euthanasia Archives - The Community Cats Podcast

September 8, 2016

Interview! Cameron Moore, Project Manager, Target Zero

“When we offered spay/neuter to them, these caretakers would cry with happiness.” Given Cameron’s contribution to a diverse number of game-changing initiatives, she and Stacy have a wide-ranging conversation about a number of topics related to TNR, abandonment and adoption programs, and helping communities get the support they need to get […]

April 20, 2017

Renee Harris, Founder of PAWS to Success Program at the San Diego Humane Society

“If individuals took responsibility for their pets, then there would be no indiscriminate breeding.” Renee Harris has been volunteering and working in animal welfare since the tender age of twelve, and over her 30+ year career she has seen the field change enormously. She pioneered the Paws to Success program […]

May 16, 2017

Interview! Mike Fry, Founder and Senior Consultant at No Kill Learning

“The killing that takes place is harmful and costly and damaging.” Mike was raised in a family of animal welfare activists who opened the first no-kill shelter in Minnesota in 1977. After working for Fortune 500 companies in the technology field, he decided to dedicate his shelter experience to end […]

August 5, 2017

Interview! Nathan Winograd, Executive Director, The No-Kill Advocacy Center, Part 1

“It’s actually the policies and procedures of the shelter that are responsible for whether animals die in shelters.” It’s hard to name a field of animal welfare that Nathan Winograd doesn’t have experience in: his animal advocacy work started while attending Stanford Law School, and since then he has worked […]

August 12, 2017

Interview! Nathan Winograd, Executive Director, The No-Kill Advocacy Center, Part 2

“We had to come to the realization that just because you work at an animal shelter doesn’t mean you are passionate about cats and saving their lives.” In Part 2 of this two-part episode, Nathan describes the current animal welfare legislation he is working on—namely the Companion Animal Protection Act […]

May 5, 2018

Interview! Part 1 – Dr. Sara Pizano, Veterinarian and Animal Welfare Consultant

“Northern Kentucky will be no-kill for cats this year, absolutely, hands-down!” Dr. Sara Pizano, who joined us previously on Episode 171, is a veterinarian who has been involved in animal welfare for over thirty years. She has extensive experience helping shelters move away from euthanasia as a means of population […]

November 11, 2018

Getting to the Goal with the Michigan Pet Fund Alliance

This week’s guest blog post comes to us from Dr. Diana Newman, who serves as the clinic administrator for Companion Cats (Battle Creek, Michigan) and the Eaton County (Michigan) Humane Society. She is also a board member for the Michigan Pet Fund Alliance (MPFA), and recently attended the MPFA “Getting […]

April 13, 2019

Interview! Kate Hurley, DVM, Director of U.C. Davis Koret School of Veterinary Medicine and Co-founder of Million Cat Challenge

“In the time I’ll talk to you, twenty fewer cats will lose their lives in animal shelters because of the progress we’ve made in this field in the last five years.” You may remember Dr. Kate Hurley, Director of U.C. Davis Koret School of Veterinary Medicine and co-founder of Million […]

June 22, 2019

Peter Wolf, Research & Policy Analyst for Best Friends Animal Society

“If [Return to Field is] not happening where you are, it’s probably coming soon.” Listen to Episode #305 Now Peter Wolf, previously featured on CCP Episode 74, joins Stacy again, this time to discuss a newly released research paper that he and Dan Spehar (CCP Episode 240) have co-authored. […]

June 29, 2019

Dr. Sara Pizano, DVM, Team Shelter USA

“Ending euthanasia doesn’t take years, and it doesn’t take millions of dollars.” Listen to Episode #306 Now Stacy sits down with Dr. Sara Pizano (a previous CCP guest on Episode 56, Episode 171, and Episodes 246 and 247) to discuss Dr. Pizano’s new book,The Best Practice Playbook for Animal […]

January 21, 2020

A Best of CCP Episode! Dr. Sara Pizano, DVM, Team Shelter USA

“Ending euthanasia doesn’t take years, and it doesn’t take millions of dollars.” Listen to Episode #335 now Stacy sits down with Dr. Sara Pizano (a previous CCP guest on Episode 56, Episode 171, and Episodes 246 and 247) to discuss Dr. Pizano’s new book, The Best Practice Playbook for […]

March 12, 2020

Report from Podfest (and Field Trips!) in Orlando, Florida

Kristen and I got to spend several days in Orlando at Podfest last week. We had a great time! Since we work virtually, it is always great to get together to “talk shop” in person. We started out with a day-long session with Jessica Kupferman of She Podcasts, Bonnie Frank of Business […]

June 30, 2020

Steven Mornelli, Waggle

“We’re helping people end ‘economic euthanasia.’” Listen to Episode #358 Now This episode is sponsored in part by Fosterspace, powered by Doobert. Visit them online to learn more. In this episode, Stacy chats with Steven Morelli, CEO and founder of Waggle, a new—and very different—crowdfunding platform to help pet owners […]

January 21, 2021

We Can Do Better Than Lethal Control of Outdoor Cat Populations

Today’s guest post comes to us from Krista Beucler, Marketing & Communications Intern at Community Cats Podcast. As cat lovers, we hate seeing stories about communities employing lethal removal techniques to combat feral cat populations. But it isn’t distressing only because we hate the idea of cats being hunted and […]

January 28, 2021

The Bluegrass Cat Project

Today’s guest post comes to us from Krista Beucler, Marketing & Communications Intern at Community Cats Podcast. This week I chatted with Dr. Sara Pizano, founder of Team Shelter USA, LLC, about her work with the Bluegrass Cat Project and the recent grant they received from the Joanie Bernard Foundation. […]

May 18, 2021

Reagan Pasternak, Author of Griffin’s Heart: Mourning Your Pet with No Apologies

“Every single cat that’s out there on the street is the same as your cat, and once you make that connection, you just know you’ve gotta do something about it.” Listen to Episode #404 Now This episode is sponsored in part by Smalls Fresh Cat Food and Doobert.com. This week’s […]

November 2, 2021

Dr. David Birse, HomeHeart Vets

“We saw the need for pet owners to have the option to say goodbye to their pets at home and we feel really strongly about the benefit so we decided to offer that.” Listen to Episode #428 Now This episode is sponsored in part by Humane Network and Doobert.com. Home […]

January 11, 2022

Blending Holistic and Traditional Veterinary Care for Cats with Dr. Gary Richter, MS, DVM

“Now there’s a lot more thought put into what the animal’s experience is.” Listen to Episode #438 Now This episode is sponsored in part by Humane Network, Doobert.com and Maddie’s Fund. This week, Stacy checks in with the very accomplished Dr. Gray Richter. Dr. Richter is a certified veterinary acupuncturist and […]

January 9, 2024

Eliminating Economic Euthanasia with Steven Mornelli, Founder of Waggle.org

“…that $1 that you give turns into $2, and it goes directly to these veterinary hospitals. To me, it’s the conduit, the backbone, and the lifeblood of our work. And I can’t speak enough to how the generous community that participates in that forever fund is allowing us to do […]

March 19, 2024

Return-to-Field: How Shelters Save Community Cats, Part 1, with Bryan Kortis, National Programs Director, Neighborhood Cats

“I think it’s important to acknowledge that there’s a reason we’re trying to solve community cat over population because this is, ya know, not always a great situation for the cats. When it comes to return to field, we’re looking at animals coming into the shelter…they have good body condition […]

March 26, 2024

Return-to-Field: How Shelters Save Community Cats, Part 2, with Bryan Kortis, National Programs Director, Neighborhood Cats

“This is just a crucial stage when the cat is first brought in and it’s really important to train your staff to be able to gather as much information as possible because that’s the moment, you may never see the finder again.” Listen to Episode #553 Now This episode […]

April 9, 2024

Colony Caretaking Tips & Tricks Part 1, with Bryan Kortis, National Programs Director, Neighborhood Cats

“Often, people who are tolerant of the cats, not particularly cat lovers, they end up not wanting them around not because of the cats themselves but because of the people and the people not showing respect for the neighborhood, and the number one way people are disrespectful when they aren’t […]

April 16, 2024

Colony Caretaking Tips & Tricks Part 2, with Bryan Kortis, National Programs Director, Neighborhood Cats

“How do you keep cats healthy? So you don’t reach a point where they need veterinary intervention? It doesn’t have to be, you know, costly or difficult and if you do some of these simple preventative things, you might save yourself some big vet bills and some difficult trapping.” Listen […]