The report revealed that an animal shelter in another county had “said on its Facebook page that three puppies found abandoned in a crate in Rockford. According to the report, “Animal Control’s seizure notice … cites allegations of animal hoarding and ‘humane care and treatment violations.’” It was not reported how many animals had been seized. reported that authorities had seized animals from and were investigating a self-professed animal “rescue” doing business as Top Paw Rescue. reported that a publicly funded facility with “no-kill” policies doing business as Oklahoma City Animal Welfare had stopped accepting animals “for at least a week” because of the spread of a contagious respiratory disease that had infected 150 dogs, “leaving at least four dead.” A spokesperson for the facility said that it had nearly 400 dogs in a space designed to hold 300 and that 500 dogs had been crammed into it the previous week. The group reported that she had “litter box issues.” Most recently, she had reportedly been warehoused by the group for 446 days. reported that a homeless cat had been adopted and returned “numerous times” to a self-professed “no kill feline rescue” doing business as Chesapeake Feline Association. (See the July 2022/Rochester, New York, entry below for more information about this facility.) reported that a publicly funded facility with “no-kill” policies doing business as Rochester Animal Services had suspended a canine foster program “ after an unspecified incident between a foster dog and another dog.” No additional information was available. Inhumane, Dangerous Results of ‘No-Kill’ Policies That Made Headlines in March 2023 Here are some of the “no-kill” animal shelter failures that made headlines in recent years for making animals suffer a fate far worse than a kind death. The lucky ones are taken to well-run open-admission animal shelters, where they either find a well-screened, permanent home or are painlessly euthanized in the arms of professionally trained, compassionate people.

Black Market Baby by Renee Clarke