Sentences with phrase «public shelters often»

Public shelters often do not hold dogs and adoption is on a first come, first adopt basis.

A public shelter often takes in every dog.

Not exact matches

When churches believe that their mission requires them to provide education, health care, social work, disaster relief, refugee resettlement, shelter for the homeless, food for the hungry, assistance to the aged, or whatever, they are often providing needed public services for which the public is willing, able and responsible to pay.

Albanese, a lawyer, said the city often refused to indemnify public workers for actions taken «outside the scope of their employment,» and cited a case he handled on behalf of two security guards at an Upper Manhattan homeless shelter.

Others worried about services for the homeless population already in the area, saying that men from a nearby shelter are often seen roaming public housing buildings during the day.

However, in small cities in Oklahoma it is typical for a part time worker to manage the shelter and be responsible for other public works as well; animal welfare often takes a back seat.

Birds, rodents, hooved species, and reptiles, then as now, were relatively seldom received, and were often transferred to zoos, wildlife rehabilitators, and 4 — H programs, rather than being held in public shelters.

Shelter dogs are especially in danger if they have small dog syndrome as the behaviors they display are often considered too dangerous for the public and are euthanized.

But if Joe Public wants a puppy for the family and doesn't know about the shelter, or has heard it's a hell hole (as many are), or can't get there during work hours (the only time they're open, often), or gets treated rudely by people who work there, why is he NOT going to just go to a pet store and pick up a pricey pup?

After a career in animal control it is beyond words and disappointing to know that politics has become superior to public safety — our current situation of adoption / placement of all shelter animals regardless of concern for the safety of the community and often disregard for the animal when he is asked to peacefully coexist in society long term when the facts continue to prove that this often ends in tragedy is inexcusable.

The shelter is often overcrowded during kitten season with litters that the public finds wandering the streets, or surrendered by families with intact female cats that give birth and have no room for babies.

When private organizations get involved with public animal shelters, private donations can often be leveraged to increase services at no extra cost to taxpayers.

Many shelters call themselves «no - kill» in an effort to galvanize public support and make themselves out to be «better» than shelters who do euthanize (often called open - admission shelters).

Spay / neuter decreases the fight for resources among stray animals, preventing the spread of diseases like the deadly parvo virus and reducing mating related aggression which can often lead to dogs being rounded up and put into public shelters where they have little chance of survival.

Certainly, this can often be successful, but managing small animal «herds» through short periods of shutting to the public could help shelters break disease cycles more effectively.

Commissioner Layne Dicker said that city shelters are already misleading the public by having breed labels because breeds are often wrong when they are judged visually.

Allowing members of the public to search online for their lost pet rather than have to visit the shelter on a daily basis, something that for many people who are busy with jobs, family and other obligations may be difficult to do, especially if the shelter is in a remote, out of the way location as they often are and with hours that make it difficult for working people to visit, is fair and reasonable.

Katherine and Nancy are convinced that spaying and neutering saves lives and stops litters — litters that too often end up at public shelters and are subsequently killed due to a lack of adopters and lack of space.

In one of the most creative scams ever perpetrated on the American public, many of these largely unregulated, retail - style rescues and shelters have managed to gain a competitive market advantage over well - bred and socialized dogs and regulated breeders as well as many traditional shelters and animal control agencies by trading in dogs whose health, temperament and origin are often unknown and whose prior treatment and ultimate sale are neither regulated nor warranted.

It is a low cost, and often no cost, way of increasing a shelter's capacity, improving public relations, increasing a shelter's public image, rehabilitating sick and injured or behaviorally challenged animals, and saving lives.

I had known, but not really realized the effect of the reputation shelters often have that leads to unwillingness for the public to visit and adopt a pet.

Gillian and her team scour the public shelters around California looking specifically for animals in the most need of help — often the severity of their health issues has left them days, or even hours away, from being euthanized.

Often kittens under two pounds are brought to the shelter and, due to shelter policies, can not be adopted out to the public and are immediately euthanized.

Adopting From Public Animal Shelters and Humane Societies German Shepherds (and Shepherd crosses and mixes) are often found here, although German Shepherd Rescue groups do try to move their breed out of shelters and into their rescue network.

Private organizations often have an advantage over a city or county government in running a shelter because a private organization can fundraise directly from the public and may have more flexibility in personnel decisions.

As noted above, while these efforts often include measures that expand public «access» to animals in shelters, e.g., requiring shelters to release animals to almost any person or organization, «shelter access» legislation may encompass other strategies as well, including measures that directly prohibit euthanasia or impose additional administrative barriers or requirements on animal shelters and their staff related to euthanasia decisions.

Adopting From Public Animal Shelters and Humane Societies It's unlikely that you would find a Dogo in a shelter, although people often think they have.

The dogs we acquire in rescue are often from private or public shelters.

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