Does HVHS subscribe to the “No Kill” concept?
YES. HVHS believes that no healthy, adoptable animal should be put to sleep. HVHS uses its limited resources to promote adoption. For more than a decade, its shelter’s adoption rate for cats and dogs exceeded 70%. There is never a time limit for an adoptable animal in an HVHS facility. “No Kill” is the goal at which HVHS aims, but, the policy creates a dilemma: some animals surrendered to shelters are not adoptable. For instance, temperament issues and severe illness make some animals not adoptable. To keep un-adoptable animals locked in cages indefinitely seems unkind and inhumane.
