https://www.wtrf.com/west-virginia/west-virginia-governor-wants-to-make-the-mountain-state-a-no-kill-state-declares-may-as-no-kill-shelter-month
Above is the Governor’s article. See below for a discussion of No-Kill.
Exploring No-Kill – there are a couple different views here
| https://bestfriends.org/stories/julie-castle-blog/no-kill-shelters-are-now-norm This article is by Best Friends, committed to making all shelters “No Kill’ After the Gov. made May ‘No Kill’ day in WV we felt deeper scrutiny was warranted. | https://www.animalhumanesociety.org/news/what-does-it-mean-be-no-kill Here is an article by a large humane group in MN who could be described as ‘No Kill’ using the 90% rule for placement but present a different approach ensuring none are turned away. |
We posted both of these articles to explore this topic. The irony of posting about a shelter being too full and having to kill dogs housed there juxtaposed with a post from the Gov. wanting our state to be No-Kill needed to be addressed. It is such a heart wrenhing topic to consider but as advocates we must meet it head-on.