The definitive guide to animal shelter issues, The No Kill Companion is a reference manual for legislators, policymakers, shelter managers, media, advocates, and other stakeholders. With short encyclopedia-like entries, it covers the definition of No Kill, its history, opposition, challenges, controversies, and threats to No Kill success, the state of the movement, costs and benefits of No Kill animal services, model legislation, shelter assessment tools, a glossary, and a primer on various sheltering issues, including temperament testing, community cats, and more.
Nathan Winograd is the Executive Director of The No Kill Advocacy Center,
the author of nine books, and the producer of an award-winning documentary
film on the history of American animal shelters.
Under his leadership, Tompkins County, New York, became the first No Kill
community in the United States. A former shelter director and chief of
animal control, he has written animal protection legislation at every level
of government, spoken nationally and internationally on animal sheltering
issues, created successful No Kill programs across the country, and advised
animal protection groups and municipalities, including many of the largest
and well-known in the nation. Nathan is a graduate of Stanford Law School
and a former criminal prosecutor and corporate
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