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Jerry Neidich's avatar

Dear Nathan, Thank you for informing us that Governor of Utah has signed the bill that empowers rescuers to save animals that local shelters are intent on killing. As you have detailed in your Animal Rescue manual, these logical and Common Sense measures should be the law in every state, in spite of the insènsitive opposition and hypocrisy of Best Friends Animal Society and others. Animals are Sentient Beings who deserve the same rights as Human Beings. Nathan, please continue to be our Ambassador of Compassion and Animal Rights in order help Make This a Kinder and More Loving World. ❤️🐶😸

LisaKeller146@gmail.com's avatar

When common sense isn't so common, such as notify rescues and give them time to come get the dog if you don't want to care for them any longer.

And thanks for exposing Best Friends.

Whose Best Friend are they exactly?

How do you squirrel away so many millions

when animals are in such dire need?

I drove several hours the other day to

get a dog and board her to buy her some time to get to a rescue. It wasn't rocket science, and it cost me to do that, so why all these gaps in care to save dogs?

It cost me 150. in mileage on my vehicle.

Damned cheap to help an owner find a humane closure to their plea for help.

No shelter would help them. Not one blankety blank one.

Nathan Winograd's avatar

Spot on.

This is why, when Best Friends helped kill CA legislation to save lives, I asked:

“What would you do if you ran an animal protection organization with $776 million in annual revenue and $1.2 billion in assets? How much could you accomplish? How would the landscape of animal protection in the U.S. be different than it is today?

“Would you provide free spay/neuter to everyone in America who could not afford it?

“Would you have adoption centers all over the country?

“Would you transport all animals facing death in shelters to your nationwide network of shelters that do high-volume adoptions?

“Would you provide an ambulance service in cities nationwide for sick and injured animals?

“Would you create a nationwide network of neonatal nurseries for 24/7 bottle-feeding?

“Would you seek and pass legislation mandating No Kill policies?

“Would you create universal veterinary care for homeless animals and the pets of people experiencing poverty?

“What else might you accomplish if money was no object? And what might you achieve for other animals in other exploitative contexts? Wildlife corridors and overpasses across roads? Bird-friendly building designs? The hypothetical is not far-fetched.

“Indeed, that amount of money is what only three organizations in the U.S. take in and have in bank accounts: the ASPCA, the Humane Society of the United States, and Best Friends Animal Society.“

Things could be so much different than they are. It doesn't have to be the way it is.

https://news.nathanwinograd.org/p/it-doesnt-have-to-be-like-this