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Hello Michigan's 1st No-Kill Conference attendee:
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The Michigan No-Kill Formula - The Michigan Pet Fund Alliance presented a formula for Michigan to successfully become the first No Kill state. At the end of a long conference, there was not much time to elaborate on each point but by evidence of a couple of comments on the evaluation forms some participants misunderstood a part of the forumla.
The Formula is:
1. Michigan Animal Welfare advocates, shelters and rescues make it about the mission and nothing else.
2. Michigan Citizens hold shelters accountable for their tax dollars and charitable contributions and reject the status quo of sheltering.
3. All Michigan shelters adopt and implement the programs of the No Kill Equation and 21st Century Sheltering practices.
4. Michigan Shelter and Rescue Organizations begin a new era of collaboration.
5. Michigan Shelters begin to collaborate with each other to relieve overcrowding, share program expertise and resources.
6. Michigan Rescue Organizations start to collaborate with each other to share program expertise and resources and assist with hard to place animals.
7. All Shelters and Rescues Organizations Spay/Neuter prior to adoption.
8. High-volume, Low Cost Spay/Neuter programs are established through-out the state for low-income residents.
9. Feral Cat TNR programs are established through-out the state.
10. Transport into the state from puppy-mill breeders/brokers, auction animals and organized transport from out of state shelters are discontinued until such time as all healthy and treatable homeless dogs and cats in Michigan are saved.
11. Michigan Pet and Supply stores stop selling puppies and feature only adoptable animals.
Evidently there was confusion on item 10. National groups currently organize transports from southern state shelters to Michigan shelters. Since the Department of Agriculture allows shelter to shelter transfers within the state - Michigan shelters should be exercising this option as opposed to accepting dogs from out of state. The reference to rescues focuses on puppymill and auction dogs only. Hope this clears up any confusion. | 
