Open Admissions shelters take in every animal in need, but are sometimes obligated to euthanize for space.
However,
the open admission shelter takes in thousands more felines into the shelter annually than it can adopt out.
Not exact matches
The pilot program will
take place in nine
shelters across the country, ranging from small, limited -
admission private
shelters to large,
open -
admission municipal facilities.
Completely agree that if
open admission shelters embrace no kill they can become no kill quickly (not that it doesn't
take a lot of work — but it can be done).
The Kansas City
shelter takes in a disproportionate and staggering volume of 10,300 animals a year, making it the 3rd largest
open admission, No Kill
shelter in the country.
We are an
open admission shelter and are able to
take in animals no matter the reason or circumstance.
Our county
shelters are
open admission shelters, which we means we have to
take in any animal that comes in our doors.
Even with
open -
admission shelter policies that encourage the public to turn in cats at any time without restriction, few
shelters take in more than 10 % of the community's free - roaming cats each year.
Two days ago, PETA reported that out of 2,047 animals it
took in or rounded up in 2015, it succeeded in placing «545 adoptable animals in permanent homes or delivering them to
shelters with high foot traffic for adoption, in addition to referring many more adoptable animals directly to
open -
admission shelters.»
2) Progress as promised - 2012 Final Report from KC Pet Project in Kansas City, MO - Our organizations is working diligently to
take a once high - kill
shelter and turn it into an
open -
admission, no kill
shelter.
We participate in a transfer program which allows us to
take in animals from other
shelters that are
open admission, and house animals that are at risk of being euthanized due to lack of space.
We are an
open -
admission shelter,
taking in all animals in need.
Consider this example
taken from the annual report of a humane society under contract to provide municipal animal control and a municipal
open -
admission animal
shelter:
CACC is a municipal,
open admission shelter, meaning it must
take in any stray animal who shows up at its door.
Compare the
open admission shelter in Lynchburg, VA, which
took in more dogs and cats that PETA on a fraction of its budget and had a live release rate of 97 % for dogs and 86 % of cats.
Thank you to Richmond Animal Care & Control, who are the city's only
open -
admission shelter, which means they
take EVERYBODY in, and get them the medical care they need and the food and warmth they deserve until somebody can adopt them!
Sick and injured pets: Pasadena Animal
Shelter is an open admissions, municipal shelter, so we often take in in animals that are too ill to go up for ad
Shelter is an
open admissions, municipal
shelter, so we often take in in animals that are too ill to go up for ad
shelter, so we often
take in in animals that are too ill to go up for adoption.
Even with
open -
admission shelter policies that encourage the public to turn in cats at any time without restriction, few
shelters take in more than 10 % of the community's free - roaming cats each year [9].
Learn how Rockwall Pets has
taken two municipal
open -
admission shelters to no - kill status in Rockwall County, TX.
As an
open admission shelter, Lollypop Farm
takes in animals of all kinds (dogs, cats, small animals, birds, reptiles, farm animals, etc) from all over the state of New York - and beyond.
Fulton County Animal Services (FCAS) is considered an
open admissions shelter; and this means that they are contracted by the county to
take in all found or stray animals.
On August 1 of last year, a non-profit named Petaluma Animal Services Foundation
took over management of the city's
open -
admission municipal
shelter.
«
Open - admission» (also known as «open - intake») shelters are obligated to take in strays (either serving as animal control themselves or accepting strays from animal control) and animals surrendered by people who live in the area served by the shelter — in other words, these shelters can not pick and choose what animals they take in or how many animals they take
Open -
admission» (also known as «
open - intake») shelters are obligated to take in strays (either serving as animal control themselves or accepting strays from animal control) and animals surrendered by people who live in the area served by the shelter — in other words, these shelters can not pick and choose what animals they take in or how many animals they take
open - intake»)
shelters are obligated to
take in strays (either serving as animal control themselves or accepting strays from animal control) and animals surrendered by people who live in the area served by the
shelter — in other words, these
shelters can not pick and choose what animals they
take in or how many animals they
take in.
Greenville County Animal Care is the largest
open admission animal
shelter in the state of South Carolina,
taking in between 17,000 - 20,000 animals each year from every municipality in Greenville County and the unincorporated areas of Spartanburg County.
Because it is an
open admission shelter, it must
take in any pets that come in their doors even if there is no longer any room.
Most
shelters are
open -
admission, meaning they
take all incoming animals.
We are an
open -
admission nonprofit animal
shelter and
take in approximately 4,000 animals a year, including dogs, cats, birds, rabbits, reptiles, farm animals, rodents, and even fish!
So if you're an under - funded, understaffed,
open -
admission municipal
shelter overwhelmed with the throngs of unwanted pets your community continually dumps at your doorstep (as opposed to limited or closed
admission shelters that can pick and choose the animals they
take in), and you have no additional resources at your disposal, then the odds of being able to implement lifesaving programs isn't favorable.