Sentences with phrase «because shelter policies»
Because shelter policies don't permit putting pets up for adoption that have not been sterilized, kittens that are too young and light — less than 4 weeks old and under 2 pounds — for the surgery and necessary vaccinations often are euthanized if foster homes can't be found.
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Cares enormously about children in resettlement camps, who must drink water to fill their stomachs because there is no food; he cares about shivering women at Nyanga whose flimsy plastic shelters are being destroyed by police; He cares that the influx control system together with Bantunization are destroying black family life not accidentally but by deliberate government policy; He cares that people die mysteriously in detention; He cares that something horrible is happening in this country when a man will often mow down his family before turning the gun on himself; He cares that life seems so dirt cheap (cited in Maimela 1986:43).
They were actually originally sent in the wrong size, and I tried to exchange them, but the company is so cool because their policy is to have you donate them to a woman's shelter if they don't fit, and they'll simply send you your new size free of charge.
Some insurance companies promote these insurance policies as a college savings vehicle because the value of the policy is sheltered from financial aid need analysis formulas.
I believe Francis says it best, and I'll stick with his words: «The truth of the matter is that animals are dying in shelters because of outdated and discredited draconian adoption policies that are designed to protect the emotional well - being of the rescuer rather than to ensure a safe future life for a dog or cat.»
The truth of the matter is that animals are dying in shelters because of outdated and discredited draconian adoption policies that are designed to protect the emotional well - being of the rescuer rather than to ensure a safe future life for a dog or cat.
«Countless dogs suffer painful cosmetic surgeries and millions of wonderful dogs die in animal shelters because of the AKC's inhumane policies,» says PETA Vice President Daphna Nachminovitch.
Because of those policies, owners often are referred down the road to a high - kill shelter, or pets are let loose to fend for themselves, according to the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA).
The use of unadopted shelter animals in visitation programs is not supported because of the many stressors of the therapeutic situation (shelter mascots are an exception to this policy because shelter staff tend to be very familiar with them and will know if / when they are suited to therapy work).
Because the dogs came from a no - kill shelter, Lake officials waived a policy of euthanizing animals after a five - day stay.Another animal service took the rest of the dogs.By Friday, two German shepherd mixes and a Labrador mix had been adopted.
These policies put animals in danger because they prompt shelters to turn animals away or they make it expensive and difficult for people who can no longer care for their animal companions to surrender them to a shelter.
It is good public policy because it reduces shelter intake and «euthanasia» numbers.
Lou volunteered at a shelter because his film's director recommended it and that's when he learnt about the kill policies of such shelters.
Animal control shelters, including those operated by private humane societies, are sometimes forced to use narrower criteria for assessing adoptability than private shelters because their mandate is set by government statutes, ordinances, regulations and policies rather than by a mission statement.
PLEASE NOTE, because dogs are more likely to be reunited with their owner when they are brought to a shelter in their own neighborhood, the Quebec Street Shelter in Denver does not take in lost dogs (see our Lost & Found pet admission policies below for more informshelter in their own neighborhood, the Quebec Street Shelter in Denver does not take in lost dogs (see our Lost & Found pet admission policies below for more informShelter in Denver does not take in lost dogs (see our Lost & Found pet admission policies below for more information).
In fact, the shelters that adopted a No Kill policy actually saw a spike in adoptions because more people were willing to support an organization that was committed to the well - being of their animals.
Despite the fact that HSUS had worked to kill similar bills in Texas, New York, Florida, and elsewhere, I was more optimistic about shelter reform legislation succeeding in Minnesota because two HSUS representatives — a Board member and Jennifer Fearing, the person in charge of sheltering policies for HSUS — personally assured me at a meeting in San Francisco just over a month ago that the days of HSUS claiming «neutrality» (a sham in and of itself given it benefits the status quo) but then working to kill shelter reform legislation were over.
Charging the homeless - who turn to the shelter because they can't afford housing - is an abrupt shift in policy for the organization.
With a surrender, you may be subjected to tax because you're also surrendering the tax shelter the insurance policy provides.
Because life insurance was looked at almost as if it were a tax shelter, and to avoid abuse of single pay policies, Congress created what we refer to as a modified endowment contract in 1988 with the introduction of TAMRA, the Technical and Miscellaneous Revenue act of 1988.