A really moving morning session kicking off Best Friends’ NoMore Homeless Pets Conference. Gregory Castle, interim CEO and a co-founder ofBest Friends, had this to say:
The no-kill movement is a true movement,” he told thestanding-room only attendees. “It’s a driving force. By now, many o fyou fromrescues and shelters have joined us and beliee it’s possible to reach a timewhen there are no more homeless pets. More and more people are joining us inthis fight.”
“The writing is on the wall,” he continued, to applause. “It’sclear that great progress has been made and great progress can be made.”
When Best Friends started 25 years ago, shelters werekilling between 15 and 20 million animals. Today, that number is around 5,000. “Wow,”Gregory said. “Look what we’ve achieved. We’re brave. We’re bold. We’recourageous.”
And that’s what this conference is all about, he told thegathering. “It’s about new ideas, about spreading ideas amongst us, networkingamongst us.”
Gregory ended the kick-off to the conference with these words: “Bebrave. Be bold be courageous. Step into unknown territory. You know and I knowit’s all for the animals. As we do this work we can all be proud that we’removing together toward the time we envision, toward the time when there will beno more homeless pets.”
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