Establishing and Sustaining No-Kill Communities: Best Practices for Animal Services Directors
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Pepperdine University Pepperdine Digital Commons Theses and Dissertations 2020 Establishing and sustaining no-kill communities: best practices for animal services directors Kristin R. Barney [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.pepperdine.edu/etd Part of the Leadership Studies Commons, and the Organization Development Commons Recommended Citation Barney, Kristin R., "Establishing and sustaining no-kill communities: best practices for animal services directors" (2020). Theses and Dissertations. 1148. https://digitalcommons.pepperdine.edu/etd/1148 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by Pepperdine Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Pepperdine Digital Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]. Pepperdine University Graduate School of Education and Psychology ESTABLISHING AND SUSTAINING NO-KILL COMMUNITIES: BEST PRACTICES OF ANIMAL SERVICES DIRECTORS A dissertation submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Education in Organizational Leadership by Kristin R. Barney July, 2020 Farzin Majidi, Ed.D. – Dissertation Chairperson This dissertation, written by Kristin Barney under the guidance of a Faculty Committee and approved by its members, has been submitted to and accepted by the Graduate Faculty in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of DOCTOR OF EDUCATION Doctoral Committee: Farzin Madjidi, Ed.D., Chairperson Gabriella Miramontes, Ed.D. Maria Brahme, Ed.D. TABLE OF CONTENTS Page LIST OF TABLES ......................................................................................................................... vi LIST OF FIGURES ...................................................................................................................... vii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ......................................................................................................... viii ABSTRACT ................................................................................................................................... ix Chapter 1: Introduction ...................................................................................................................1 Background ..........................................................................................................................1 The Early Evolution of Animal Welfare ..............................................................................1 The Emergence of the No-kill Movement ...........................................................................3 The No-kill Equation ...........................................................................................................4 The No-kill Controversy ......................................................................................................7 Statement of the Problem ...................................................................................................12 Purpose Statement .............................................................................................................13 Research Questions ............................................................................................................13 Significance of the Study ...................................................................................................14 Assumptions of the Study ..................................................................................................15 Limitations of the Study ....................................................................................................15 Definition of Terms............................................................................................................16 Chapter Summary ..............................................................................................................18 Chapter 2: Literature Review .........................................................................................................20 Why Strive for a No-kill Approach to Animal Welfare? ...................................................20 What is the Difference Between a No-kill Shelter and a No-Kill Community? ................27 Austin as an Exemplar No-Kill Community ......................................................................32 Current State of No-kill Communities ...............................................................................33 Strategies for Advancing the No-kill Movement ...............................................................38 Strategic and Holistic Thinking .........................................................................................43 Building Collaboration Through Trust and Common Purpose ..........................................47 Shared Purpose...................................................................................................................57 Controversy with Civility ..................................................................................................60 Creating Change.................................................................................................................66 Sustaining Change .............................................................................................................67 Chapter Summary ..............................................................................................................70 Chapter 3: Research Design and Methodology .............................................................................73 Introduction ........................................................................................................................73 Re-statement of Research Questions .................................................................................73 Nature of the Study ............................................................................................................73 Methodology ......................................................................................................................74 Research Design.................................................................................................................75 Protection of Human Subjects ...........................................................................................78 Data Collection ..................................................................................................................79 Interview Techniques .........................................................................................................80 Interview Protocol ..............................................................................................................81 Statement of Personal Bias ................................................................................................86 Data Analysis .....................................................................................................................87 Chapter Summary .............................................................................................................88 Chapter 4: Findings ........................................................................................................................90 Participant ..........................................................................................................................91 Data Collection ..................................................................................................................92 Data Analysis .....................................................................................................................93 Inter-rater Review Process .................................................................................................93 Data Display.......................................................................................................................95 Research Question 1 ..........................................................................................................96 Research Question 2 ........................................................................................................109 Research Question 3 ........................................................................................................112 Research Question 4 ........................................................................................................116 Chapter Summary ............................................................................................................121 Chapter 5: Conclusions and Recommendations ..........................................................................123 Summary of the Study .....................................................................................................123 Discussion and Findings ..................................................................................................124 Results for Research Question 1 (RQ1) ...........................................................................124 Results for Research Question 2 (RQ2) ...........................................................................127 Results for Research Question 3 (RQ3) ...........................................................................130 Results for Research Question 4 (RQ4) ...........................................................................132 Implications of the Study .................................................................................................135