Efforts undertaken by the SFSPCA were part of a spate of
citywide initiatives aimed at ending euthanasia of healthy or otherwise treatable animals, and were so successful that some began to call it the first «no - kill» city in America.
No - Kill Los Angeles (NKLA) In Los Angeles, Best Friends is leading No - Kill Los Angeles (NKLA),
a citywide initiative aimed at transforming the nation's second largest and most diverse city into a no - kill community.