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We list communities that self-report placement rates of 90% or more of dogs, cats, rabbits, and other animals, an important milestone on the road to No Kill. While we continue to applaud the growing number of communities in the 90% Club, they are not necessarily No Kill. We recognize that the goal of the No Kill movement is not to simply reduce the killing to some consensus-based percentage. It is to end the killing of animals who are not irremediably suffering and thus return the term “euthanasia” to its dictionary definition. 

With the number of communities reporting placement rates as high as 99% increasing at a dramatic rate, with progress in veterinary medicine, and with advancements in our understanding of canine behavior, we cannot judge today’s success on yesterday’s antiquated standards. This is not some aspirational goal for the future. We can do better than 90%. Indeed, we can do better than 95%. The growing number of communities placing 98%, 99%, and even higher prove it. Communities should not set future goals for themselves that are a step backward from what the movement has already achieved. 

The science is on our side. Ethics are on our side. The numbers are on our side. And experience is on our side. 

​Onward and upward…

Alabama
Madison County/Huntsville
California
Healdsburg
Palm Springs
Petaluma
Sebastopol
Colorado
​Arapahoe County
​Archuleta County
​Boulder

Cedaredge
​Chaffee County
Clear Creek
Cripple Creek
Frederick
​Fremont County
Ft. Morgan
​Garfield County
Gilpin County
Glenwood Springs
​Grand County
​Gunnison County

​Longmont
Ouray County
Pitkin County
Rifle
Rio Blanco County
Routt County
San Miguel County
Teller County
Telluride
​Trinidad
florida
Brevard County
​Lake County
georgia
Rabun County
indiana
Brown County
​Delaware County
​Dubois County
​Fulton County
​Hamilton County
​Porter County
iowa
Ames
​Clive
Urbandale
West Des Moines
Kentucky
Hardin County
michigan

​Allen Park
​Alger County
Baraga County
Barry County
Benzie County
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​Charlevoix County
Chippewa County
Delta County
Flat Rock
Gogebic County
Grosse Ile
Houghton County
Kalkaska County
Keweenaw County
​Lenawee County
Madison Heights
Manistee County
Marquette County
Midland County
Missaukee County
Montmorency County
Otsego County
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​Ottawa County
Roscommon County
Shiawassee County
St. Joseph County

​Washtenaw County
​Wexford County
Wyandotte
minnesota
Duluth
Hastings
Rosemount
montana
Flathead County
Missoula

missouri
Kansas City 
nevada
Carson City
​Washoe County
new jersey
Bloomfield
East Monmouth County
​​Ewing
Montclair
​Morris
Perth Amboy
​P
equannock
Somerset
​West Milford
new mexico
Sante Fe
north carolina
Haywood County
​Columbus County
​Lee County
Lincoln County
Madison County

​Rowan County
​Polk County
ohio
Clermont County
​Pickaway County
oklahoma
Norman
tennessee
Maryville
​Oak Ridge
texas
Austin
Pflugerville
​Rosenberg

Seagoville
Travis County
​Williamson County
virginia
Alexandria
​Appomattox County
Arlington County
Bedford County
​Charlottesville-Albemarle
Colonial Heights
​Emporia
​Fluvanna County
James City County
King George County
Loudoun County
​Louisa County
Montgomery County
New Kent County
Northumberland County
Williamsburg
washington
Camano Island
​Kitsap County

Spokane County
Whidbey Island
wisconsin
Brookfield
​Delafield
Iron County
​Oshkosh
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For more information, including detailed statistical reports, number of people served, and links to individual municipal facilities, click here.

Please note: While others suggest there are more communities than we have listed, and there may be more we do not know about, we do not include communities based on a combined rate or that fall below 90% when animals who died in their kennels or were killed "at the request of their owners" are included. We do not believe doing so is honest. We also do not list communities based on media reports. We have verified that many of the communities claiming a 90% placement rate to the media fall below that, in some cases well below 90%, when their numbers are actually counted. For example, one California community claimed to have a 93% placement rate, but when all cats were counted, the placement rate was only 77%. This is not uncommon.  ​
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Oakland CA 94611
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  • Home
  • ABOUT
  • SUPPORT US
  • NO KILL
    • DEFINING NO KILL
    • NO KILL EQUATION
    • NO KILL DECLARATION
    • DOCUMENTARY
    • ADOPTIONS
    • COSTS
    • STATISTICS
    • PET POPULATION
    • SUCCESS
    • BEHAVIOR DOGS
    • COMMUNITY DOGS
    • COMMUNITY CATS
    • TRAUMATIZED ANIMALS
  • SHELTER REFORM
    • TOOLKIT
    • GET INVOLVED
    • KNOW YOUR RIGHTS
    • MATRIX
    • LIVE RELEASE RATES
    • CONTRACT/RFP PROVISIONS
  • LEGISLATION
    • LEGISLATION GUIDES
    • ANIMAL RESCUE ACT
    • ANTI-CHAINING
    • COMMUNITY CAT PROGRAM
    • COMPANION ANIMAL PROTECTION ACT
    • CRUELTY PREVENTION
    • DO NO HARM
    • FAIR HOUSING
    • FAMILY CARE ACT
    • GAS CHAMBER BAN
    • HOLDING PERIODS
  • SOCIAL MEDIA
    • YOUTUBE
    • FACEBOOK
  • CONTACT