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Genesee Residents for Animal Control Evolution


What does a No Kill mean? Perhaps it's better to start out with what it DOESN'T mean.

No Kill certainly does not mean stacking dogs or cats in cages for lengthy periods of time until they are adopted. It does not mean allowing animals in untreatable pain or suffering to be kept alive nor does it allow for truly aggressive dogs to be adopted.

Simply put, No Kill means that no animal who is determined to be treatable for either physical or temperament issues will be killed.

Of course, if nothing else changed and all treatable animals were  kept at Shelters until adopted, there would certainly be an overcrowding issue. However, when Shelters adopt and follow  the No Kill Equation program (outlined to the right), animals do not stay long; they are adopted, rescued, fostered, returned to owners.






Teddy Bear was a stray at GCAC in 2008. He was taken to rescue by Friends of Genesee County Animal Shelter and went from abandoned to beloved in just a short time.
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GRACE advocates the programs and principles of the No Kill Equation that are listed below. Of course, there is much more detail than just a quick list but for those not familiar with the program, the following will serve as a guide.  

The No Kill Equation is a proven 11-step program that saves over 90% of all sheltered animals, all but the irremediably suffering or the truly vicious.

"The programs of the No Kill Equation are basic, common-sense policies to replace killing that even the staunchest No Kill opponents have trouble countering:"

  1. A TNR Program
  2. High-Volume, Low-Cost Spay/Neuter
  3. Working with Rescue Groups
  4. A Foster Care Program
  5. Comprehensive Adoption Programs
  6. Pet Retention Efforts
  7. Medical and Behavioral Rehabilitation
  8. Public Relations / Community Involvement
  9. Working with Volunteers
  10. Progressive Field Services & Proactive Redemptions
11.  A Compassionate Director

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Why Use the Word "Kill" Instead of "Euthanasia"?
It's not the intent of GRACE to offend or cause stress by using the word "kill". We feel that what is occurring in many Animal Shelters throughout the world does not fit the any of the definitions of "euthanisia" that we could find.

Animal euthanasia (from the Greek meaning "good death") is the act of putting to death painlessly or allowing to die, as by withholding extreme medical measures, an animal suffering from an incurable,  painful disease or condition. Euthanasia methods are designed to cause minimal pain and distress.

Pet Euthanasia: The act or practice of painlessly ending the life of an animal who has a terminal illness or incurable condition, as by giving a lethal drug.

Humane Euthanasia (Greek, "good death") is the practice of killing an animal, in a painless or minimally painful way, for merciful reasons, usually to end suffering.

GRACE does not support killing as one of the first defenses against overcrowding at any Shelter and does not consider such an act to be euthanasia.
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Photo of mama and kitten taken 2009. Fate Unknown.

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