How to Use no-kill in a Sentence

no-kill

adjective
  • Within a year, all six shelters qualified as no-kill.
    — Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Some shelters have distanced themselves from the no-kill movement.
    — Amber Gaudet, Charlotte Observer, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Ahead of the marathon, Bohan pledged her run was in support of the city’s no-kill shelter.
    — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 14 Oct. 2023
  • Your local no-kill shelter or nonprofit is a good place to start searching for resources.
    — R. Eric Thomas, The Mercury News, 7 Sep. 2024
  • The shelter’s struggle to remain a no-kill facility is more due to space than funding.
    — Howard Koplowitz | [email protected], al, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Miranda's Rescue is a no-kill rescue.
    — Jose Fabian, CBS News, 27 June 2026
  • The no-kill shelter relies on public donations, Coontz said.
    — Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025
  • Donations have also increased since the shelter became no-kill.
    — Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Ten Lives is a nonprofit no-kill cat shelter and was established about 24 years ago.
    — John Wawrow, USA TODAY, 24 Jan. 2024
  • An apparent dog walker is seen in the video dragging a limp dog with a leash in front of the Priceless Pets no-kill pet rescue.
    — City News Service, Oc Register, 30 May 2025
  • Four years ago, Donatello arrived at the no-kill rescue as a stray and has been waiting to find his forever home ever since.
    — Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 17 May 2023
  • The nonprofit works with pet food suppliers that ship directly to partnering no-kill shelters.
    — René Guzman, San Antonio Express-News, 21 Jan. 2026
  • According to Newsweek, the facility stopped being a no-kill shelter.
    — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 26 July 2024
  • The Animal Haven said despite the outcome, the rescue remains a no-kill shelter.
    — Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 12 Mar. 2025
  • Since the attacks, the family is working with animal control and a no-kill shelter on options for Moose.
    — Lauryn Overhultz, Fox News, 18 Mar. 2025
  • King Street Cats is an all-cat, no-kill shelter located in Alexandria, Virginia.
    — Christine Rousselle, Fox News, 18 Mar. 2023
  • However, even no-kill shelters may euthanize aggressive dogs that cannot safely be adopted.
    — Kff Health News, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024
  • However, even no-kill shelters may euthanize aggressive dogs that cannot safely be adopted.
    — Phillip Reese, Fortune Well, 27 Jan. 2024
  • Along with finding homes for pets, Best Friends advocates for providing no-kill shelters for animals in need of homes.
    — Tammy Ljungblad, Kansas City Star, 14 Mar. 2025
  • That includes Matt and Frank disagreeing, as usual, about Matt’s no-kill rule, which Frank is happy to flout.
    — Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2025
  • The nonprofit Puppy Food Bank provides dog food to around three dozen no-kill pet shelters nationwide.
    — René Guzman, San Antonio Express-News, 18 Mar. 2026
  • They’ve been committed to no-kill since 2015, just recently reaching the 90% save rate required.
    — Jeffrey F. Bill, Baltimore Sun, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Many animal welfare groups tout no-kill philosophies like Rae’s as saving strays from unnecessary euthanasia.
    — Amber Gaudet, Charlotte Observer, 12 Mar. 2026
  • The organization aims to end the killing of dogs and cats in America’s shelters and make the country no-kill in 2025.
    — Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 28 Dec. 2024
  • According to People, Lowe has decided to work with animal control and a no-kill shelter to do what is best for Moose.
    — Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 18 Mar. 2025
  • In June, the shelter celebrated its twelfth consecutive month as a no-kill facility.
    — Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The nonprofit, which was formed in 1975, is one of the oldest no-kill animal shelters and rescues in Connecticut.
    — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 31 Mar. 2024
  • The no-kill shelter, which is in Manhattan, has an operating budget of about $3 million and houses about 100 dogs and cats at a time.
    — Kate Gibson, CBS News, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Punk and Lee adopted Larry from Paws Chicago, a no-kill humane organization.
    — Fernando Quiles Jr, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2025
  • Complaints about the shelter showed that problems have festered for years, reaching a breaking point after a rise in animal deaths led the agency to lose its no-kill status and city officials to call for an audit.
    — Devan Patel, Mercury News, 14 Jan. 2026

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