I am writing this post in response to Carol Mither's "Are We Loving Dogs to Death" in the New York Times In the conclusion to her piece, Mithers states, “With dogs as with much else, Americans cling to our simple, comforting narratives and our old and easy solutions.” I absolutely agree with her on this. In general humans will cling to “simple, comforting narrative and our old and easy solutions. “ That’s exactly why one extreme example of tragedy (Valerie’s) should not be

Mike Fry, the owner and proprietor of No Kill Learning tells me a story that is illustrative of how quickly a shelter can dramatically increase its live release rate by taking simple steps. A Pennsylvania Story A small shelter in Pennsylvania was in trouble. Reports had surfaced that the shelter was killing stray animals who had simply gotten lost and actually had homes. In a two month period of time, two cats and one dog had died at the hands of the shelter. One of the dog