I was surprised to hear MSPCA and Animal Rescue League are no kill shelters now - I wonder if I have that right. In any case when we got our cats two decades ago there were not so many, and the 'expiration date' was noted on the cage (usually two weeks in those days) which partially influenced our decision. I have read that the fall of capitalism is going to make it much harder for all the animal service organizations which is very, very sad.