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When No-Kill Shelters are Inhumane

No-kill shelters seem like a kinder, gentler alternative to animal impound, but do these unregulated agencies always have the animals' best interests at heart? How can potential pet owners discern between a humane agency and an unhealthy shelter?

When No-Kill Shelters are Inhumane

[DIGEST: Aeon, Washington Post, PETA]

No-kill animal shelters, which have recently become popular across America, sound like such a nice idea. One imagines homeless pets lovingly cared for, socialized, given food and medical care, and offered to loving and safe “forever homes.”

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