CAPA HIGHLIGHTS:

• Establishes that saving lives and public safety are compatible
• Protects all species of shelter animals
• Makes it illegal for a shelter to kill an animal if a rescue group or No Kill shelter is willing to save that animal
• Requires shelters to provide animals with fresh food, fresh water, environmental enrichment, regular exercise, veterinary care, and cleanliness
• Requires shelters to have fully functioning adoption programs including off-site adoptions, use of the internet to promote their animals, and ample adoption hours when the public is available
• Prohibits shelters from killing animals based on arbitrary criteria when alternatives to killing exist
• Requires animal control to allow volunteers to help with fostering, socializing, and assisting with adoptions
• Requires shelters to be truthful about how many animals they kill and adopt by making their statistics public.