Nathan J. Winograd launched a 16-city nationwide tour Sept. 1 with his book, Redemption: The Myth of Pet Overpopulation and the No Kill Revolution in America.

The former director of operations for the San Franciso SPCA and former executive director of the Tompkins County SPCA in Ithaca, NY talks about 90-percent save rates that can be achieved in both urban and rural settings, nationwide.

'There is no excuse for killing healthy animals,' Winograd says repeatedly in his online blog at nathanwinograd.blogspot.com.

'Not only are death rates plummeting and adoptions skyrocketing in these communities, but these results have been achieved in a very short period of time-virtually overnight-proving that saving lives is less a function of any perceived pet overpopulation, but rather of a shelter's leadership and practices.'

'The book that exposes the annual killing of 4.1 million cats and dogs as unnecessary and offers a lifesaving blueprint' was released by Almaden Books, Los Angeles.

Winograd will be at Book Soup on the infamous Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood, CA at 7 p.m. Sept. 28. There will be an introduction by the author, reading, Q&A, and book signing at this venue.
He will be at the Klas Center at Hamline University in Saint Paul, Minnesota, Oct. 2 for a 6 p.m. book signing and 7 p.m. multi-media discussion of the No-Kill Solution. The event is sponsored by and will benefit the Minneapolis Animal Ark No-Kill Shelter.

Other dates: Oct. 4 - Madison, WI. Oct. 6 - Chicago, IL Oct. 7 - San Antonio, TX. Oct. 8 - Indianapolis, IN Oct. 10 - St. Louis, MO. Oct. 13 - Kansas City, MO. Nov. 2 - Seattle, WA. Nov. 4 - Portland, OR. Nov. 6 - Reno, NV. Nov. 8 - San Francisco, CA.

What is the biggest lesson to learn? Winograd stresses that it is 'to believe in the power and compassion of your community.'
Winograd is a graduate of Stanford Law School and a former criminal prosecutor and corporate attorney. He has helped write legislation at the state and national level, has spoken nationally and internationally on animal sheltering issues, and has consulted with a wide range of animal protection groups, including some of the largest and best known in the country. He is founding president of No Kill Solutions, a full-service consultant agency that provides consulting, strategic planning, conferences, newsletters and community-specific lifesaving blueprints to assist shelters, rescue groups, animal control agencies and coalitions achieve no-kill in their own hometowns.