Reforming No Kill

I believe we should impose the same rules on the shelter that we impose on private citizens. And, I believe any shelter should be open to public scrutiny.  As a chaplain, I'm opposed to the death penalty.  But as a human, I understand sometimes there are no other options.  There are humans and animals that society must be protected from.  That is the job of animal care and control.
 A freestanding no kill shelter, not replacing the public intake facility has every right to take a No Kill stand.  They are usually financial failures, however.  Many weeks and months of research have not shown me any successful no kill operations that do not restrict intake. 
Delaware is no longer connected with their animal control unit  They say they're tired of taking the strays that the county should pay for; I say to them as I say to my children, when you're big enough to pay for it, go ahead  My wife and I have read hundreds of no kill claims, and everyone has intake restrictions.  So the killing just goes on down the street, society's problem continues.
Every time an inmate comes out of prison he has a little harder time adjusting to the outside world.  Every time a dog or cat is re-homed it faces the same challenges. Over time, their loss of coping skills places them beyond help.  Having open statistics in the shelters would allow the public to see the return rate.  Rescues are quick to tout the one dog who found a "forever home " after 5 years in a kennel, one out of 10,000? The rest languish, the volunteers quit coming; they lived lives of misery frustration and lonliness.  And the animals that are turned away while others are warehoused, they paid the high price of "feel good" No Kill mythology.  Below are links dealing with TNR.
http://www.abcbirds.org/abcprograms/policy/cats/Lepczyk-2010-Conservation%20Biology.pdf
http://articles.latimes.com/2010/jan/17/local/la-me-feral-cats17-2010jan17
http://www.gazette.net/stories/07292010/prinnew164059_32536.php

The Connection Always Comes Back To One Man With A P.O. Box

This is certainly not a march I thought I would be on. You could say saving souls is saving souls, and I do believe that animals have a soul.  God didn't create any thing without one.  I learned in theology the Beast wears many faces.  I also know there are many ways to thwart it.
In doing my research I found over 90 blogs coming back to one IP, one man making lots of noise.  I would advise anyone who is considering volunteering or donating at a no kill shelter to go to Guidestar and research the 990 forms,ask yourself if this is the highest use of resources for the animals. There are many faces publicly, such as Fix Austin, or Fix Indianapolis, Mike Fry and his radio show.  The really big "Fix" groups are all after the same thing, a government contract. I have not seen him go after any shelters not attached to government funding.
I am not talking about the small independent no kill groups; they can decline an intake, and usually take care of their limited inventory.  The animals are killed at the nearest public shelter when they are turned away, but truly humane shelters know when they are at capacity and close the door.  I have met many such shelter operators, responsible people making tough decisions.  I have also seen the ugliness when the twin devils hoarding and greed rear their ugly heads.
I would start the new reader off with the TNR Reality website.  If, you need further proof of how insane this idea is, I recommend laanimalwatch.com .  It is a blogspot by a very sincere man who unwittingly tells the truth about TNR.