Nathan Winograd

Nathan J. Winograd is an American author, film-maker, animal advocate, and director of the No Kill Advocacy Center in Oakland, California.

Winograd began studies at Stanford University Law School in Stanford, California, in 1991. He founded the Stanford Animal Protection and Education Society, which advocated for students to embrace a vegan diet; opposed zoo and aquarium animals being kept in captivity; and exposed poor housing conditions of lab animals and the cruel vivisection practice in university lab experiments.

The university became increasingly concerned about the number of free-roaming cats living on campus, which had grown to an estimated 1,500 cats and kittens. When the university announced plans to round up and kill the cats, the animal advocates turned to the local Humane Society and the Humane Society of the United States for help. They were shocked to learn that these groups supported the university's eradication plan (a position that the HSUS has since reversed) Volunteers had already been working to trap-neuter-return the cats on their own. With the assistance of the Palo Alto Humane Society, of which Winograd was a board member, the Stanford Cat Network was formed in 1989, and the university came to agree with its approach of using trap-neuter-return to care for the abandoned cats.

While a full-time law student, Winograd took a job working in the Law and Advocacy Department of the San Francisco SPCA, which was leading efforts in the nation's no kill movement under the guidance of President Richard Avanzino. "It was my job to defend the animals being threatened with killing within San Francisco’s borders, to expand the safety net so we could save more, and to promote the new and innovative programs the San Francisco SPCA was creating". He understood that the San Francisco SPCA was "starting a revolution, and I was honored to be a part of it." However, he also noted that rather than celebrate the organization's life-saving efforts, national organizations including the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, the Humane Society of the United States, and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals were critical, denying the results and arguing with the methods used.

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