Toward Life-affirming Animal Sheltering
@eileenmcfall.skystack.xyz
Thoughts on animal shelter reform and companion animal welfare, informed by my experiences in research, education, advocacy, and rescue.
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How important is animal shelter work experience for a shelter director? • Hint: It's not the most important thing
How important is animal shelter work experience for a shelter director?
Hint: It's not the most important thing
eileenmcfall.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:48 PM
How important is animal shelter work experience for a shelter director? • Hint: It's not the most important thing
The big bad dog problem at Austin's animal shelter • Can we kill our way to public safety?
The big bad dog problem at Austin's animal shelter
Can we kill our way to public safety?
eileenmcfall.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:49 PM
The big bad dog problem at Austin's animal shelter • Can we kill our way to public safety?
What's the problem with Austin, Texas's animal shelter? • Too many animals, or not enough good leadership?
What's the problem with Austin, Texas's animal shelter?
Too many animals, or not enough good leadership?
eileenmcfall.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:49 PM
What's the problem with Austin, Texas's animal shelter? • Too many animals, or not enough good leadership?
Stop calling it that • It's not "euthanasia"
Stop calling it that
It's not "euthanasia"
eileenmcfall.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Stop calling it that • It's not "euthanasia"
Greetings from central Texas • Where it's a flood emergency within a dysfunctional animal welfare system
Greetings from central Texas
Where it's a flood emergency within a dysfunctional animal welfare system
eileenmcfall.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Greetings from central Texas • Where it's a flood emergency within a dysfunctional animal welfare system
The ecosystem of life-affirming sheltering • Includes people and politics
The ecosystem of life-affirming sheltering
Includes people and politics
eileenmcfall.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:51 PM
The ecosystem of life-affirming sheltering • Includes people and politics
Proficiency in No Kill sheltering
Proficiency in No Kill sheltering
eileenmcfall.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Proficiency in No Kill sheltering
Beyond transactional hope
Beyond transactional hope
eileenmcfall.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Beyond transactional hope
Dropping back in...
Dropping back in...
eileenmcfall.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Dropping back in...
Tragedy of the Commons • Except, not really
Tragedy of the Commons
Except, not really
eileenmcfall.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Tragedy of the Commons • Except, not really
That dog pound mindset gets in your head, ya know? • Implicit bias affects us all
That dog pound mindset gets in your head, ya know?
Implicit bias affects us all
eileenmcfall.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:53 PM
That dog pound mindset gets in your head, ya know? • Implicit bias affects us all
If you want to change an unjust system... • Be an advocate
If you want to change an unjust system...
Be an advocate
eileenmcfall.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:53 PM
If you want to change an unjust system... • Be an advocate
Why do we think it's okay for shelters to kill animals? • Mechanisms of moral disengagement that enable killing
Why do we think it's okay for shelters to kill animals?
Mechanisms of moral disengagement that enable killing
eileenmcfall.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Why do we think it's okay for shelters to kill animals? • Mechanisms of moral disengagement that enable killing
Life-affirming shelter leadership • No Kill and beyond
Life-affirming shelter leadership
No Kill and beyond
eileenmcfall.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Life-affirming shelter leadership • No Kill and beyond
We don't have an animal welfare system in the U.S. • At least not yet.
We don't have an animal welfare system in the U.S.
At least not yet.
eileenmcfall.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:54 PM
We don't have an animal welfare system in the U.S. • At least not yet.
Lessons from the final frontier... • Most dogs don't need to be fixed
Lessons from the final frontier...
Most dogs don't need to be fixed
eileenmcfall.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Lessons from the final frontier... • Most dogs don't need to be fixed
Why is advocacy so hard?
Why is advocacy so hard?
eileenmcfall.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Why is advocacy so hard?
Which makes a bigger difference? • Advocacy for shelter reform, or direct rescue?
Which makes a bigger difference?
Advocacy for shelter reform, or direct rescue?
eileenmcfall.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Which makes a bigger difference? • Advocacy for shelter reform, or direct rescue?
Life-affirming animal sheltering • Because we have to call it something...
Life-affirming animal sheltering
Because we have to call it something...
eileenmcfall.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Life-affirming animal sheltering • Because we have to call it something...