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A detailed analysis and history of this situation is provided by Animals24/7 in "No -kill" debacle: will Pueblo bring "responsible sheltering" into vogue. A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE "NO -KILL MOVEMENT" "In the 1930's, the first focus on preventing unwanted animal births was initiated, writes Maddie's Fund, "These spay/neuter efforts coincided with the life-saving efforts of rescuers, and so the no - kill phenomenon began." Nathan Winograd, an attorney who worked for the San Francisco SPCA, became the next "no kill" leader, and in 2001 he became Executive Director of the Tompkins County SPCA in Ithaca, N.Y for three years. Winograd writes, " The organization had already resolved to become no kill in 1999, adding that killing stopped immediately and Tompkins County had become the first no kill community in the U.S., As of the 2010 census, the population was 101,564.) " HISTORY OF BEST FRIENDS AND WO KILL' Best Friend's page, No -kill movement timeline: History of Best Friends Animal Society,comes up immediately in a search for "No Kill" and states that in 1984, "Best Friends becomes the flagship for the no -kill movement" and that in 2019, for the first time on record, the total number of dogs and cats killed in America's shelters for a given year has dropped below the one million mark — to about 800,000." Best Friends appears to leave behind its history as the Process Church of the Final Judgment and ending as The Foundation Church of God in 190 «- ''''kipedia profile contains the links to the legal corporate history after its founders reportedly separated from the church of Scientology. (See Articles of Incorporation here.) During their many years as various religious institutions, there was no published emphasis on animal welfare in their prominent books and literature. Alsatians (German Shepherds) which are shown in photos of the altar and they reportedly indicated a belief that dogs could predict the end of the world. (See 2004 interview Friends Find Their Calling here.) THE ECONOMICS OF HUMANENESS Let's look at the recent income to the three major (or most visible) U.S. humane organizations and why promoting --or at least not opposing --the mythical "no kill" goal may have been of benefit: