Sentences with phrase «kill animal shelter movement»

Earlier this year, Sarah Gross, the President of Rescue Chocolate, sat down with Nathan Winograd, a prominent animal welfare advocate and pioneer of the No Kill animal shelter movement, for an interview.

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In response, the No Kill movement has called on animal shelters to eliminate non-euthanasia killing and refashion themselves into pure places of unalloyed hope and care.

To put that number of dogs into perspective, for those well versed in movement factoids, it is about 100 animals more than last year's combined total intake of dogs for two of the nation's most rightly respected no - kill shelters, Tompkins County SPCA in New York and Charlottesville Albemarle SPCA in Virginia.

A national leader in the no - kill movement, Best Friends brings together the compassionate efforts of individuals, policy makers, advocates, animal rescue organizations and animal shelters across the country to support homeless pets and ultimately save lives.

As a second generation co-founder whose father, Francis Battista, found the property that became Best Friends Animal Sanctuary, Judah literally grew up under the auspices of the people who created a major national movement to end the killing of dogs and cats in shelters.

However, many passionate individuals and organizations espousing this movement are, in my opinion, a tad too fervent — blaming any shelter which isn't «no kill» for euthanizing animals.

This would include movement of animals from regional high - kill to no - kill shelters, providing services for cruelty cases so they can be placed in foster or shelter care, and moving animals from stray / rescue / shelter situations to facilities where adoption is likely.

Do they hate the movement to end the systematic killing of shelter animals which No Kill represents so much that they are willing to embrace a person and organization this zealous in support of the killing of dogs and cats?

Join fellow Haven supporters in creating a local movement to change and enhance furry lives while also supporting all aspects of The Haven No - Kill Animal Shelter.

In fact, many people date the start of the No Kill movement to 1989, the year Avanzino cancelled the San Francisco SPCA's contract to do animal control and sheltering for the city.

We are part of a bigger movement across our nation to end the killing of homeless animals in shelters by the year 2025.

The Best Friends Pet Adoption Center is a lifesaving hub for animals and a base for local programming and coalition - building to help the metro - Atlanta area in its final push to end the killing of dogs and cats in shelters, while strengthening the movement in the Southeast.

By far the biggest criticism against the no - kill shelter movement is that the term is misleading on its face because it encourages the public to believe that the goal is to kill no shelter animals.

His most controversial and notable contribution to the animal protection movement is the coining of the idea and term «no - kill shelter» to designate shelters that no longer euthanize adoptable animals.

An authority and leader in the no - kill movement, Best Friends runs the nation's largest no - kill sanctuary for companion animals, as well as lifesaving programs in partnership with rescue groups and shelters across the country.

Alley Cat Allies has charted a course set on animal control and shelter industry reform and humane treatment through activities including: advocating for pounds and shelters to keep public records of animal intake and kill rates, for public and mandatory government oversight, and for increased pound and shelter accountability; mobilizing and educating the public and leading the national movement to end the killing of cats and to protect and improve their lives; and supporting the efforts of, and acting as the national voice for, thousands of individuals and groups across the U.S. who provide humane care for stray and feral cats.

The shelter is located in Port Washington, New York, where it facilitates animal rescue and adoptions, as well as plays a lead role in the no - kill movement.

A leader in the no - kill movement, Best Friends runs the nation's largest no - kill sanctuary for companion animals, adoption centers and spay and neuter facilities in Los Angeles and Salt Lake City as well as lifesaving programs in partnership with more than 1,300 rescue groups and shelters across the country.

A leader in the no - kill movement, Best Friends runs the nation's largest no - kill sanctuary for companion animals, as well as lifesaving programs in partnership with rescue groups and shelters across the country.

A national pioneer in the no - kill shelter movement, North Shore Animal League America is committed to saving and mending the lives of homeless companion animals and educating the public about the joys and responsibilities of rescue.

As the leader of the no - kill movement, Best Friends Animal Society is committed to ending the killing of pets in shelters.

An authority and leader in the no - kill movement for more than 30 years, Best Friends runs the nation's largest no - kill sanctuary for companion animals (at its headquarters), regional centers in Los Angeles, Salt Lake City, and New York, as well as life - saving programs in partnership with rescue groups and shelters across the country.

«There is an alarming trend in the «No Kill» animal - sheltering movement that ignores the fact that commitment, a deep sense of responsibility, and respect for the seriousness of adopting a pet are derived from a family or individual carefully considering whether they can afford the increasingly expensive upkeep in the future.

While she gets some things wrong (starting with the title that these approaches are «new» rather than something she ignored and fought against for well over a decade), the video was a breath of fresh air and an important contribution to the movement because of who she was and is, a key barometer of things to come, and one more nail in the coffin of the «catch and kill» paradigm of animal sheltering she used to epitomize.

Rescuers and volunteers witness mismanagement, abuse and killing which the No Kill movement, over the last decade in particular, has exposed as rife within the American animal sheltering industry.

For the Spielmans, Animal League America's history as a pioneer in the no - kill shelter movement is crucial.

As the movement to end shelter killing has grown in size and sophistication, the networking made possible through the internet and social media has allowed animal lovers to connect the dots between individual cases of animal cruelty and neglect in shelters nationwide.

Today as never before, the animal protection movement is increasingly rejecting its historic enabling of shelter killing.

With a decline in killing of 78 %, Delaware is on the verge of a monumental and historic achievement in the annals of the animal protection movement: ending the systematic killing of healthy and treatable shelter animals statewide.

By denigrating the movement to end shelter killing as akin to warehousing and abuse, and by ignoring the protocols of shelters which have truly achieved No Kill, these naysayers not only do so to provide political cover for their own killing but in order to embrace a nation of shelters grounded in killing — a defeatist mentality, inherently unethical and antithetical to animal welfare.

As a leader in the no - kill movement, they are dedicated to promoting shelter pet adoptions; encouraging spay / neuter programs; reducing animal cruelty; ending euthanasia; and advancing the highest standards in animal welfare.

MaxFund is a true no kill animal shelter and adoption center that challenges the traditional methods of animal sheltering by leading the no kill movement in Colorado.

As Winograd states, much of this book is about history, beginning with Henry Berg's founding of the ASPCA in 1866 and his commitment to stopping the cruel treatment of city work horses and other animals, to the atrocious policies and conditions of so - called «shelters», to the challenges and successes of the No - Kill movement (through 2005).

Our programs in Utah have always been positioned as a proving ground and leader in innovation for Best Friends and the entire field of animal welfare, all with a primary goal of ending shelter killing and mainstreaming the no - kill movement.

Even with the no - kill movement strongly moving forward in the United States, a staggering 2.4 million animals are still euthanized in shelters every year.

Developed by the Animal Welfare League of Queensland, G2Z shares goals with the No - Kill movement and consists of four components: a community vet clinic to support and promote spay / neuter services for owned pets; community education, legislation and support; proactive rehoming strategies at shelters; and a shelter vet clinic to provide spay / neuter, microchip and medical treatment to pets there.

An authority and leader in the no - kill movement since its founding in 1984, Best Friends runs the nation's largest no - kill sanctuary for companion animals, as well as life - saving programs in partnership with rescue groups and shelters across the country.

But thanks to the influence of the no - kill movement and growing public awareness of the plight of shelter animals, we are seeing a veritable revolution taking hold in communities throughout the country.

This action had a far - reaching impact on the entire animal welfare movement, one that would challenge shelters and their communities to evaluate the need to kill savable animals.

By putting us face - to - face with the shameful reality of how our society has historically handled its homeless pet population and forcing us to re-examine the purpose of animal shelters, the no - kill movement has been integral in advancing our expanding humane movement.

The no - kill movement officially started in San Francisco in 1989 under the leadership of Richard Avanzino at the San Francisco SPCA, who made the critical decision to relinquish the shelter's contract for animal control and instead work with the city's municipal animal control agency in an effort to end the killing of adoptable animals.

This course will address these and other issues such as pet surplus - animals entering shelters and those euthanized in shelters; the «no - kill» movement; reasons for relinquishment to shelters; recognition and documentation of animal abuse; dog fighting, and the role of the veterinarian in the recognition and reporting of these activities.