Look at the whole community and start to network with the agencies providing services for animals . Take into consideration the number of adoptable animals killed in your community and begin to develop a plan to reduce this number. In humane work, we must remember to stay focused on what is best for the animals and be humane to each other in the process. Working together we can make our communities better places for people and animals. We have traveled a long and many times painful road in Austin, but the animals have benefitted.
Today there are more groups and agencies working on behalf of animals than ever before.
The Austin City Council took a major step in December 1997, passing a resolution to end the killing of adoptable animals at the city shelter within five years. The resolution, presented to City Council by Austin Pets Alive, a grassroots group, with support of the Animal Advisory Commission, the Humane Society and other animal advocate groups, passed unanimously. As a result of this resolution agencies in Austin joined with the City to create a no-kill plan to accomplish this goal. The no-kill partner agencies meet monthly to track the progress of the plan. Going no-kill was a good move for the Humane Society.