk-Country-Animal-Shelter/346191870884 Email: 11/20/13 "I don't know a Nathan Winograd - so answer to your question would be no on both." NO

Gross Ile Animal Shelter

Gross Ile

10,894

FB 11/17/13 “No, we don’t follow that specifically. We are a small shelter and have been fortunate to be able to do very well for the animals that come into our care.”

http://www.grosseileanimalshelter.com/ https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Grosse-Ile-Animal-Shelter/205788282765415

H.O.P.E. Animal Shelter

Gogebic County, Ironwood

16,084

FB 11/17/13 “Hi Julie~ HOPE Animal Shelter has proudly been a no-kill shelter for http://www.myhopeanimalshelter.org/ over 15 years, long before any of the staff was aware of Nathan Winograd’s mission.” https://www.facebook.com/pages/HOPE-Animal-Shelter/140207911095?ref=ts

Humane Society of Midland County

Midland County

83,822

FB 11/11/13 “Thank you so much, Julie! We are not affiliated with Nathan Winograd but do work very hard to save as many animals as possible. Our live release rate (animals adopted and reclaimed) is one of the highest in the state, especially among open admission shelters. Thank you for your interest in our shelter!”

http://hsomc.org/

FB 11/11/13 “No Nathan Winograd did not implement our no-kill plan. We followed Maddie’s Fund when we were making changes to our policy.”

http://www.hshv.org/site/PageServer?pagename=index

Huron Humane Society

Alpena County

29,234

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Humane-Society-of-Midland-County/120425237968090

https://www.facebook.com/humanesocietyhuronvalley NO

Otsego County Animal Control

Otsego County

24,020

FB 11/12/13 “Hi Julie. Thank you...we enjoy our job and finding homes for the animals. http://www.otsegocountymi.gov/animal-control-18/ As far as no-kill we have policy in place and protocols that we use. We were actually 4th in the State last year for our save rate among all the shelters. We appreciate the https://www.facebook.com/pages/Otsego-County-Animal-Shelter/512983878748017 community and all the support we get.”

Roscommon County Animal Shelter

Roscommon County

24,106

11/20/13 Talked on phone. They are not a no-kill shelter but animal control shelter and https://www.roscommoncounty.net/county-departments/animal-control have to accept all animals within the county. They never heard of Nathan Winograd and his no-kill equation. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Roscommon-Animal-Shelter/510638525622174

Animal Allies Humane Society

Duluth, Hermantown Proctor, Southern St. Louis County (Superior, WI)

98,871

FB 11/11/13 “The No-Kill policy was formulated among a number of animal welfare http://www.animalallies.net/ organizations nationally. Nathan has been a strong spokesperson for it in the upper Midwest. He did not help us implement it at our facilities. No-Kill means that a shelter https://www.facebook.com/animalallies achieves and maintains a live release rate of 90% or better. That may not sound strong enough but many shelters across the country routinely euthanize healthy animals due to capacity issues. We adopted the goal and achieved it in 2010 and have sustained each year since. We prefer to call our efforts Zero Euthanasia. We partner with a number of shelters in our region who have not been able to achieve that goal for a variety of reasons-mostly due to lack of financial resources. Our programs and services and the generosity of our community allow us to help lead the way for other shelters in our region. Hope that helps. Thank you for asking.”

Population served

Name of Shelter

Communities on the NKAC list

No. of Communities

Shelter Count

Follow NKE ? State

Comments

Links

Flathead County Animal Shelter

Columbia Falls, Flathead County Kalispell Whitefish

91,633

FB 11/14/13 “I’m unsure about that specifically. I have never personally heard of http://flathead.mt.gov/animal/ Nathan Winograd. FCAS does not euthanize healthy adoptable animals. Our euthanasia rate is less than 3%. Only animals who are gravely injured or ill, or cases of extremes https://www.facebook.com/pages/Flathead-County-Animal-Shelter/160021227442314 aggression.”

Humane Society of Ocean City

Ocean City

11,527

FB 11/21/13 “The Humane Society Of Ocean City is a No Kill Shelter. We follow the http://hsocnj.org/ No Kill Guidelines established by the Humane Society of the United States and the ASPCA. We take great pride in our adoption rates and the work that we do, including https://www.facebook.com/pages/Humane-Society-of-Ocean-City/280392017750 the special needs animals that would not have been given a chance in most other shelters.”

Monmouth County SPCA

East Monmouth County, Eatontown, Fair Haven, Highlands, Holmdel, Little Silver, Long Branch, Middletown, Ocean Township, Red Bank, Rumson, Spring Lake Heights, West Long Branch

206,664

Southampton Animal Shelter

Southampton

56,790

FB 11/12/13 “Actually I never heard of Nathan Winograd, will look him up. But thank http://www.southamptonanimalshelter.com/ you for your kind words.” https://www.facebook.com/southamptonanimalshelter

Greenhill Humane Society

Springfield

59,869

11/19/13, Talked on phone. They don’t like to be called no-kill but call them ‘lifesaving http://www.green-hill.org shelter’ that doesn’t turn away animals for space. They don’t follow the Nathan Winograd’s no-kill equation but have similar policies. https://www.facebook.com/greenhillhumane?rf=182307495143260

11/19/13 talked on phone. They don’t like to be called no-kill but open admission with http://www.monmouthcountyspca.org low euthanasia rates. They are no in way affiliated with Nathan Winograd and his equation. https://www.facebook.com/MonmouthCountySPCA

Population served

Name of Shelter

Communities on the NKAC list

No. of Communities

Shelter Count

Follow NKE ? State NO

Barrington Partnership for Animal Welfare

Barrington

16,310

Austin Animal Center

Austin

842,592

Comments

Links

FB 11/11/13 “Hi Julie - to give a very simplistic answer our philosophies & practices http://www.barringtonpaw.org don’t align exactly to any of the national organizations. We did not work with Nathan & he has not assisted here - though we used a lot of his information when we were https://www.facebook.com/pages/Barrington-Partnership-for-Animal-Welfare/148357895212000 working to reverse the town’s euthanasia practices. Just as with all the better known groups - ASPCA, HSUS, PETA, Alley Cats, etc there are things we agree with Nathan (& most others) on & things we do differently. We deal primarily in strays ( not owner surrender) and the vast majority are not highly adoptable by many shelter’s standards but we work to achieve a positive outcome for each & every one. We also have very few stray animals in our town & for the most part the majority of owners are very responsible so we are not dealing with the same volume as most communities. As a result we are extending our reach to neighboring areas to assist with the ongoing cat problems.” FB 11/12/13 “Julie, Thank you for your inquiry. Our path to no kill began when our City Council passed a resolution on March 11, 2010 to reduce animal intake and increase live animal outcomes. The plan was implemented immediately upon passing the resolution. The resolution number is 2010031-021 and can be found at http://www.austintexas.gov/department/no-kill-plan

http://www.austintexas.gov/department/animal-services https://www.facebook.com/austinanimalservices

Collin County Humane Society

Rockwall

39,957

FB 11/18/13 “Hello, We are not affiliated with Nathan Winograd. Thank you for your http://www.collincountyhumanesociety.org/ inquiry!” https://www.facebook.com/#!/CollinCountyHumaneSociety

Pflugerville Animal Control

Pflugerville

51,894

11/21/13 Talked on phone. They accept all animals within city limits because they are http://www.pflugervilletx.gov/index.aspx?NID=1350 animal control. Work with rescue groups to save animals. They do not follow Nathan Winograd’s no-kill equation. https://www.facebook.com/groups/110596102294646/

Ivins Animal Shelter & Adoption Center

Ivins

7,171

FB 11/14/13 “I have not heard of that but it sounds amazing and I will look up! Thank http://www.petfinder.com/shelters/UT74.html you.” https://www.facebook.com/pages/Ivins-City-Animal-Shelter-and-Adoption-Center/444811525578430

Heber Valley Shelter

Wasatch County

25,273

11/21/13 email: “I have never heard of Nathan Winograd’s no-kill equation, so he did http://pflu.org/?page_id=29 not help us implement any plan. We are an animal rescue group with no facilities. We pull all of the animals that we adopt out from the Heber animal shelter and take them to https://www.facebook.com/HeberValleyAnimalShelter adoption events. The Heber shelter is no-kill because we do not let the shelter put down any animals unless they have a terminal illness or are fatally injured. I hope this answers your question. If not, please let me know.”

Kanab Animal Control

Kane County

7,221

11/22/13 talked on phone: Animal Control that accepts all animals in city limits. Works http://lostpet.com/shelters.asp?sh=7159 with rescues to save animals. Does not follow Nathan Winograd’s no-kill equation. https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Kane-Humane-Project-Inc/82444135992/

Parowan Animal Shelter

Parowan (city)

9,556

11/17/13 email: “We became a no-kill shelter out of shear love of animals. We are thankful to our city administration for agreeing with us.”

http://parowan.org/index.php/community/parowan-animal-assistance-league.html https://www.facebook.com/pages/Parowan-Animal-Assistance-League-PAAL/230737090302628

Population served

Name of Shelter

Communities on the NKAC list

No. of Communities

Shelter Count

Follow NKE ? State NO

Amelia County Animal Shelter

Amelia County

12,759

Animal Welfare League of Arlington

Arlington County

221,045

Charlottesville- Albemarle SPCA

Charlottesville

43,956

Comments

Links

11/20/13 phone call. City Pound that works with local rescue groups to save animals. http://www.petfinder.com/shelters/VA73.html Have euthanized animals because of space. Never heard of Nathan Winograd or his equation. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Amelia-County-Virginia-Animal-Shelter/351968001491759 FB 11/12/13 “Julie, Although we have a very high positive outcome rate, we do not call http://www.awla.org ourselves a no-kill shelter. We are an open-admission shelter that strives for the best and most humane outcome for each animal in our care.” https://www.facebook.com/AWLArlington 11/26/13 talked on phone: Open admission shelter. Not following the Nathan Winograd’s no-kill equation.

http://www.caspca.org https://www.facebook.com/caspca

King George County Animal Control

King George County

24,500

1/17/13 talked on phone. They are not a no-kill shelter but a city pound but have great http://www.king-george.va.us/county-offices/animal-control/animal-control.php rescues to work with that save a lot of animals. They have never heard of Nathan Winograd or his equation. https://www.facebook.com/kgarl

Powhatan Animal Control

Powhatan County

28,123

11/17/13 email: “We became a no-kill shelter out of shear love of animals. We are thankful to our city administration for agreeing with us.”

http://www.powhatanva.gov/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC=%7B3811C00B-60B2-4D2D-ABBE-95770C50780B%7D

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Powhatan-Animal-Control/10150139729140495 FB 12/3/13 “Powhatan Animal Control VA We do not follow the no kill-equation.” NO

Kitsap Humane Society

Kitsap County

254,991

Email on 11/18/13: “We are well aware of Nathan Winograd’s work – and his http://kitsap-humane.org movement certainly has influenced the thinking of many who came before me. But we https://www.facebook.com/KitsapHumaneSociety have not followed his specific plan, and he did not work with us directly. There are definite strategies we have implemented to dramatically reduce our euthanasia rate – but it requires more than philosophy or strategy – it also requires strategic planning AND resources. I’m glad to discuss this further with you, but perhaps say more about where your question is coming from?” Director of Kitsap Humane Society

Jackson-Teton County Animal Shelter

49 Shelters

Ames Animal Shelter

Jackson, Teton County

Communities

Ames

21,675

FB 11/15/13 “Hi Julie. I had never heard of him and looked Nathan up online and what http://jacksonshelter.petfinder.com a unique person!!! The plan that we have has been in affect for a while so I don’t think it https://www.facebook.com/JTCAnimalShelter was from him.”

3,878,750 TOTALS—“NO” do not follow the No Kill Equation population served 60,634

11/15/13 “We do follow most of the no-kill equation programs, however Nathan did not http://www.cityofames.org/index.aspx?page=1129 help us implement the plan. Our adoption and return to owner rate is over 90%. We do not euthanize for time or space, only animals with severe behavior or severe medical https://www.facebook.com/AmesAnimalShelter issues.” from Animal Control Supervisor

Allegany County Animal Shelter

Allegany County

Population served

Name of Shelter

Communities on the NKAC list

No. of Communities

Shelter Count

Follow NKE ? State

74,012

Comments

Links

11/19/13 Talked on phone. No-kill/open admission. Roughly follow Nathan http://www.ashelterofhope.com/ Winograd’s equation. Then I wanted to clarify if they turned away animals and she hung up on me. I tried to call back no answer. On their facebook page they like NKN. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Allegany-County-Animal-Shelter/116239105116622#!/pages/Allegany-County-Animal-Shelter/116239105116622 11/22/13 email: “I’m with the Allegany County Animal Shelter in Cumberland, MD. We are not officially no kill, but to follow many of the NK philosophies.”

Alger County Animal shelter

Alger County

9,541

FB 11/15/13: “No, we do not know Mr. Winograd personally. We have never met. http://www.algeranimalshelter.org/ Therefor he did not help us. We have read his books, “Liked” the NKN Facebook page and do everything within our power to care for the well-being of every animal that https://www.facebook.com/pages/Alger-County-Animal-Shelter/175075932549640 comes to us.”

Wyandotte Animal Control Dept.

Wyandotte

25,485

FB 11/15/13 “Hi Julie, Several of our volunteers follow Nathan, but we haven’t sought http://www.wyandotte.net/departments/publicsafety/animalcontroldepartment.asp out his personal help. We do try to implement some of the programs he advocates, and we’re always looking to improve and do more. Thanks for following us!” https://www.facebook.com/wacshelter

Cape May County Animal Shelter

Cape May County, Dennis Township, Lower Township, Middle Township, Upper Township, Wildwood

84,777

FB 11/16/13 “Julie, our manager did read Nathan Winograd’s book “Redemption” and http://www.co.cape-may.nj.us/Cit-e-Access/webpage.cfm?TID=5&TPID=992 realized our Shelter had already implemented all of his tenets of no-kill, Fortunately our assistant manager also had years and years of experience with the Humane Society of https://www.facebook.com/pages/Cape-May-County-Animal-Shelter-Adoption-Center/368802599551 Ocean City and brought what she had learned there to our Shelter. We are fortunate to have a great group and to receive a lot of support from the County as well - and by that I mean not only the residents but the governing body.”

Kirby Animal Care Services

Kirby

8,222

Seagoville Animal Shelter

Seagoville

15,478

FB 11/12/13 “Hi Julie, Thank you for the support. We do follow SOME of the no-kill http://kirbyanimalcareservices.webs.com/ equation, as far as implementing TNR programs and transfer-rescue programs...pretty much whatever it takes to save our animals here. We don’t formally do anything with https://www.facebook.com/KirbyAnimalShelter Nathan Winograd, however, and we DO believe that pet overpopulation exists, so while there is much merit in the programs and creative life-saving techniques that the no-kill nation promotes, which we believe that ALL shelters SHOULD embrace, we do understand that much of the responsibility still falls to the public who has created the problem in the first place.” FB 11/11/13 “I actually had not heard about Nathan until after we had already http://www.seagoville.us/index.aspx?nid=127 implemented No Kill but many of the things I researched going into this ended up being on his list of things to do. I wish someone would have pointed me in his direction before https://www.facebook.com/seagovilleanimalshelter I tried to reinvent the wheel! I first met Nathan at a local No Kill conference here in the Dallas area and he invited me to speak at the National No Kill Conference last year. That was quite an experience and I was able to meet several other shelter directors who I could swap ideas with. It was very enlightening. We do follow the most of the steps in Nathan’s program, however, some are difficult to apply in our situation. We have maintained a 97% or better live release rate for 3 years now and we have received a lot of support from our City and community as well as the animal welfare community with our mission. I really have to say that the lion’s share of the work is handled by our volunteers who I just can’t say enough about. They truly deserve the credit for making our No Kill mission a success. “ 8

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Shelter Count

Follow NKE ? State NS

Fluvanna SPCA

Fluvanna County

25,967

Seattle Animal Shelter

Seattle

634,535

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[No answer yet as of 12/1/2013.] Did find a reference they follow the NKE on another http://www.fspca.org website: http://www.direct.nokillnetwork.org/d/Virginia/Fluvanna-SPCA-(Troy)~2152 https://www.facebook.com/pages/Fluvanna-SPCA/166990030925 FB 11/12/13 “Hi Julie, Thanks for the note. We followed the “no-kill equation” long http://seattleanimalshelter.org/ before it had a name. The shelter has always pushed for implementing innovative, progressive programs in the municipal, open-door environment. Our council, mayors, https://www.facebook.com/SeattleAnimalShelter and supporters long ago took a “gamble” on low-cost spay and neuter, volunteer/foster programs, community outreach, etc. I think we were just before our time. Nathan Winograd is a great advocate and has been to our facility to check it out. That was several years ago, and we were already achieving save rates around 85%. We are above 90% now, and I’m happy to chat about what it has taken to make that change. Feel free to contact me directly if you have questions. I think all the concepts for saving more lives are well known. They are just hard to implement if you don’t have the right support and enough dollars”. from Volunteer Programs and Fundraising Note: There is also the Humane Society for Seattle/King County in Seattle. It is unclear which shelter or if both are being referred to by the NKAC’s list of “communities”.

Elmbrook Humane Society

10 Shelters

Brookfield, Delafield, Elm Grove

Communities

51,054

11/19/13 email: “Julie: First I would like to thank you for taking the time to contact us with http://www.ebhs.org your questions. We are an organization that is very proud of our work and welcome the opportunity to answer questions for those in our animal community. We are one of only a https://www.facebook.com/EBHS1964 handful of no kill facilities in the state of WI and are proud of our achievement and strive to be a leader in animal care and shelter standards. Although Nathan Winograd did not help us implement our current program, we do follow his ideas and thoughts and feel they are in integral part of any no kill facility. The components he recommends are key parts of our program although at this time we do not have them all in place. For example, we do not have a TNR program nor are we able to offer low cost spay/neuters to the community at this time. We do have a wonderful program called Abbey’s fund that helps with spay/neuters of bully breed dogs. Thanks to the wonderful shelters in our area, organizations such as Lost Dogs WI , Badgerland Rescue and Transport, and AWARE - WI just to name a few, we are able to improve redemption numbers, work with other rescues and save more lives through networking and working with rescues. We also provide affordable and often free training advice to pet owners doing whatever we can to keep animals in their homes and out of the shelter system. We have a compassionate shelter director who embraces the no kill philosophy and leads our team to grow and be a leader in this industry. We also have a very strong volunteer base which has proven to be invaluable for us at Elmbrook. Volunteers and/or staff have attended the No More Homeless Pets conference and other seminars in order to stay abreast of how we can continue to save more lives in our area and surrounding areas. We have only been no kill for a short time and strive to improve in all areas of the no kill equation. Again these are all key components but we continue to work daily towards meeting additional goals including a stronger foster program, increased training and support for pet owners and other key pieces of the no kill philosophy as presented by Nathan Winograd.”

989,705 population served

TOTALS—“NS” partially follows the steps of the NKE

YES

Santa Paula Animal Rescue Center

Santa Paula

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29,963

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FB 11/10/13 “we are. very familiar w him yes”

http://www.santapaulaarc.org/about.html https://www.facebook.com/santapaulaarc

YES

Ark Valley Humane Society, Inc.

Chaffee County

18,150

FB 11/10/13 “Yes we do. Here is AVHS’ definition of No-Kill as pertains to our policy http://www.ark-valley.org/ and mission: Ark-Valley Humane Society is an open-admission shelter serving Chaffee County, Colorado. AVHS’ promise to the public is that no animal will be euthanized as https://www.facebook.com/ArkValleyHumaneSociety a result of time limits or space constraints. AVHS saves all healthy and treatable animals, aiming to maintain a Live Release Rate of 95% or above. We do not close our doors to any companion animal in need. AVHS tracks and publishes its Live Release Rate annually. Currently, our LRR (Live Release Rate) is 97%. Let me know if you have any further questions and thanks for your interest. “ from Executive Director

YES

Aspen/Pitkin County AC & Shelter

Aspen, Pitkin County

17,263

FB 11/12/13: “Hi. The Aspen Animal Shelter is proudly a no-kill shelter via a great http://www.dogsaspen.com/ staff, a fantastic community of volunteers, an aggressive spay/neuter program, etc., so I guess that you could say that we do follow Nathan’s no-kill equation. However, we are https://www.facebook.com/pages/Aspen-Animal-Shelter/167452396659878#!/pages/Aspen-Animal-Shelter/167452396659878 able to operate a no-kill facility sans a foster program, as well as a few other components that seem to play a role in Nathan’s equation, so I will answer your question by stating that the Aspen Animal Shelter follows our own rhythm and is also aware of, and impressed by, Nathan Winograd’s work.”

YES

Clear Creek County Animal Shelter

Clear Creek County Gilpin County

14,517

11/23/13 email: “We follow Nathan Winograd’s no-kill equation but have been doing it http://www.co.clear-creek.co.us/index.aspx?nid=83 all along. We are fortunate to have a county-owned and managed facility that is able to function this way. It’s possible with the support of people in the community who are Clear Creek/Gilpin Co. Animal Shelter (Charlie’s Place) animal lovers. I stress to our county commissioners that we get adoption fees on https://www.facebook.com/charliesplaceshelter transfers-in that greatly offset the labor costs associated with caring for the dogs. Our non-profit, Friends of Charlie’s place, pays for any medical expenses the dogs might have. We do have residents who are unhappy with us supporting dogs from other places but when we do the math it is hard to argue with the logic. We are no kill by most definitions. We only euthanize in cases where the dog is considered a public safety hazard (usually because of unpredictable aggression towards people) or has no quality of life due to advanced illness.I update our Facebook page as much as possible with success stories to help with PR. We want to keep doing what we are doing.” from Shelter Manager FB 11/10/13 “I asked our executive director who is more familiar with the details of http://www.humanesociety.biz/new_main.htm no-kill “equations”. I took a quick look at the Nathan Winograd website and I would say we are doing all of those things -- albeit at a level for our small town. You can look https://www.facebook.com/pages/Humane-Society-of-Pagosa-Springs/131391473598367?sk=wall&filter=1 at our website: www.humanesociety.biz -- a different organization put us as a no-kill shelter -- with no prompting from us. (- HSPS board member and volunteer)”

(populations of 9,026 and 5,491 respectively)

YES

Humane Society of Pagosa Springs

Archuleta County

12,070

YES

Humane Society for Hamilton County

Hamilton County

289,495

FB 11/10/13: “Julie--Yes we are following Nathan’s no kill equation.”

http://www.hamiltonhumane.com/ https://www.facebook.com/HamiltonHumane

YES

Shelby County Animal Shelter & Control

Shelby County

43,614

FB 11/12/13 “Our volunteer based group implemented and has followed the no kill equation since August of 2008”

http://shelbycountykentucky.com/Animal/animal.html https://www.facebook.com/pages/Shelby-County-No-Kill-Mission-Kentucky/260972746763?v=wall&ref=nf

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YES

Chippewa County Animal Shelter

Chippewa County

38,917

FB 11/11/13 “Hi Julie. My name is Holly and I am the shelter manager. We did not http://www.chippewacountymi.gov/animal_shelter.html follow the equation intentionally to get where we are; we have actually been existing as a no-kill shelter for nine years. We do follow every item on the list though” https://www.facebook.com/chippewacountyanimalshelter

YES

Upper Peninsula Animal Welfare Shelter (UPAWS)

Marquette (county)

67,906

FB 11/11/ 13 “Yes, we follow the No Kill Equation - the plan helped put us on the path http://www.upaws.org/ to No Kill and the book Redemption if that is what you mean by did Nathan Winograd help implement our plan. The No Kill Equation is the core key -- and a lot of thinking https://www.facebook.com/upaws outside the box to do everything possible to save these sweet pets. Thank you again.” from Board member

YES

Animal Ark

Hastings, MN Prescott, WI Rosemount, MN

22,321

[common knowledge they follow the NKE]

http://www.animalarkshelter.org https://www.facebook.com/AnimalArk

YES

Foothills Humane Society

Polk County

20,271

YES

Nevada Humane Society

Reno Sparks Washoe County

429,908

FB 11/11/13 “Julie, We are able to save the animals thanks to Nathan Winograd’s 10 www.foothillshumanesociety.org Steps for Saving Lives. It did not happen overnight but took several years to get to the point where we are now saving over 90% of the animals and all of the healthy adoptable https://www.facebook.com/FoothillsHumaneSocietyPolkCountyNc ones. His steps work! :)” 11/21/13 email: “Thanks so much for your interest in Nevada Humane Society. To http://www.nevadahumanesociety.org/ answer your question, Nathan was hired as a consultant in the recruitment of a new Executive Director and helped the board find and hire the incredible Bonney Brown https://www.facebook.com/nevadahumanesociety?v=wall (who just recently left NHS to found her own consulting firm The Humane Network). Certainly the No-Kill Equation contains elements that are essential to any community undertaking and achieving the effort to build a no-kill community. NHS has elements of the Equation and has utilized a myriad of strategies to achieve the success we have, and no question many/most of the fundamentals are found within the equation. The Equation is a wonderful place to begin, there are also great models and resources available through the ASPCA and their Community Initiatives/Community Partnerships/Project Orange as well as Maddie’s Fund.I hope this is helpful, If there is anything else that I can do, please don’t hesitate to ask. Cheers” FB 11/20/13 “Julie, it’s best to attend our Pets Alive Tour, a behind the scenes tour which we hold once a month so you can get up to date information on our agency. We also have information and stats on our website, www.nevadahumanesociety.org and on our Facebook page under the About link. We do follow this equation but we have also take into consideration our needs in Washoe County. Last year we officially became one of the safest communities in the US for homeless pets. We take in more animals per capita than any other region of this size, and are always looking to improve, finding more ways to get the animals out into the community to find them loving homes, and finding more ways to fundraise. We hope this answers your questions and we recommend you visit the sites mentioned above, as well as attend our tour. This is a conversation best held in person at the shelter; it’s tough to do over social media as inquiries are most quickly responded to via phone or in person, simply due to the overwhelming number of inquiries we get via email and online. Thank you!”

YES

Tompkins County SPCA

Tompkins County

102,554

FB 11/11/13 “Nathan was the executive director of our SPCA during the time we became open admission, no kill.”

http://www.spcaonline.com/ https://www.facebook.com/pages/SPCA-of-Tompkins-County/255433035902

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Follow NKE ? State YES

Williamson County Regional Animal Center

Cedar Park, Hutto, Leander, Round Rock, Williamson County

456,232

YES

Lincoln County Humane Society

Lincoln County, Merrill, Tomahawk

28,392

Communities

15 Shelters

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FB 11/11/13 “Yes we do follow his steps although there are a few that we cannot do at http://pets.wilco.org/ this time. I (the director) actually presents at his conference every year. Nathan was my inspiration when I first started in this profession. As was Bonney Brown, Suzanne https://www.facebook.com/WilliamsonCountyAnimalShelter Kogurt, and Ryan Clinton”.

FB 11/16/13 “Hi Julie, this is a different admin responding to your question. We do, in http://www.furrypets.com fact, unwittingly follow Nathan’s no-kill equation. The only facet we don’t technically follow is TNR. Our community is not supportive of TNR. We do, however, spay, https://www.facebook.com/pages/Lincoln-County-Humane-Society/79596507254 neuter, and vaccinate all feral cats that are brought to the shelter and offer them free to barn homes that agree to provide kibble, water, and shelter. We’re right on the mark with the other aspects of the equation!”

1,591,573 TOTALS—“YES” do follow the No Kill Equation population served

TOTALS: 74 Shelters

135 communities

6,428,636 population served