Shelter of Hope/Municipal Animal Services - Go No Kill NOW!

Northumberland County residents should have the right to help decide where and how our tax dollars are spent! We want to work towards a no-kill animal shelter and not go backwards. 

Every year, millions of animals are killed in taxpayer-funded shelters. However, there has been a movement in communities to become "No-Kill" which means an animal shelter saves at least 90% of the animals that come through their doors. The no-kill movement is not only the humane way for an animal shelter to operate, it is also more cost-effective for taxpayers than paying for the trapping, sheltering, feeding, general maintenance, and eventual euthanasia of these animals. The no-kill movement has proven success in all demographically diverse communities: rural, urban, poor, wealthy, well-funded and under-funded shelters. The no-kill movement has been in place for several decades but has only really gained traction since the mid-1990's. The communities that have aggressively implemented the no-kill method have seen tremendous success and they see active community involvement. The no-kill method brings communities together as well as saving lives of adoptable animals.

Northumberland is a diverse community. We have rural, urban, poor and wealthy areas. All of these areas can be, and should be, served using the no-kill methodology. This petition is to let the council (Robert Polutnik, Port Hope councillor; Bill Cane, Hamilton Township councillor; Sherry Gibson, Alnwick-Haldimand councillor; Larry Sherwin, Cobourg councillor) know that their high-kill method is antiquated and inhumane. By signing this pledge, you are supporting the no-kill method and are urging Shelter of Hope to become no-kill not tomorrow or next year, but to become no-kill NOW.

Examples 
http://www.pawschicago.org/no-kill-mission/the-no-kill-model/ 
http://www.nokill-louisville.com/thenokillmodel.htm
http://www.nokilladvocacycenter.org/