VIGIL: “In the summer of 1992, animal shelter workers and rescue groups in New Hampshire held a Memorial Service and Candlelight Vigil for Homeless Animals at the State Capitol in Concord. To prepare for the Vigil, staff at shelters throughout the state made a paper ID collar for each cat or dog that had been put to death in their shelter during the first seven months of the year. At the Vigil, shelter workers told about some of the animals represented by the collars.”
KILLING OUR BEST FRIENDS: “In 1994, film-maker Bill Millios made a 30-minute documentary film, Killing Our Best Friends—The Crisis of Pet Overpopulation, to call attention to the staggering number of cats and dogs that were being put down in New Hampshire animal shelters just to make room for other homeless animals. The film includes interviews with people who were working throughout the state to save the lives of these animals and discussed ways that could be done.”
A COMMUNITY COMES TOGETHER: “In 2012, film-maker Bill Millios made a 30-minute documentary film, A Community Comes Together to Save Homeless Animals: The New Hampshire Story. After he made his earlier film, Killing Our Best Friends, shelters and rescue groups in New Hampshire made great progress in their life-saving work. By 2000, New Hampshire had become the first state in the nation to stop putting cats and dogs to death in its shelters just to make room for other animals who had become homeless. Bill made this film to get a better understanding of how that happened. It includes interviews with people who helped make that progress and shows how people throughout the country can do the same in their own community.”