Episode 4: Nathan Winograd pt. IV [8:01m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
 Episode 4: Nathan Winograd pt. IV [8:01m]: Download

In this episode of the IAM podcast, Nathan Winograd tells us about his experience with the San Francisco SPCA, and how moving the shelter — and city — to No Kill brought in more money than ever before. Also, if you’re interested in the No Kill movement but don’t know how to make a difference, Winograd shares some tips.

We hope this series with Nathan Winograd has provided some food for thought; please leave a comment about No Kill and animal sheltering to share with other listeners. And as always, we’re looking for great topics for future podcasts. Are you an animal welfare expert with knowledge and experience to share? Do you know someone who invests their time working for the betterment of animals? Send us an email!

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Martha Boden’s resignation from the Humane Society of Indianapolis gives many people (and animals) in the local animal welfare community cause for celebration. The installment of a new director in her place was a goal many activists had been working towards for quite some time, even before her decision to stop taking strays at HSI. So now that this first major roadblock in the way of saving more lives (and possibly moving Indianapolis to No Kill with the help of organizations like Move to Act) has been removed, where do we go next?

There are many organizations who’ve picked up in areas where HSI has dropped the ball (check out the links to the left), but roughly 40 animals are killed in Indianapolis every day, many of whom are likely adoptable. So with a positive vision for animals in mind, how do you think citizens and animal welfare groups in and around Indianapolis can reconcile their differences with HSI to move forward to act for the animals? Leave your comments and share your opinions about the future of animal welfare in Indy.

Also, be sure to check back this weekend (or sign up for email updates, subscribe to the RSS feed or the Indy Animal Media podcast) to hear or read the final installment of the Nathan Winograd interview series on No Kill. And if you have an idea for future shows, let us know! We’re always looking for interesting people to talk to (and pets to profile!)

Finally, check out videos of just some of the dogs available for adoption at Indianapolis Animal Care and Control at our sister site, adoptananimal.org and share with your friends, family and coworkers.

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 Episode 3: Nathan Winograd pt. III [8:38m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
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This episode of the Indy Animal Media podcast (which you can listen to by clicking the play button above, or by downloading it to your computer in MP3 or M4A format), is the third in a four-part series of an interview with Nathan Winograd, director of the No Kill Advocacy Center and author of Redemption: the Myth of Pet Overpopulation and the No Kill Revolution in America.

In this episode, Winograd talks about:

* what makes a No Kill city like Reno different from a city with traditional sheltering like Indianapolis
* how the move to No Kill can be expedited
* how long such a move might take.

If you’d like to read this portion of the interview series, you’ll find the text below. Be sure to subscribe to the IAM podcast by clicking a link to the upper left of the page: you can subscribe to updates via email, via your favorite RSS feed reader, via iTunes, or even simply bookmark the site in your browser and come back to it regularly. And if you have comments on this episode, please let us know. We’d love to hear your opinions!

In the next episode of Indy Animal Media, find out how going No Kill brought plenty of money to the San Francisco SPCA and how it can do the same for your local shelter. Also, Winograd tells us how you can help your city move to No Kill.

What’s your opinion about your local animal shelter? Are they doing enough to save animals? Leave a comment to share your opinion!

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