Death of a social movement – beginning of empathy

Why can't you humans get along?

A social movement by definition consists of a number of people organized and coordinated to achieve a collection of goals, which ultimately lead to social change.  Compared to other forms of collective behavior such as protest movements (which lead to social movements) social movements are generally of longer duration.

Throughout history social movements have lead to the maturation of the country.  A social movement thrives on the ability of a progressive community to capitalize on political opportunities and translates into social change.  Philanthropic acts of financial giving, volunteer activity and a shared association of values are the vehicle that drives this change.

There are three factors critical to a successful no kill movement.  Those three factors include political opportunity, organizational capacity, and framing ability.  The movement itself is framed to portray a clear vision and road map needed for this success, identifies the resource commitments needed to clearly articulate the message and a political environment that is conducive for that change.

A reliable model of social change must be able to explain not only the emergence of the vision but the maintenance and development of the humane organizations needed to chart the movements course.

Smart, honest, committed leaders are invaluable to a movements especially as the movement seeks to create new leaders to keep the movement rolling.  Of utmost importance is an articulate and charismatic leader who can eloquently articulate people's concerns and inspire a positive emotional response.

Social movements face an uphill battle simply surviving; let alone achieving substantial and sustainable political change.  In the no kill movement Facebook groups have a myriad of challenges that focus on two specific areas - one being engaging the movement with a vision that all can agree on and effective tactics for bringing about that change.  However, organizations like No Kill Nation with leaders that are weak on tactical thinking few have trouble focusing and researching a movement’s success.  

Some organizations fail simply because they engage in dishonest, disrupted or violent or abusive action in dealing with anticipated dissent.  While on the surface this type of behavior attracts media attention it also tends to alienate supporters who are not interested in a lack of honest transparency or the drama the attention also includes.  Further, new supporters who are attracted to media attention and personal agenda's further drive away the critical support that comes from more moderate or conservative supporters.

Once the movement loses it original base including a high number of shelter reformists and replaces them with a more radical political agenda the movement dies a slow death.  That death can be facilitated by a drop in supporters, a drop in charitable funding and a trend for the movement itself to lose it's focus.

The rise and fall of emerging stars within the movement also greatly effects the speed and direction of the demise.  Emerging stars who focus on organizational resources and a divisively message ultimately train future leaders with the same misguided skills which seals the movements doom.

The no kill movement can not survive with all the divisive infighting WITHIN our ranks.  The leadership of the movement are remiss in understanding that if the message is NOT being accepted from within the ranks who share the same vision.  How do these same leaders expect to convince the power players and political figures who oppose change to bring about this social change?.  The movements massive internal bickering becomes the focus for the movements direction with opposing views unable to understand the concept of compromising on shared values and respectfully articulating the opposing views.

Without that ability to communicate respectfully with groups who are at war social movements like no kill will continue to lose those political battles as was the cases in Memphis, Louisville, Columbus Ga and countless others to follow.

With political stagnation comes the death of a movement.  It is my hope that WE discover our common ground, those things that we both cherish, and move into a period of empathy that demonstrates an understanding of other’s feeling, situation or motives.  An ego driven movement driven by hate never stands the test of time.

What this movement needs now is peace, love and understanding.

Love Drats  

Is No Kill’s Pro Breeder Position “Pro Kill”

Underhook Kennels 

We've all heard the ad nausea talk coming from the no kill leaders blaming everyone but the breeders for shelter killing.  In my experience lowering intake is a much more prudent and less costly way for communities to end the killing but I have been told my thinking is “old school” or more commonly referred to as PRO KILL.

In an interesting exchange on No Kill Nation’s Facebook page there was this exchange:  (I have left the misspellings and grammar as is – it’s the message I’m sharing)

Kyle x Xxxxxxx “I believe we should have a spay or neuter law. If you are not an approved breeder. You have to fix all your pets. And if you can not afford it they gov will do it for you. No more un wanted babies.”

UnderHook Kennel Kyle, I understand whole heartedly where your coming from, but I dont want to be made to pay for doggy abortions . Its enough that my tax dollors will have to pay for human abortions now taking more for Fido does not help us in the short or long wrong. In my humble opinion If one cant afford a pet an all its expenses one should not own animals, same goes for humans having children. Now in regards to the spay and neuter law and beeing a approved breeder, I believe people have to make that decision for their animals and not the Gov. an beeing a breeder is no easy task. Most people wont have the money , Knowledge or patience to stay the course and become reputable. That in itself will naturally end their cycle. Now if Gov. steps in and says you need licenses degrees, internship .. people wont breed and the few that do wont have enough of a gene pool to breed healthy dogs and thats just the begining of the argument on becoming a licensed breeder.

No Kill Nation Hundreds of communities have mandatory spay/neuter laws. They do not work. They have never created a single No Kill community. In fact, many times they lead to increased impoundments and increased killing. We advocate for what works. Nobody should support a law that does not work and leads to more killing.

So, given an opportunity to educate it’s followers No Kill Nation’s leadership not only fails dismally in correcting this breeders assertion that breeding doesn’t add to pet overpopulation issues but offers misleading or down right inaccurate information on spay neuter laws.  There are NOT hundreds of communities that have enacted a mandatory spay neuter law.

The classic example of communities that have passed “mandatory” spay neuter laws are typically Los Angeles, that failed in its goal when the politicians pulled the funding on targeted spay neuter access.  Without access to affordable spay neuter many pet owners who would have complied with the law and  spay neutered their pets simply couldn’t.

Las Vegas is cited as seeing an increase in shelter intake and kill numbers when it passed a spay neuter law in 2007.  Yet, while MSN was blamed for the increase in pets being surrendered and less pets being adopted the critics of MSN completely ignore the fact that Las Vegas also went through a major housing slump where many of its citizens simply lost their jobs and homes.

Memphis has been cited as a failure as well even though the Memphis law only requires pet owners who have a dog picked up for violating a nuisance law to have that pet altered prior to reclaim.  A similar law is also on the books in Austin Texas.

So, who is this expert on the government’s role in passing responsible spay neuter laws and laws that address unlicensed breeders?  Who is the expert who also spews the same tired rhetoric coming from the No Kill leadership blaming the animal protection community for shelter killing?  Underhook Kennels is a pit bull breeder that Drats wrote about earlier.  Of course that blog was deleted as being defamatory towards No Kill Nation as well.

Shelters across the country kill close to one million pit bulls every year.  Yet, the leadership at No Kill Nation thinks a breeder is justified in breeding more?

Walk into any public shelter and you will find pit bulls under the age of two that have been dumped when families who bought them as puppies realize how unpredictable their temperament really is.  This is the result of irresponsible breeders who train a pit for “sport”.

While Underhook Kennels has pulled down their web site a google search pulls up some disturbing information about their breeding habits.

Puppies up for Adoption.
Henzo an I after his first weight pull venue. Guys Henzo is looking for a new home (Free). He is a 11 month old working pup thats energetic and friendly. He has verbal, leash and weight pull training. To give Henzo a forever home please message me here or call me at 323-7073153. Experienced homes are a plus, thank you

Giving away for free a nearly one year old energetic pit bull is simply irresponsible.

Watch this video of pit bulls raised by Underhook Kennels.- note the phone number for the now defunct Underhook Kennels is the same for a breeder website called classicpitbulls.com

I am not suggesting that Underhook Kennels is doing anything illegal but am suggesting all the warning signs are there.  Yet, No Kill Nation uses his opinions on spay/neuter and his position spewing nonsense about HSUS as if it is credible.  It simply isn’t but then again haven’t we heard that song and dance about inept leadership of a no kill movement hell bent on destroying the animal protection community?

Drats is suggesting that the nuts of no kill exercise poor judgment thus are guilty of killing the hundreds of thousands of pit bulls that wouldn’t die in our shelters if WE simply insisted on laws that prevent irresponsible breeders from bringing them into this world in the first place.  That is PRO KILL.

Notes – To learn more about the pit bull breeding community visit sites like

http://www.thepitbullbible.com/forum/

Jokerman

 

Standing on the water, casting your bread
While the eyes of the idol with the iron head are glowing
Distant ships sailing into the mist
You were born with a snake in both of your fists while a hurricane was blowing
Freedom just around the corner for you
But with truth so far off, what good will it do.

Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune
Bird fly high by the light of the moon
Oh, oh, oh, Jokerman.

So swiftly the sun sets in the sky
You rise up and say goodbye to no one
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread
Both of their futures, so full of dread, you don't show one
Shedding off one more layer of skin
Keeping one step ahead of the persecutor within.

Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune
Bird fly high by the light of the moon
Oh, oh, oh, Jokerman.

You're a man of the mountains, you can walk on the clouds
Manipulator of crowds, you're a dream twister
You're going to Sodom and Gomorrah
But what do you care ? Ain't nobody there would want marry your sister
Friend to the martyr, a friend to the woman of shame
You look into the fiery furnace, see the rich man without any name.

Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune
Bird fly high by the light of the moon
Oh, oh, oh, Jokerman.

Well, the Book of Leviticus and Deuteronomy
The law of the jungle and the sea are your only teachers
In the smoke of the twilight on a milk-white steed
Michelangelo indeed could've carved out your features
Resting in the fields, far from the turbulent space
Half asleep near the stars with a small dog licking your face.

Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune
Bird fly high by the light of the moon
Oh, oh, oh, Jokerman.

Well, the rifleman's stalking the sick and the lame
Preacherman seeks the same, who'll get there first is uncertain
Nightsticks and water cannons, tear gas, padlocks
Molotov cocktails and rocks behind every curtain
False-hearted judges dying in the webs that they spin
Only a matter of time 'til the night comes stepping in.

Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune
Bird fly high by the light of the moon
Oh, oh, oh, Jokerman.

It's a shadowy world, skies are slippery gray
A woman just gave birth to a prince today and dressed him in scarlet
He'll put the priest in his pocket, put the blade to the heat
Take the motherless children off the street
And place them at the feet of a harlot
Oh, Jokerman, you know what he wants
Oh, Jokerman, you don't show any response.

Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune
Bird fly high by the light of the moon
Oh, oh, oh, Jokerman.

　

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XSvsFgvWr0

Manatee County - No Kill Nation Shell Game

No Kill Nation Shell Game

As much as Manatee Animal Control should be proud of for its diligence in saving lives no kill is nothing more than a shell game that shifts the killing and the burden of funding animal control from one communiy or in this case one state to another.

First off, Manatee has yet to reach its goal of being no kill. I believe the numbers from last year was around an 80 percent save rate if I am to believe the numbers released. A much bigger problem is a lack of credibility when attempts to glamorize “no kill” displays a much darker side where honest reporting gets tossed into the wind and no kill nuts organize efforts to fluff and distort the numbers on animals actually killed using the “no kill equation”.

For every dog Shane saves today a dog will die in Murray County Ga. That is realty. It is appalling that an irresponsible Georgia rescuer would lay the guilt and responsibility for saving URGENT dogs in Murray on the responsible rescue community which is already over loaded, under funded and simply does not need anymore dogs in the Atlanta or entire state of Georgia.

We have a PET OVERPOPULATION crisis in Georgia as does the entire state of Florida. Yet, for a RESPONSIBLE rescuer like myself to state the obvious to followers of St. Wino’s Church of the Blatantly Insane I can assure you we will be viewed as PRO KILL outcasts and burned at the stake with all his loyal followers chanting “PETA KILLS – PETAS KILLS”.

Peta has nothing to do with the pathetic state our public shelters are in. The real problem is the shell game perpetrated by irresponsible and blatantly dishonest leadership in the “no kill” community that spins tales of success and failure to further an equally dishonest breeder enabling agenda.

The other glowing problem that sweeps up the good people in communities like Manatee is NO ONE talks about the cost of implementing these dishonest solutions to solving our long-term pet overpopulation issues. Solutions like promoting responsible pet ownership through education, spay neuter and breeder licensing to lower not only the number of pets being rammed through our publicly funded shelters but the suffering and costs associated with an increased number of hoarding cases as well.

As disgusting as the first comment was the reality is if your politicians aren’t keeping you informed on the costs of no kill then you need to be asking those questions. Is your animal control budget going up, down or remaining revenue neutral? If you are committing more resources for saving animals while cutting programs for programs for children, the homeless or unemployed or your elderly population than you have some moral issues that are simply not acceptable.

There are real solutions that get swept under the rug while playing this no kill shell game. Those solutions include promoting targeted low cost spay neuter programs with the funding used to increase as adoptions. Are you investing in the next generation of pet owners through education programs in your school systems that promote responsible pet ownership as a community obligation.

Finally, are you addressing the root cause of pet overpopulation by passing laws that reign in irresponsible breeding with a county breeder licensing laws eliminating road side sales of puppies, the sale of puppies at the many flea markets in the area and the huge contingent of backyard breeders who don’t even pay sales tax of puppies they sell?

If you not doing these things the taxpayers are simply pawns in a much more egregious agenda that enables breeders to do what they do best – create a world of abuse and suffering that is merely mask under the distorted vision that has come to be called no kill.

To learn more about true shelter reform google “Drats No Kill” or visit “Exposing the truth on No Kill Nation” on Face Book.

Love Drats

http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/story/22081811/2013/04/25/manatee-shelter-pushes-to-get-every-animal-adopted

No Kill Nation Seeks Jail Closing Hounds Sanctuary

News Flash - Just received notice for a "Supplemental Hearing scheduled for tomorrow in Judge Eileen O'Connor's Broward County Court House seeking an unspecified jail sentence for failing to appear at a January 29th 2013 hearing.  Any type of ruling would place a number of the sanctuary hounds in grave danger.

Further my senior basset Cleo is scheduled for serious life threatening surgery on Monday and senior hospice care beagle Oscar is scheduled for surgery tomorrow morning to remove a mass as well.  It is not only repulsive that a group claiming to advocate for shelter animals would be so reckless but is disgraceful to consider I currently house 28 special needs hounds who for the most part ARE shelter survivors even the no kill nuts weren't willing or able to rescue.

So NOW DEBI wants to send these dogs WHERE?  The shelter where WE KILL OLD DOGS?  To her boarding kennel the Dog House in Pompano Beach?  Or does she EVEN care?

Why would ANYONE who claims to understand canine behavior even discuss removing dogs from a home where they have most cases for several years to use as bait in extorting a favorable agreement in a civil suit?  Where does THAT fit in with your No Kill Equation.

I would WARN the leader of No Kill Nation that if even ONE of the hounds suffers from her actions the consequences would be overwhelming in retribution.

There are TWENTY EIGHT live hounds who are depending on me to provide for their needs.  I take that responsibility VERY seriously.  It would NOT be a prudent or wise move to test that resolve.  People inclined to make a statement in support are asked to consider donating to either Oscar or Cleo's immediate life saving needs rather than all this senseless drama.

Tompkins SPCA - No Kill - No More

"If we hope to live not just from moment to moment, but in true consciousness of our existence, our greatest need and most difficult achievement is to find meaning in our lives." Bruno Bettelheim

The implications of this line of reasoning is clear; only when you get people talking about all the issues in non confrontational discussions will they come to believe in not only your vision but more importantly respect your role as a leader ultimately defining the purpose, path and goal of the movement.

 

 

In an article in the Syracuse Post Standard it is reported that Ithaca New York fell short of maintaining it's "No Kill" status for dogs. Tompkins County Animal Control, a division of the local SPCA has been awarded the county animal control contract for years and has been the focal point for Nathan Winograd's No Kill Advocacy Center as the premier and first "open admission" shelter to attain a 90 percent live save rate using the No Kill Equation.

According to the article, Ithaca, which includes Tompkins County (population 101,564) picked up 534 dogs from Ithaca and six nearby towns. Of those, 75 or 14 percent were killed. These numbers are close to the numbers reported in Albany (population 97,856) where animal control picked up 323 dogs in 2012 and delivered them to the Mohawk Hudson Humane Society where 57 or 18 percent were killed.

Larger cities in upstate New York reported higher kill numbers. In comparison, Buffalo (population 261,310) had Animal Control intake numbers of 1,850 dogs picked up in 2011 of which 676 or 18 percent were killed. Rochester (population 210,310) animal control reported 3,093 dogs in 2012 went though the city animal shelter of which 1,544 or 59% were killed and Syracuse (population 145,710) delivered 910 dogs to a private contractor of which 573 or 63 percent were killed.

Not only has Tompkins slipped out of the prestigious "no kill" club but has also reported that due to constant overcrowding at its shelter intake was limited on owner surrenders by appointment only and only if the shelter has space available. In other words, Tompkins SPCA was and is a "limited admission" kill since 2011.

Dog lovers and advocates locally point the blame on the urban puppy mills and animal cruelty that are driving pet abandonment issues. At a hastily called meeting seeking solutions to that regions pet overpopulation issues close to forty residents came to a Common Council committee meeting looking for alternatives.

Rather than focusing solely on a "No Kill Equation" as a solution local animal advocate Joan Antczak, a member of the Animal Alliance of Greater Syracuse, complained that "our animal welfare system is broken". 

Much of the blame for local shelter problems focused on dog fighting, unethical and unlicensed backyard breeding and the many puppy mills that dot the landscape.

Citizens urged city leaders to ramp up efforts to stifle those activities. Among the suggestions:

-- Increase the police department’s newly created position of animal cruelty investigator to full-time from half-time. Officer Rebecca Thompson, who spends half her week on animal cruelty complaints, said after the meeting she is "completely overwhelmed’’ by the number of cases.

-- Clamp down on backyard breeding, requiring licenses for breeders.

-- Increase penalties for dog fighting and go after participants more aggressively.

-- Support education programs in the humane treatment of animals. Subsidize low-cost spaying and neutering programs.

Upstate New York suffers from the same social evils as many communities that kill our pets.

Roughly two out of every three dogs picked up were pit bulls or pit bull mixes. An even higher percentage of the dogs put to death -- three out of every four -- were pit bulls. Many had scars, abscesses or other wounds that indicate they were mistreated or used for fighting. This is NOT rocket science.

You can't simply ignore the warning signs of an irresponsible breeding problem (especially with pit bulls being bred for a dog fighting clientele) and evidence of dog fighting rings to focus on adopting your way out of killing.

According to Nicole Heath, co-founder of Cuse Pit Crew, a nonprofit group aimed at preventing the abuse of pit bulls and promoting humane treatment, backyard breeding and dog fighting are "cottage industries’’ in the Syracuse area. "Few people in the city except those who have seen the shredded bait dogs and scarred survivors of dog fighting . . . understand the depth of cruelty and violence toward both dogs and cats in this city,’’ Heath said.

Many of these same irresponsible breeders will sell puppies as young as 2 weeks old, far too young to be removed from the litter. Puppies too submissive to fight are sometimes used as "bait dogs’’ to encourage aggression in others. Pit bulls who can not be trained as "fighters" turn out to be very poor candidates for family pets and typically end up in our local shelters before reaching two years of age.

This heartbreaking scenario is repeated over and over again in shelters across the country as shelter and rescue advocates struggle to keep up. There is simply not a safe number of homes available for all the pit bulls being bred to supply a market of dog fighters who demonstrate no conscience whatsoever for the dogs who suffer and die simply to fuel a demented desire to watch dogs fight to the death

One would think that with the entire vision struggling along at a snails pace self proclaimed leaders of the "No Kill" movement would welcome solutions from the animal protection community that worked towards putting an end to a dog fighting and puppy mill community as we know it.

Common sense dictates that and denigrating the very animal protection organizations that focus on ending that abuse doesn't bring you to that solution.

As an animal owner, rescue advocate, puppy mill reform advocate and shelter reform advocate focusing solely on implementing a "no kill equation" that focuses on adopting our way out of killing is not sustainable and is simply far too costly for a vast majority of communities to implement.

A far more prudent, and sustainable solution can be found by focusing on lowering the very high intake numbers driving the pet overpopulation issues that lead to shelter killing. Simple math tells us that it is less costly saving less than it ever will be saving more.

Improving the survival numbers of impounded shelter pets is a complicated issue. It simply can not be solved by focusing on the adoption part of the equation while ignoring the obvious intake side of the equation steering the boat. Solutions require a coordinated effort between a shelter, volunteers, local rescue groups and the political factions working together towards a common solution.

Until the no kill movement comes to grips with the "mathematical realities" of shelter killing and more importantly the mathematical realities of funding a shelter reform solution that puts an end to the killing of adoptable pets we will continue to stumble along "adding a few no kill" communities here while losing a few more once "no kill" shelters there that slip back to using a little blue juice and a needle instead.

Without efforts and regulations that weed lout irresponsible owners and breeders it is only a matter of time before "no kill" efforts sink. Communities can't simply look the other way ignoring abusive owners and irresponsible breeders without a soul. Efforts to reduce the suffering are not only politically correct but these solutions become the only humane solution. Its all simple math and common sense. Two areas that seem to continue to allude the leaders of the failed no kill movement. Even no kills prize ship in Tompkins has sunk as you can't simply bale the lake with a teaspoon and expect to still float.

The no kill movement hasn't stalled and failed because the vision of building a no kill nation, it has failed because it lacks intelligent leadership with the skills needed to bring about the partnerships needed for success. The major leadership tasks, and the litany of success includes, amplifying understanding, building awareness, changing the symbols of success, legitimizing new viewpoints, making tactical shifts and testing partial solutions, broadening political support, overcoming opposition, inducing and structuring flexibility towards solutions, launching new trial programs and engaging in systematic waiting while measuring for success, creating the pockets of commitment, crystallizing focus, managing coalitions, and formalizing community commitment.

The role of leadership needed to attain the movement's "difficult achievement", then, is the role of orchestrator and labeler taking can be gotten in the way of progressive action and shaping it - generally after the fact - into lasting commitment to a new strategic goal. true leadership doesn't obsess with placing blame on the past but focuses on directed the oversight needed to maintain and build on the gains in strategy attained.

Poorer leadership, like the leadership that defines the current no kill movement, has strong cultures too, but dysfunctional ones. These leaders are typically focused on internal shelter politics and failures rather than on problem solving. These leaders, like Nathan Winograd and in some respects followers like No Kill Nation's Debi Day, cause more problems with an antagonistic approach at communicating their vision with rigid control that stifles the vision. Leaders that focus only on "the numbers" rather than the solutions set a path towards failure not success.

Even if the numbers goal is reached since practical solutions have been ignored this success becomes costly and is not sustainable. Hence, shelters like Tompkins that experienced the short term high of success are constantly positioned to fail.

Leadership is many things. It is patient, even boring in coalition building. It is altering agendas so that even new priorities get enough public attention. It is visible when things go awry and invisible when things are working well. It is building loyal teams that reach consensus with one voice. It is listening carefully most of the time, frequently speaking with encouragement, and reinforcing words with believable actions. It is being tough when necessary, and the occasional use of power = or the "subtle accumulation of nuances of a hundred things done better under their watch".

What isn't leadership but an abuse of power is too lead through angry rhetoric, to launch personal attacks directed at individuals or animal welfare entities seeking superiority when collaboration in a shared battle for reform. Poor leadership is a symptom of the disease - it will never be a solution for our nation's failed shelters. Tompkins failure to maintain proves that.

No Kill's obsession with us and them

Your No Kill Leadership Brain Trust?

As many of our readers are aware Drats has been involved in a contentious civil lawsuit funded by No Kill Nation seeking to silence opposition to the Winograd lead no kill movement.

This court battle is funded by a $250,000 loan from Lincoln Day in November 2011 that was used to provide a $20,000 retainer moving this lawsuit forward. Thus far, based on motions filed by No Kill Nation and estimates procured to defend these motions the estimate on legal fees paid out to Debi Day’s attorney Tripp Scott start at $50,000 and could quite possibly be two or three times that amount.

Attorney’s specializing in defamation cases typically start with five figure retainer fees offset through billings at rates of $500 to $750 an hour. Since defamation cases are typically filed for "emotional" reasons these cases are also difficult to apply any type of cost controls as well. Once you’ve invested in a five-figure retainer it becomes like a drug writing out check after check in order that more motions can be filed.

I chose NOT to hire an attorney to defend either myself or the Miami Dade Rescue Railroad for in doing so I would have had to seek donations to fund a childish legal battle when that money would have done much more good saving lives in MDAS. Of course, running a senior no kill sanctuary as I have for the past eleven years doesn’t give me the same luxury that Debi Day has using the limited funds needed to provide our seniors with vet care.

Obviously, Debi Day disagrees. In her feeble mind her reputation is much more valuable then the lives of shelter animals she is perfectly willing to look the other way on while her home shelter kills them.

Here is a list of blogs that the No Kill Movement is so concerned you NOT be able to read. Many of the blogs are articles in opposition to puppy mills, rescue hoarding and of course the reality of pet overpopulation.

If YOU donate to No Kill Nation’s "nokillfund" you are supporting those who exploit the suffering of puppy mill victims to fuel profitable puppy mill sales.

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http://squirrelsnnuts.blogspot.com/2011/11/florida-rescue-act-what-it-doesnt-do.html

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http://squirrelsnnuts.blogspot.com/2011/11/good-morning-no-kill-nation.html

http://squirrelsnnuts.blogspot.com/2011/11/very-truly-up-yours.html

http://squirrelsnnuts.blogspot.com/2011/12/no-kill-nations-failed-message-of-hate.html

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http://squirrelsnnuts.blogspot.com/2011/12/no-kill-nation-enough-homes-for-all.html

http://squirrelsnnuts.blogspot.com/2011/12/nathan-winograd-and-his-support-team.html

http://squirrelsnnuts.blogspot.com/2011/12/valerie-gossip-girl-hayes-rattles-her.html

http://squirrelsnnuts.blogspot.com/2011/12/why-lies-from-chris-benson-and-valerie.html

http://squirrelsnnuts.blogspot.com/2011/12/who-is-responsible-for-shelter-killing.html

http://squirrelsnnuts.blogspot.com/2011/12/nkn-lawsuit-battle-of-words.html

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http://squirrelsnnuts.blogspot.com/2011/12/winograd-weighs-in-on-what-is-true.html

http://squirrelsnnuts.blogspot.com/2012/01/no-kill-nations-attack-on-mdrr.html

http://squirrelsnnuts.blogspot.com/2012/01/nathan-winograds-distorted-view-on.html

http://squirrelsnnuts.blogspot.com/2012/01/no-kill-nations-booming-rescue-business.html

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http://squirrelsnnuts.blogspot.com/2012/01/florida-rescue-act-why-should-rescue.html

http://squirrelsnnuts.blogspot.com/2012/01/message-about-nothing.html

http://squirrelsnnuts.blogspot.com/2012/02/no-kill-nations-flawed-florida-animal.html

http://squirrelsnnuts.blogspot.com/2012/02/no-kill-revolutions-steve-phipps-dirty.html

http://squirrelsnnuts.blogspot.com/2012/03/sgt-winograds-at-helm.html

http://squirrelsnnuts.blogspot.com/2012/03/no-kill-nations-quest-for-fame-and.html

http://squirrelsnnuts.blogspot.com/2012/04/its-hard-to-tell-good-guys-from-bad.html

http://squirrelsnnuts.blogspot.com/2012/04/when-is-no-kill-not-no-kill.html

http://squirrelsnnuts.blogspot.com/2012/04/no-kill-nation-law-suit-heats-up.html

http://squirrelsnnuts.blogspot.com/2012/04/are-political-obsessions-responsible.html

http://squirrelsnnuts.blogspot.com/2012/04/msn-analogy-on-breeder-no-kill-spin.html

http://squirrelsnnuts.blogspot.com/2012/04/can-you-spayneuter-your-way-out-of.html

http://squirrelsnnuts.blogspot.com/2012/04/no-kills-fantasy-world.html

http://squirrelsnnuts.blogspot.com/2012/04/step-back-in-time.html

http://squirrelsnnuts.blogspot.com/2012/04/hyprocracy-of-no-kill-hospice-care.html

http://squirrelsnnuts.blogspot.com/2012/04/redemption-and-letting-go-of-status-quo.html

http://squirrelsnnuts.blogspot.com/2012/04/hypocracy-of-no-kill-movement.html

http://squirrelsnnuts.blogspot.com/2012/04/winograd-sponsor-moans-about-hb1451.html

http://squirrelsnnuts.blogspot.com/2012/04/how-can-nkns-debi-day-not-know-who-naia.html

http://squirrelsnnuts.blogspot.com/2012/05/amused-to-death.html

http://squirrelsnnuts.blogspot.com/2012/05/is-debi-day-barking-mad.html

http://squirrelsnnuts.blogspot.com/2012/05/did-you-know.html

http://squirrelsnnuts.blogspot.com/2012/05/usda-proposed-regulations-would-crack.html

http://squirrelsnnuts.blogspot.com/2012/05/nathan-winograds-blind-allegiance.html

http://squirrelsnnuts.blogspot.com/2012/05/its-just-two-cents.html

http://squirrelsnnuts.blogspot.com/2012/05/death-of-miami-dade-rescue-railroad.html

http://squirrelsnnuts.blogspot.com/2012/06/senate-passes-farm-bill-no-kill-passes.html

http://squirrelsnnuts.blogspot.com/2012/06/only-pawn-in-shelter-reform-game.html

http://squirrelsnnuts.blogspot.com/2012/06/dumbing-down-no-kill-nation-with.html

http://squirrelsnnuts.blogspot.com/2012/07/no-kill-lost-in-haze-of-soft-middle-age.html

http://squirrelsnnuts.blogspot.com/2012/07/nathan-winograds-divisive-message-of.html

http://squirrelsnnuts.blogspot.com/2012/08/its-impossible-to-separate-players.html

http://squirrelsnnuts.blogspot.com/2012/08/no-kills-blind-dangerous-to-animal-abuse.html

http://squirrelsnnuts.blogspot.com/2012/08/positively-absolutely-debi-d.html

http://squirrelsnnuts.blogspot.com/2012/08/all-bloggers-are-not-created-eqaul.html

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http://squirrelsnnuts.blogspot.com/2012/08/no-kills-message-of-bigotry-bullying.html

http://squirrelsnnuts.blogspot.com/2012/08/no-kill-miami-can-we-afford-anotr.html

http://squirrelsnnuts.blogspot.com/2012/08/no-kill-nations-motion-to-compel.html

http://squirrelsnnuts.blogspot.com/2012/08/coming-soon-no-kill-nation-action-hero.html

http://squirrelsnnuts.blogspot.com/2012/08/no-kill-sells-out-post-war-dream.html

http://squirrelsnnuts.blogspot.com/2012/08/no-kill-news-killing-apologists.html

http://squirrelsnnuts.blogspot.com/2012/08/ryan-clinton-non-profits-are-big.html

http://squirrelsnnuts.blogspot.com/2012/08/nkn-lies-stonewall-demands-for.html

http://squirrelsnnuts.blogspot.com/2012/08/no-kill-nation-debi-days-mistruth-of-day.html

http://squirrelsnnuts.blogspot.com/2012/08/nkn-partnership-with-backyard-pit-bull.html

http://squirrelsnnuts.blogspot.com/2012/08/good-morning-lincoln-day.html

http://squirrelsnnuts.blogspot.com/2012/08/are-lies-and-censorship-killing-no-kill.html

http://squirrelsnnuts.blogspot.com/2012/08/demise-of-mdrr-its-about-power-money.html

http://squirrelsnnuts.blogspot.com/2012/08/nkns-ryan-lehrer-and-his-quest-for.html

http://squirrelsnnuts.blogspot.com/2012/09/no-kills-betrayal-of-puppy-mill.html

http://squirrelsnnuts.blogspot.com/2012/09/no-kill-nation-contempt-of-court.html

http://squirrelsnnuts.blogspot.com/2012/09/no-kill-nations-message-of-love.html

http://squirrelsnnuts.blogspot.com/2012/09/is-no-kill-nations-leadership.html

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http://squirrelsnnuts.blogspot.com/2012/09/no-kill-nations-greedy-war-on-rescue.html

http://squirrelsnnuts.blogspot.com/2012/09/running-away-from-our-egos.html

http://squirrelsnnuts.blogspot.com/2012/09/what-can-i-do.html

http://squirrelsnnuts.blogspot.com/2012/09/does-no-kills-apologist-agenda-support.html

http://squirrelsnnuts.blogspot.com/2012/09/is-no-kill-culture-war-or-big-business.html

http://squirrelsnnuts.blogspot.com/2012/09/lambriar-exits-puppy-mill-arena.html

http://squirrelsnnuts.blogspot.com/2012/10/no-kill-nation-v-miami-dade-rescue.html

http://squirrelsnnuts.blogspot.com/2012/10/no-kill-revolution-brain-of-squirrel-or.html

http://squirrelsnnuts.blogspot.com/2012/10/false-prophets-of-no-kill-or-friendly.html

http://squirrelsnnuts.blogspot.com/2011/06/life-liberty-and-pursuit-of-happiness.html

http://squirrelsnnuts.blogspot.com/2011/06/message-to-no-kill-nations-debi-day.html

http://squirrelsnnuts.blogspot.com/2011/06/is-nathan-winograd-truly-that-ignorant.html

http://squirrelsnnuts.blogspot.com/2011/06/my-back-pages.html

http://squirrelsnnuts.blogspot.com/2011/06/no-kill-nation-who-they-really-are.html

http://squirrelsnnuts.blogspot.com/2011/06/from-minds-of-babes-green-chesse-and.html

http://squirrelsnnuts.blogspot.com/2012/11/think-before-you-donate.html

http://squirrelsnnuts.blogspot.com/2012/12/no-kill-nation-private-war-on-rescue.html

http://squirrelsnnuts.blogspot.com/2012/12/the-case-against-debi-day-and-no-kill.html

http://squirrelsnnuts.blogspot.com/2012/12/no-kill-nation-thoughts-from-pickled.html

http://squirrelsnnuts.blogspot.com/2012/12/nkn-vs-drats-pertinent-facts.html
A copy of the court order we received is attached.

Thank you for your understanding.

Sincerely,
The Blogger Team

Per the injunction signed by this court only ordered to remove statements from the "88" http://squirrelnuts.blogspot.com blogs that refer to the plaintiffs as "being frauds or scam artists, or that refer, directly or indirectly, to plaintiffs stealing donations or perpetrating charity fraud."

No Kill Nation’s Kathy Santomero appears to be offended not only by "slanderous lies" concerning No Kill Nation’s fundraising practices but by issues like puppy mills, pet overpopulation, Rick Berman and a breeders role as well.

The real unanswered question is what are Kathy Santomero’s quailifications to even sit in a leadership position on an advocacy group like No Kill Nation? Does she bring experience in reforming shelters to the leadership team? Has she ever reformed a public kill shelter before? The answer of course is no, while Santomero has solid experience in fundraising she lacks even the basic background in reform advocacy that would make her effective.

It was also Santomero who assured donors in the Everglades Project that the money donated for that mission would "have every penny" accounted for. She lied about those promises so why should anyone trust her judgment on other shelter reform issues?

One message that resonates from the self appointed "no kill" leadership team is that dissenting opinions are not tolerated by a movement fixated on breeder enabling language including nuances like "pet overpopulation being a myth" and that shelters, not irresponsible breeders or irresponsible pet owners are responsible for shelter killing.

Drats will leave it to no kill nuts like Nathan Winograd and Debi Day to explain why adult advocates are not permitted to read these articles because the articles offer an alternative scenario on puppy mills and pet overpopulation that is disputed by no kill zealots like Nathan Winograd.

Drats, embarked down a path of raising awareness of a no kill movement filled with half-truths and spin. Drats recognizes the significance in being singled out as a threat in exposing the truth behind Winograd’s "breeder enabling" no kill agenda that has quite clearly been a major disappointment to those of us involved in shelter reform for the last decade.

I would encourage all of our adult readers to read through the list of blogs that No Kill Nation has invested probably $100,000 in trying to censor. Do you feel offended that Debi Day would decide what reading material you are mature enough to handle and what material you must be protected from? Are you offended that she wants YOU to donate money funding that censorship?

Many of these blogs discuss the killing of shelter animals and the suffering of animals in puppy mills. How does a group like No Kill Nation claim to be an no kill animal advocacy group yet justify investing in lawsuits that censor these discussions? It is simply irresponsible and disingenuous to use donations to fund a lawsuit while looking the other way while an estimated 30,000 dogs and cats are being killed in shelter located in the communities of No Kill Nation’s Board Members DEBI DAY, KAROLYN RICO and KATHY SANTOMERO.

If you’re a LEADER in the no kill community shouldn’t you serve as an example of reforming YOUR OWN kill shelters first? If YOU can’t fix the killing in YOUR shelter why would WE want your advice on fixing our own shelters? Obviously, No Kill Nation’s Board of Directors is much too focused on attacking those who dare oppose their twisted mentality on advocacy than actually saving lives in their own shelters.

How much good might have happened saving some of these precious lives had only these three No Kill Nation BOARD MEMBERS devoted the same time and money volunteering to post, pull, transport, sponsor or share on social media sites like Facebook the lives of dogs and cats they were ignoring?

It is EASY to TALK a big tale about being an advocacy leader but when your advocacy resume is EMPTY on accomplishments what you really have is nothing but talk.

The No Kill zealots will continue to fall short on the "trust issue" as long as the attacks continue. Can YOU really trust anyone whose work focuses on censoring opposition rather than allowing a responsible exchange of ideas. What started off as a vision seeking a no kill nation has morphed into groups of inexperienced leaders competing in a power grab for donations that leave the needs of shelter and puppy mill victims by the wayside.

No Kill Nation leadership team has made it abundantly clear if YOU dare oppose or question No Kill Nation’s lack of leadership experience you too will become the next target for attack.

From the list of now banned and censored blog postings now known as "Plaintiff’s Composition Exhibit A" of defamatory blogs.

Trip Down Yellow Brick Road dated May 24, 2011– A personal story about traveling with my hounds in the early years and stories on our special needs rescues. Drats will include this on a list of blogs that will be reposted. There are no references to NKN being frauds or involved in charity fraud included. This blog was "illegally" included a defamatory and thus serves as an example of No Kill Nation violating my right to free speech.

Texas Action Alert SB 1451 Passes Senate" dated May24, 2011 is an article about Texas passing puppy mill reform SB 1451. There are no references to NKN being frauds or involved in charity fraud included. Since No Kill Nation included this article along with a number of other blogs that addressed puppy mill reform we can assume that No Kill Nation supports a breeders rights to run a puppy mill.

No Kill – A Movement or a Cult dated May 23^rd 2011. Op-ed piece discussing cults. There are no references to NKN being frauds or involved in charity fraud included.

Temperament Testing – deciding which shelter dogs die dated May 2011. An article on temperament testing shelter dogs. There are no references to NKN being frauds or involved in charity fraud included.

Miami Dade "Rescue Group Closing" dated May 20, 2011. Press Release info from MDAS. There are no references to NKN being frauds or involved in charity fraud included.

Why Does Bett Sundermyer Oppose Puppy Mill Reform? dated may 19, 2011. There are no references to NKN being frauds or involved in charity fraud included.

RPOA Press Release on Texas SB 1451 Puppy Mill Bill dated May 17, 2011. More on puppy mill issue. There are no references to NKN being frauds or involved in charity fraud included.

Near The End dated may 16, 2011. Lyrics from the song "Near the End". There are no references to NKN being frauds or involved in charity fraud included.

Houston "we have a problem – the puppy mill nuts have taken over" dated may 1, 2011. Article on puppy mills. There are no references to NKN being frauds or involved in charity fraud included.

Hey you, is there anybody out there? Dated May 16, 2011. Article on Nathan Winograd written as an op-ed. There are no references to NKN being frauds or involved in charity fraud included.

Have we reached a point where the art of shared compromise is lost? dated may 13 2011. Writer’s personal observations. There are no references to NKN being frauds or involved in charity fraud included.

The Death of Hope’s Law dated May 2011. Observations on the failing of Nathan Winograd’s CAPA type "Hopes Law" in Texas. There are no references to NKN being frauds or involved in charity fraud included.

Voices from the night dated July 9 2011. Blog on opposition to planned protest at Miami Dade Animal Services. There are no references to NKN being frauds or involved in charity fraud included.

No Kill Nation Issues False Press report on MDAS Parvo Outbreak dated July 7 2011. Discusses parvo outbreak at MDAS. There are no references to NKN being frauds or involved in charity fraud included.

Nathan Winograd’s "Blows Against the Empire" dated July 3 2011. Article on Nathan Winograd. There are no references to NKN being frauds or involved in charity fraud included.

The Grim Realty of No Kill Miami
dated August 22 2011. Observations on perils facing a no kill Miami Dade. There are no references to NKN being frauds or involved in charity fraud included.

Miami Dade – Is No Kill Possible? Dated August 21 2011. Observations on Miami Dade’s no kill resolution. There are no references to NKN being frauds or involved in charity fraud included.

Winograd’s Parting Shot at Maddie’s Fund dated August 2011. Article on Nathan Winograd. There are no references to NKN being frauds or involved in charity fraud included.

A Tale of Four Cities but reality for one dated August 11 2011. There are no references to NKN being frauds or involved in charity fraud included.

No Kill Nation – MDAS Out of the Darkness dated August 9 2011. Observations on MDAS shelter management transition. There are no references to NKN being frauds or involved in charity fraud included.

Tompkins SPCA – the little shelter that couldn’t dated August 2011. There are no references to NKN being frauds or involved in charity fraud included.

Mike Fry – The Myth of the Myth of Pet Overpopulation dated August 2011. There are no references to NKN being frauds or involved in charity fraud included.

No Kill Nation to negotiate a new tomorrow for MDAS dated August 6 2011. There are no references to NKN being frauds or involved in charity fraud included.
 
What’s up at Memphis Animal Services? dated August 7 2011. There are no references to NKN being frauds or involved in charity fraud included.

No Kill Nation’s Relentless Attack on MDAS – who really suffers? dated August 3 2011. Article addressing MDAS shelter and management policy. There are no references to NKN being frauds or involved in charity fraud included.

No Kill Sanctuary or Puppy Mill dated September 24 2011. Article on no kill sanctuary raided for hoarding. There are no references to NKN being frauds or involved in charity fraud included.

Why Tompkins SPCA is not an Open Admission No Kill Shelter dated September 11 2011. Article on no kill sheltering and open admission policies. There are no references to NKN being frauds or involved in charity fraud included.

Winograd – ASPCA’s Mission Orange does more harm than good?
dated October 31 2011. Commentary on Nathan Winograd article. There are no references to NKN being frauds or involved in charity fraud included.

I can see very well dated October 25 2011. There are no references to NKN being frauds or involved in charity fraud included.

Animal Ark’s private war with AHS dated September 11 2011. There are no references to NKN being frauds or involved in charity fraud included.

The Homestead Dogs dated October 24 2011. Blog on stray dog issues in the Everglades. There are no references to NKN being frauds or involved in charity fraud included.

Is pet overpopulation a "myth" dated October 12 2011. Article on pet overpopulation. There are no references to NKN being frauds or involved in charity fraud included.

Greatest Love of All dated October 11 2011. Article on my dogs. There are no references to NKN being frauds or involved in charity fraud included.

No Biscuit for Shirley dated October 6 2011. Article on no kill blogger Yesbiscuit. There are no references to NKN being frauds or involved in charity fraud included.

Sometimes you can’t please anyone dated November 25 2011. There are no references to NKN being frauds or involved in charity fraud included.

Does a leadership void threaten the no kill movement? dated November 25 2011. Op ed article on no kill movement’s lack of leadership. There are no references to NKN being frauds or involved in charity fraud included.

Digging through the no kill spin dated November 24 2011. Removed blog from public domain.

Can you hear me now? dated November 23 2011. There are no references to NKN being frauds or involved in charity fraud included.

Florida Rescue Act – what it doesn’t do – protect shelter pets dated November 22 2011. Article opposing FARA. There are no references to NKN being frauds or involved in charity fraud included.

Donate to No Kill Nation? It all makes perfect sense dated November 2011. Removed from public domain.

Solving Our Pit Bull Problem dated November 14 2011. There are no references to NKN being frauds or involved in charity fraud included.

Do Draconian Dog Barking Laws add to shelter killing dated November 12 2011. There are no references to NKN being frauds or involved in charity fraud included.

Finding target audience in this nosy advocacy world dated November 9 2011. There are no references to NKN being frauds or involved in charity fraud included.

Good morning No Kill Nation dated November 7 2011. Removed from public domain.

Very Truly Up Yours dated November 1 2011. Removed from public domain.

No Kill Nation’s failed message of hate kills dated December 24 2011. There are no references to NKN being frauds or involved in charity fraud included.

Howliday Cheer to a no kill – "no suffering" nation dated December 23 2011. There are no references to NKN being frauds or involved in charity fraud included.

No Kill Nation – "enough homes for all unwanted animals? dated December 22 2011. There are no references to NKN being frauds or involved in charity fraud included.

Nathan Winograd and his support team dated December 21 2011. There are no references to NKN being frauds or involved in charity fraud included.

Valerie "Gossip Girl" Hayes Rattles Her Craddle dated December 20 2011. There are no references to NKN being frauds or involved in charity fraud included.

Why the LIES from Chris Benson and Valerie Hayes? dated December 19 2011. There are no references to NKN being frauds or involved in charity fraud included.

Who is responsible for shelter killing? dated December 18 2011. There are no references to NKN being frauds or involved in charity fraud included.

NKN Lawsuit – A Battle of Words dated December 2011. There are no references to NKN being frauds or involved in charity fraud included.

Do you feel any closer to a "no kill nation" now that these blogs have been removed? Who wages this kind of divisive expensive battle when an easier path of defending your vision should come into play? How can you lead a movement that you can’t articulate?

After all, if we remove that annoying "animal advocacy" thing doesn’t this simply become all about "Us and Them"?