Mike Fry
Maddie’s Fund Suggests Animal Shelters Start Breeding Pets
As I am sitting down to write this blog, I am still trying to wrap my head around the fact that I am needing to do this. I have known for...
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Mike Fry
- Jan 2
My Testimony for the New Jersey Assembly Agriculture Committee Asking they Vote No on A6099
A6099 is a bill coming before the New Jersey Assembly's Agriculture Committee on Monday, January 3, 2022. I am strongly urging the...
Mike Fry
- Dec 26, 2021
The Urgency of No Kill
During my decades-long career advocating for No Kill models of animal sheltering it always felt urgent to me, which is probably why I was...
Mike Fry
- Dec 23, 2021
What We've Learned Since Boots on the Ground Release
In January of 2019 we released the first in a series of short documentary films about successful transitions to No Kill in communities...
Mike Fry
- Sep 22, 2021
Why Austin Pets Alive! Supports Abusive Animal Shelters
The City of Austin, Texas was once the shining star of the No Kill Movement, with unprecedented life-saving taking place at the...
Mike Fry
- Oct 20, 2020
Boots on the Ground Extra: How racism intersects with BSL and animal control
In the film Boots on the Ground: The Twin Cities No Kill Story, Minneapolis City Council Member Cam Gordon mentions the link between...
Mike Fry
- Oct 14, 2020
Tonight is the night! Boots on the Ground: The Twin Cities No Kill Story Premiere
Tonight is the night! Boots on the Ground: The Twin Cities No Kill Story premieres at 7:30 PM Central (8:30 PM Eastern, 6:30 PM Mountain...
Mike Fry
- Oct 4, 2020
Boots on the Ground: The Twin Cities No Kill Story Premiere
It is a story that was 20 years in the making and it could change the way you think about animal sheltering. It begins in a pretty dark...
Mike Fry
- May 9, 2020
What Shelters and Veterinarians Should Learn From Bella's Diabetes
To be clear: a growing number of veterinarians are saying that these kinds of ingredients are not part of a species-appropriate diet, even f
Mike Fry
- Jan 12, 2020
It's Better to Live Rich than to Die Rich
Those who follow my work already know that it was 20 years ago that I set the goal of ending the killing of animals in my local shelters....
Mike Fry
- Jan 12, 2020
The Top 10 Lessons I Learned Trying to Change the World
A simple and solitary entry on my calendar for the day read, rather audaciously, "Change the World." The day was June 11, 2012 - the...
Mike Fry
- Dec 26, 2019
How Good Organizations Go Bad
"For the love of money is the root of all evil." Timothy 6:10 KJV People who know me know I am not one to go around quoting Bible verses....
Mike Fry
- Dec 15, 2019
Seeing My Wishes Come True this Holiday Season
This effectively means that for the last two months the Greater Twin Cities Metro area has been the largest No Kill community in the USA, se
Mike Fry
- Dec 12, 2019
Artificial Intelligence Takes a Look at Animal Statistics to Keep Shelters Honest
A while ago No Kill Learning migrated our internet database technologies to a new platform, which has allowed for a long and growing list...
Mike Fry
- Nov 16, 2019
Watch: November 2019 No Kill in Motion - Questions from Viewers
In this edition of No Kill in Motion, we take questions from our viewers from across the nation about how to transition your animal...
Mike Fry
- Oct 21, 2019
Watch: How Animal Shelters Hide Killing
As I have written about before, animal shelters use many tricks to try to make it look like they are performing better than they really...
Mike Fry
- Oct 10, 2019
No Kill Deniers and the Damage Done
Those who follow the Climate Change Movement were unsurprised recently when the New York Times published an op-ed that outed the Koch...
Mike Fry
- Oct 3, 2019
From Complexity to Clarity: Erasing Confusion in Animal Shelter Statistics with New Online Tool
People who run animal shelters are, in my opinion, generally compassionate, honest people. Yet, for a host of reasons, they end up...
Mike Fry
- Sep 23, 2019
Exciting New Services 'Cuz We're Moving
Some people may have noticed that we have been a little quiet lately. That's because we have been getting ready for a big move and some...
Mike Fry
- Sep 22, 2019
No Kill in the 2020 Presidential Campaign and Two No Kill States that Aren't
As 2019 gets near to its end the No Kill Movement is experiencing some pretty exciting times. Probably the most exciting news is that two...