Sentences with phrase «kill shelter directors»

The HSUS and Best Friends conferences both offer great opportunities for aspiring No Kill shelter directors to learn from the presenters and to network with each other.

This is important because the lower the intake, the easier it is for even unmotivated, ineffective, and uncaring directors (in short, your average kill shelter director) to replace killing.

And there's always the option of contacting a successful No Kill shelter director nearby.

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Bill Bruce, director of Animal Services and Bylaws in Calgary, has approached ending the killing of shelter animals with a top - down, integrated community - policy approach.

Steve Horneffer, president of the shelter's board of directors, said about six dogs were under consideration to be killed, including three Rottweilers and some older dogs that have become «cage crazy.»

The low San Francisco shelter killing volume also boosted the career of Brenda Barnette, who was director of fundraising at the SF / SPCA during the transition to no - kill, and now heads the Los Angeles Department of Animal Regulation, with the stated goal of making Los Angeles a no - kill city.

Nathan Winograd achieved world - wide acclaim as former director of a similar New York facility after he converted it into a no - kill shelter.

Alakesi Sorokin, director of Basya Services, the company hired for extermination, was quoted as calling Sochi's strays «biological trash,» yet the company denies the killing of healthy dogs, «insisting that it placed them in shelters and only disposed of animals found dead in the streets,» according to Radio Free Europe.

In the letter from the director at UPAWS, (a completely open admission shelter that has several city contract), they happily reported that in 2007, the shelter made the decision to try No Kill.

With the help of Ryan — and a few other animal welfare advocates in Austin, they changed the perceptions in Austin — and the shelter has now seen a 90 % + save rate for 5 consecutive months and a new shelter director with a history of no kill success.

The No Kill Advocacy Center argues that appreciably less than one percent of dogs with worrisome behaviors are beyond our current ability to rehabilitate, pointing to recent studies and to the beliefs of practiced shelter directors.

Iâ $ ™ ve volunteered with local shelters, have fostered hundreds of kittens, served on the Board of Directors of a humane society, was Director of Operations for one of the largest and most successful shelters in the nation, was Executive Director of an open admission animal control shelter which created the nationâ $ ™ s first (and at the time only) No Kill community, and have consulted with dozens more, including some of the largest and best known in the nation.

«This type of facility is critical for helping underserved communities keep their pets, reducing shelter intake and unnecessary euthanasia, and helping us work toward a no - kill nation,» said Shelly Thompson, Director of Grants at Maddie's Fund.

Kristen previously served as the Assistant Director at the Fairfax County Animal Shelter in Fairfax, Virginia, where she helped overturn «pit bull» adoption restrictions, doubled adoptions and cut euthanasia in half, bringing Fairfax County to no - kill.

For a small shelter run by a non-profit in a resort or college town, a director with good marketing and management skills may be all that's needed, and the transition to No Kill may be quick.

A related issue is whether the shelter director has the flexibility needed to create No Kill.

-- Many shelter workers and directors who lived through the 1970s and 1980s, when pet overpopulation was a real and severe problem, killed lots of animals for time or space.

If personnel and policy decisions are controlled by the government hierarchy, above the level of the shelter director, it can greatly hinder getting to No Kill.

RTF is another program that strongly appeals to traditional shelter directors, and allows them to start on the road to No Kill.

With all these resources, even shelter directors who are not superstars can be effective and can lead their organizations to No Kill.

Redemption is based on the book of the same name, and author and No Kill Advocacy Center Director Nathan Winograd will be a featured presenter at the conference, along with other leading experts in sheltering and shelter medicine.

With over 25 years» experience in the animal welfare field, he has led animal welfare shelters both No - Kill as well as Animal Controls, opening 3 spay / neuter clinics and serving on numerous Board of Directors for various animal welfare organizations.

After countless hours of meetings, town halls, research, touring other animal shelters, soliciting advice from industry experts, crunching numbers and receiving feedback from hundreds of community members, the Board of Directors voted unanimously for the organization to become a no - kill shelter.

Jessica Prutzman, Board President, explained, «in just a few short weeks of authorizing Tom Hubric, our Executive Director, to explore the feasibility of the ARL becoming a no - kill shelter, our foster pool grew by over 25 %, our volunteer pool tripled in size, we received several very generous monetary donations and the overall support of the community has been completely overwhelming.

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.

People are much more apt to walk by a homeless cat on the street than a homeless dog,» says Abby Smith, Executive Director of Felines Inc., a cage-less, no - kill cat shelter in Chicago.

«It's a pretty exciting time,» said Marc Peralta, executive director of the Best Friends Pet Adoption & Spay Neuter Center, which operates a city - owned shelter in Mission Hills and two years ago launched a No - Kill L.A. Initiative that includes the city's shelter system.

While the shelter director can no longer kill them as puppies, they can, now, just hold them until they reach 3 months of age and then systematically kill the dogs.

The puppy's escape followed a change in policy that prohibited the shelter director from killing any puppies under 3 months of age.

This morning Hillsborough County commissioners voted 6 - to - 1 in favor of Hillsborough County Animal Services» recently announced TNR pilot program — part of director Ian Hallett's proposal for reducing shelter killing (PDF).

We just have to reform those who are truly at fault: the 3,000 irresponsible shelter directors who kill when they don't have to and the four individuals running the national organizations which defend and protect them: Ingrid Newkirk of PETA, Wayne Pacelle of HSUS, Matt Bershadker of the ASPCA and Robin Ganzert of the American Humane Association.

The «Communications» Director states that there is no such thing as a no kill shelter.

The problem here isn't the hold time, and isn't Best Friends» stance on the hold time, its in the behavior of the regressive shelter director that thinks killing is kindness.

My personal opinion is that Wisconsin SHOULD pass AB487 / SB450 — by decreasing the hold periods to a very reasonable 4 days, it will most definitely help compassionate shelter directors to decrease their length of stay to support their ability to save more lives.While I acknowledge that for a few very regressive shelter directors this may give them the ability to kill animals more quickly, it is imperative that these leaders be replaced with compassionate leaders regardless of the outcome of this bill.

Most traditional shelter directors these days seem to be interested in shelter reform, but they may be reluctant to take advice from No Kill advocates who do not work or volunteer at the shelter and have little hands - on shelter experience.

Mentors can help with one major problem that shelter directors face in trying to go No Kill, and that is taking the plunge.

Among other positions, she served as Medical Director for the North Shore Animal League, the world's largest no - kill animal shelter.

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(See Taiwan shelter director suicide illustrates global crisis and Taiwan adopts plan to become no - kill nation by 2017.)

Nathan is the national director of the No Kill Advocacy Center, a non-profit organization dedicated to ending the systematic killing of animals in U.S. shelters.

Earlier this week, a video surfaced of animal control officers, along with the shelter director of the Town of Hempstead (NY) clowning around, and joking around while about to «euthanize» a kitten even to the point of chanting «kill the kitty, kill the kitty» as the frightened kitten was pulled from its traveling kennel with a catch pole.

However, not every community has the resources to form such partnerships that make no - kill shelters successful, says Misha Goodman, president of the National Animal Control Association and director of animal services for Iowa City, Iowa.

In this year's conference, we'll cover a number of different ways that communities have gone No Kill, such as Austin, TX (through lobbying of city officials and a legislative mandate), Fairfax County (through a shelter director's decision), and Kansas City, Missouri (through advocates and volunteers forming a non-profit and bidding on a government contract).

Award Winning Master Photographer Tim Yeaglin is Director of Operations at Prairie Paws Animal Shelter, Inc., in Ottawa, KS, a private, no kill, non-profit shelter founded over 50 years ago by Beatrice MartiShelter, Inc., in Ottawa, KS, a private, no kill, non-profit shelter founded over 50 years ago by Beatrice Martishelter founded over 50 years ago by Beatrice Martin Peck.

They are active in the local community and committed to supporting and working closely with local rescues, such as the no - kill Safe Animal Shelter where they both serve on the Board of Directors.

Kaviani is the Director of Lifesaving Operations at the no - kill shelter Austin Pets Alive!

When Michael Kitkoski heard that Austin achieved no - kill status in March of 2011, he persuaded the shelter director in Rockwall to let him try replicating APA's success.

Ken oversaw the introduction of many new and exciting programs and worked directly with the Director to make some positive changes and helped to move the Humane Society of Macomb from a high kill shelter to its current situation as a no kill shelter.

My passion for helping pets during this time led me to leave my business career and take the Executive Director position at a leading no - kill shelter in Seattle.