A no-kill shelter is an animal shelter that does not kill healthy or treatable animals based on time limits or capacity, reserving euthanasia for terminally ill animals, animals suffering poor quality of life, or those considered dangerous to public safety. Some no-kill shelters will commit to not killing any animals at all, under any circumstance, except as required by law. A no-kill shelter uses many strategies to promote shelter animals; to expanding its resources using volunteers, housing and medical protocols; and to work actively to lower the number of homeless animals entering the shelter system.[1][2] Up to ten percent of animals could be killed in a no-kill shelter and still be considered a no-kill shelter.[3]
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Maddie's no kill successwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Str, Patti; director; Alliance, National Animal Interest. "No-Kill Shelters Save Millions Of Unwanted Pets ó But Not All Of Them". NPR.org. Retrieved 25 July 2019.