Sure, I would love for killing to stop, but I know animal welfare and it can't happen right now!?

Killing animals in shelters has been the standard for over 100 years now, and it's ingrained deeply in many people's minds, especially in animal welfare. Even though everyone loves the idea of a No Kill community, they find it incompatible with the way things work now. They're absolutely right! The reason No Kill can succeed is because many things will change for Indianapolis to become a No-Kill community!

Change is inherently worrisome to many people. Some people's jobs depend on the continuation of apathy and the killing of animals. While this may be surprising, institutional animal sheltering in many communities has almost nothing to do with animal welfare. Claiming that a "humane" death is better than being alive is an absurd argument.

The road to becoming a No Kill community isn't magic or junk science. It's been done successfully in various communities from the enormous San Francisco, to Reno, NV, to Tompkins Co, NY, to Charlottesville, VA...all very different, with different animal problems, but a single proven solution, the No Kill Equation!