HR288: HR288 No-Kill Awareness Day at the state capitol; April 30, 2025; recognize

This resolution does not change any Georgia law. It formally recognizes April 30, 2025 as No-Kill Awareness Day at the state capitol, citing statistics that nearly 20 percent of dogs and cats impounded in Georgia shelters in 2023, about 19,331 animals, were euthanized. The resolution praises animal shelter workers and volunteers and encourages Georgians to adopt pets from shelters rather than buy them, framing this as a path to a statewide 90 percent save rate, the threshold the resolution associates with a 'No-Kill' shelter. It directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to distribute copies of the resolution to the public and press.

• Designates April 30, 2025 as No-Kill Awareness Day at the Georgia state capitol.
• Commends animal shelter workers, volunteers, and community members who support local shelters.
• States a goal of Georgia shelters reaching a 90 percent save rate for impounded dogs and cats.
• Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make copies available to the public and the press.
• Does not create any new funding, agency, program, or legal requirement for shelters.

Animal shelter workers and volunteers across Georgia, community members who support local shelters, and members of the public interested in pet adoption are named in the resolution's text, though it imposes no obligations on them.

Because this is a resolution rather than a bill amending Georgia law, it has no direct legal effect on shelters, funding, or animal welfare rules. Its practical impact is symbolic: raising public attention on shelter euthanasia rates and encouraging adoption.

• The whereas clauses cite that 19,331 dogs and cats, about 20 percent of pets impounded in Georgia in 2023, were killed in shelters.
• Defines 'No-Kill' as a shelter saving at least 90 percent of the animals it takes in.
• The resolving clause designates April 30, 2025 as No-Kill Awareness Day at the state capitol.
• The final clause directs the Clerk of the House to distribute copies of the resolution to the public and press.

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• Sharon Cooper (R, HD-045)Primary sponsor
• Deborah Silcox (R, HD-053)
• Karen Mathiak (R, HD-082)
• Joseph Gullett (R, HD-019)
• Debbie Buckner (D, HD-137)

• animal shelters
• pet adoption
• No-Kill Awareness Day
• animal welfare