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Nathan Winograd

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Mar 7

1 of 5. Los Angeles County’s shelter director admits killing Bowie was “improper” and that staff “did not proactively contact a rescue group to adopt him and provide behavioral rehabilitation” though it would have saved his life: bit.ly/3JbczFF.

2 of 5. Unfortunately, the director did not commit to doing so going forward. Instead, she admitted that many of these animals would continue to “not be networked for adoption”: bit.ly/3JbczFF.

3 of 5. Sadly, we cannot bring Bowie back. But we will remember his killing as many things, tragic and heartbreaking chief among them. Nothing can alter that. But we can lessen the futility of his death if we learn from it. And pass a law to prevent it from happening again.

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Nathan Winograd

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Dec 14, 2022

1. Two women – one 60 years old and the other 84 – were arrested by police in Wetumpka, AL, and face more jail time if they are convicted after a trial. Their crime? Compassion. They are “accused of committing misdemeanors in their efforts to feed and trap stray cats.”

2. Their attorney “says the arrests are baseless and that the women were performing a service by working to spay or neuter the animals and prevent the stray cat population from growing”: bit.ly/3j5GHHC.

3. TNR works: bit.ly/3HvKW9T. And compassion for animals should not be a crime. Wetumpka Police Chief Greg Benton and Prosecutor Brad Ekdahl should be fired.

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Nathan Winograd

@nwinograd

Dec 11, 2022

1. I tweeted earlier that “More than a dozen residents in Merryville [LA] were given notice that if they had a pit bull, they needed to move it out of city limits within 48 hours”: bit.ly/3Y8lYmW. I noted that banning dogs based on appearance is immoral and ineffective.

2. Several people came on the thread to promote the killing of these dogs, claiming doing so is appropriate. I want to explain why they are wrong.

3. But first some good news. After public backlash, “The Town of Merryville has rescinded the 48-hour notice for pit bull owners to re-home their dogs”: kplctv.com/2022/12/08/mer…. The City Council is revisiting the issue at its next meeting.

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Nathan Winograd

@nwinograd

Nov 13, 2022

@ASPCA

1. Today marks the 13th anniversary of the @ASPCA killing of Oreo, an abused dog, who a No Kill sanctuary offered to save: nyti.ms/3kpJYwJ.

2. Oreo was killed by those whose mission it was to protect her. The kennel the sanctuary readied for her arrival lay empty and unused that day, filled with a soft bed, a pool of water, and several toys for her to play with. Instead, Oreo’s body was discarded in a landfill.

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3. After Oreo was killed, “Oreo’s Law” was introduced in New York which would have made it illegal for shelters, including the @ASPCA, to kill animals who rescue groups were willing to save. It was estimated that if the law passed, roughly 25,000 animals a year would be saved.

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Nathan Winograd

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Jun 3, 2022

1. If you live in New York, please contact the Governor and ask her to veto S6870/A6246: governor.ny.gov/content/govern…. S6870/A6246 allows shelters to kill scared and shy animals, undermines rescue work, and incentivizes killing over adoption. It would result in a higher death toll.

2. S6870/A6246 allows killing for “mental suffering.” All animals can experience stress on entry to a pound. Not only is this a threat to shy and scared animals, but it is a first-of-its-kind, very dangerous precedent to introduce in the animal control laws of our nation.

3. Simply getting these animals out of the shelter through adoption, foster care, or rescue would resolve most perceived issues relating to “mental suffering”: nathanwinograd.substack.com/p/no-dog-left-…. Unfortunately, the bill mandates none of these (See my letter: facebook.com/nokilladvocacy…).

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Nathan Winograd

@nwinograd

Jun 2, 2022

@DonnaLupardo

1. NYS Assemblymember @DonnaLupardo condemned 25,000 animals to death, despite an immediate place for them to go. These are “very friendly” shelter animals who rescue groups are ready, willing, and able to save, but who will instead be needlessly killed.

2. As Chair of the Agriculture Committee, she refused to allow A7155, the Shelter Animal Rescue Act (SARA), to come to a vote, even though it had the support to pass. SARA would have made it illegal for shelters to kill animals if rescue organizations were willing to save them.

3. Despite hundreds of pleas from rescuers, animal lovers, and others to allow a vote, she refused and ran out the clock. As the 2022 legislative session ended today, any hope of rescue for these animals did, too.

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