No-Kill Movement

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Transitioning to No-Kill

The SF/SPCA Path to No-Kill

Today, The San Francisco SPCA is considered a national leader in the animal welfare movement and the question is frequently asked, "how did it happen?" The fact is, the organization moved forward incrementally.

From 1979 to 1989, the focus was on building innovative new programs for adoption, spay/neuter and animal behavior. In 1989, the agency gave up its animal control contract and went no-kill. And in 1994, The SF/SPCA signed a landmark agreement with the City’s Department of Animal Care and Control, guaranteeing a loving home for every healthy San Francisco cat and dog.

The twists and turns of these milestones are documented in three parts. For convenient viewing and printing these pages can also be downloaded as Acrobat documents.

Part One: Giving Up The Animal Control Contract
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4 pages (40k)

Part Two: Going No-Kill
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3 pages (36k)

Part Three: Signing The Adoption Agreement With Animal Control PDF version
4 pages (40k)

Part Four: The Adoption Pact


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4 pages (40k)