Sentences with phrase «shelter system which»

Over the past 9 years, Carson Cats has rescued over 11,000 animals from the Los Angeles County Shelter System which has one of the highest euthanasia rates in the country.

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Like Peter Berger, whom he quotes, Habermas perceives a requirement for some form of symbolic universe — a sheltering canopy — to integrate the various systems of action in which an individual engages.
Work has begun on the park district portion of the project, which includes a boardwalk system, lifeguard house, concession stand, restroom and «interpretive shelter» multipurpose building.
During her address at the forum co-sponsored by Care for the Homeless and Long Island University's Master of Public Administration program, James noted that as of April 17, there are more than 61,000 individuals sleeping in the city's shelter system, which includes 23,000 children — and said that homelessness «is at the highest level in New York since the Great Depression.»
Tests of the «4 - Poster» tick control system on Shelter Island, which gives a dose of insecticide to deer dining at a feeding station, has shown that approach can work, but the idea has yet to catch on with local governments.
Instead, he argued his only concern is for the poor souls seeking protection from the elements, and for the vain expenditure of state funds, which he said make up 55 percent of the shelter system budget.
De Blasio pledged to end veteran homelessness in his State of the City speech in February, but advocates said the mayor's goal relies disproportionately on a grant from the federal government, which will help the city create a housing plan for military veterans in the shelter system.
New York State is unique in that its constitution guarantees a right to some form of housing, which has often left local shelter systems severely taxed.
Mayor Bill de Blasio announced today a range of reforms to suppress violence and crime in the city's troubled homeless shelter systemwhich include plans to have cops train on - site security staff and place an NYPD unit in charge of drawing up a comprehensive safety plan.
The Work and Pensions Secretary called time on Britain's system of Remploy factories, which provided subsidised and sheltered employment to disabled people.
Taylor's resignation comes after two weeks in which the Homeless Services Commissioner appeared to have a less - than - full command of data about the city's homeless shelter system during testimony he gave to the City Council, and during a sit - down television interview.
At its meeting this afternoon, the council will take steps to file suit against the controversial change, which will require homeless adults seeking to enter the shelter system to prove they have no other place to go.
The responses from evacuees were then uploaded to the system, which integrated them with data from the shelters» emergency clinics and surveillance reports from Houston Department of Health and Human Services epidemiologists in the field.
The researchers found that Zika targeted two specific cell types in mice: spermatogonia, which make sperm, and Sertoli cells, which are involved in helping sperm develop and sheltering them from the blood and immune system, building what's called the blood - testis barrier.
While writing his dissertation, which examined the potential benefits of using small - scale renewable energy systems in sheltered housing for elderly people provided by the city council in North Tyneside, he decided to continue with a Ph.D..
The scholarships are available for the three Master's degree core courses, which also make up the graduate certificate: Integrating Veterinary Medicine with Shelter Systems, Shelter Animal Physical Health, and Shelter Animal Behavior and Welfare.The University of Florida is able to make this offer thanks to the generosity of the Nestlé Purina PetCare Company and Broker's Tale.
Several problems exist, both in the larger «generic» breeder population and the «shelter system» which has largely morphed into a business model loaded with prejudicial attitudes, no longer legitimately eligible for the tax exempt status they enjoy.
A frightening number of pets enter the animal shelter system each year simply due to the fact that animal control has no means by which to return a pet to it's loving home.
2) The Return - To - Shelter services, which include immediate in - shelter needs and includes all the above services but without the cats being placed into our foster Shelter services, which include immediate in - shelter needs and includes all the above services but without the cats being placed into our foster shelter needs and includes all the above services but without the cats being placed into our foster system.
A frightening number of pets enter the animal shelter system each year simply because animal control has no means by which to return a pet to its loving home.
«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.
All of which got me thinking... Inspired by my friend's «birdcage liner» story, and by Nathan Winograd's Phyllis Wright Awards («given to those who epitomize everything that is wrong with our broken animal «shelter» system»), I bring you the Trap Liner Award.
She was found by the shelter staff the next morning with mange and raw skin from head to tail and it was soon determined that she had two mammary tumors, was heartworm positive, was riddled with hook and whip worms, all of which had resulted in an extremely weakened immune system.
[4] None of which bodes well for the cats in its shelter system — «some 280» of them last year, according to the story in Hernando Today, the majority of which never made it out alive.
But Mike Arms, president of the Helen Woodward Animal Shelter in San Diego County, said the Tagg system goes beyond microchips — which he supports — because of the real - time notification.
Find out which breed best matches your personality and lifestyle with the Dog Matching System on PetYourDog.com, a website dedicated to reducing dog abandonment and shelter intake rates by helping adopters find the best canine match.
And what so many stories are sorely missing is this piece of the puzzle — that by promoting the idea of the «purebred dog,» the National Dog Show is doing a grand disservice to the millions of animals that enter the shelter system every year — thousands of which (5,500 dogs, to be exact) die each day in the U.S.
This type of informed legislation, along with programs like the Community Cats Projects, which are operating in four cities, not only facilitate the establishment of no - kill sheltering policies, they directly address the long - term objective of creating sustainable no - kill communities, where the community as a whole is an extension of a lifesaving shelter system, and the public is a partner in ensuring the safety of all animals.
Unfortunately, at our shelter, the president would not allow us to implement our ideas for keeping the animals calmer... things like playing calming music like «Through a Dog's Ear» through the speaker system in the kennels, which would also keep the people calmer, or using Rescue Remedy in the dogs» water bowl or on the dogs themselves.
If I were to boil down my most important take away from of Redemption, it would be that instead of laying blame and setting up a punitive system (which doesn't work) against the public as a primary strategy for opting out of lifesaving in favor of killing, shelters have a responsibility to do right by the animals they take in as their first priority.
The shelter system is a key part of preparations for hurricane season, which begins June 1.
In fact, in the shelter system of Washoe County, which has a higher - than - usual IPTP of over 32, APTP runs about 23 per year.
Shallow coastal waters are sheltered by the Belize Barrier Reef which is the largest reef system in the Western Hemisphere.
For this 13 - day trip, the high - octane outfitter has chosen the wildest route possible, using little - known tracks (Kiwi for trails) and New Zealand's excellent hut system, which offers everything from bare - bones shelters to cushy crash pads with private bunks and kitchens.
The in - game character gets hungry, cold, tired, and in need of shelter, and the primary goal is to provide for his basic needs, which boils down to collecting items and employing the game's advanced crafting system.
They won a grant from the Lemelson - MIT Program to develop a lightweight, portable disaster relief shelter, designed to be complete with a water purification system and a renewable energy source to power an LED light, which could be used after disasters such as hurricanes, earthquakes, floods, or tornadoes to house people who have been displaced.
Planetary health recognizes that the health and wellbeing of humanity are inextricably tied to the health of earth's natural systems, which provide us with sustenance, shelter and energy.
This, together with the heat recovery ventilation system, the bead insulation installed in the original wall cavity (which keeps the inner wall warm), the repointing of joints, and the sheltered nature of the site, all help to mitigate the risk of interstitial condensation.
Much of the decline is due to better forecasting and early warning systems which enable people to take shelter.
For example, a client inquiry about offshore tax shelters is noted and logged by the system, which draws the reasonable conclusion that this client will likely also be interested in developments in foreign tax rules and Canada Revenue Agency announcements about the treatment of such shelters.
In assisting in the orderly resolution of conflicts, the judicial system should therefore shelter itself from old conflicts which could reasonably have been submitted for litigation in the past.»
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