There are basically two schools of thought
about shelter euthanasia: people tend to believe either that society is to blame for the deaths and therefore society must be punished with restrictive laws or they believe in education, compromise, and reason to bring about the desired goal.
Not exact matches
Recent news
about the suicide of a Taiwanese vet and director of an animal
shelter has raised concerns
about euthanasia and the pressure put on animal
shelters.
Locally, viewers will be able to watch special programming that raises awareness
about the actual pet adoption day as well as issues, like the overpopulation of
shelters in San Diego and the dangers of
euthanasia on NBC 7 San Diego.
The Nebraska Rescue Council was formed, so that independent, state - licensed, animal
shelters and rescues can work together to promote one another, reduce
euthanasia and provide information to the public
about our organizations.
We strive to reduce the overpopulation of stray animals and
euthanasia rates at our local
shelters by educating our community
about adoption, rescue, Spay and Neuter.
If you really cared
about homeless pets you would have gone to the
shelter, since you clearly knew that was an option and are well informed of the
euthanasia rates in this country.
PAWS writes thoughtfully
about their comprehensive model for reducing
shelter euthanasia in Chicago and acknowledges the high returns to spay / neuter surgeries, so we believe the reason that program is now so consistent in size is serving most of the need in their area.
Update Mar. 5, 2009: The North Carolina House Agriculture Committee heard testimony yesterday
about Davie's Law which would end the use of gas chambers on
shelter animals and ban heartstick and mandate safe lethal injection for
euthanasia of dogs and cats.
We've talked
about this before — how using
shelter intake and
euthanasia numbers to gauge the effectiveness of a trap - neuter - return (TNR) program is off the mark because it doesn't detail trends in the population of cats outside.
«The Vet Pets program places them in view of the public at
about five weeks old, so it not only takes them out of the
shelter and decreases our
euthanasia rate, but it also gets them adopted more quickly once they do reach eight weeks.»
When many of us hear
about cat overpopulation, we picture an overabundance of cats in animal
shelters and not enough families to adopt them — a situation that can have tragic consequences, including the risk of
euthanasia.
TNR stabilizes cat populations, greatly reduces the number of calls of concern
about cats that municipalities receive, decreases
euthanasia rates at
shelters, and saves municipalities money.
«Study: How a neuter - return program reduced intake and
euthanasia at a municipal
shelter Main What you need to know
about veterinary care for pets in foster homes»
The truth is that TNR stabilizes cat populations, greatly reduces the number of calls of concern
about cats, decreases
euthanasia rates at
shelters, and saves municipalities money.
The SNiP mission is to prevent the suffering and death of dogs and cats due to overpopulation and preventable diseases, to eliminate the need for
euthanasia in our community's animal
shelters, to reduce the number of homeless animals, and to educate the public
about the importance of spay / neuter.
«By reaching a subset of the population uncertain
about where they'll obtain their next dog or cat and convincing them that an animal
shelter is the best source, we can end the
euthanasia of homeless dogs and cats in this country,» said Wayne Pacelle, President and CEO of the Humane Society of the United States.
We held our first No Kill SC summit on July 25th for leaders of
shelters and animal control organizations, talking
about ways to reduce
euthanasia for feral & free - roaming cats.
As detailed below, the city of Berkeley and San Diego County have reduced the
euthanasia rates for all cats brought to their
shelters by
about 50 % since free spay / neuter clinics for ferals have started in those areas.
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About Kitten Rescue Kitten Rescue was formed in 1997 by a volunteer who intercepted unweaned kittens as they were being brought to city
shelters where they faced certain
euthanasia.
When its leaders started working together on the new programs in 2001 -» 02, the
shelter's
euthanasia rates were
about 32 percent for dogs and 57 percent for cats.
Your contribution will support the spay / neuter of cats and the education of our community
about the
euthanasia of healthy, homeless cats and dogs in
shelters in the Cincinnati area.
I learned so much
about the need for increased promotion of
shelter dogs, especially those at kill -
shelters like AC&C, where the
euthanasia rates are simply too high.
Our focus is to end unnecessary
euthanasia, educate the public
about responsible pet ownership, and enrich the lives of the
shelter animals.
Baby was one of the dogs we rescued from that
euthanasia list from a rural
shelter we often partner with and upon intake, it became clear that Baby was
about to have babies of her own.
This allows for the reasonable likelihood that
about 10 percent of animals entering a given
shelter system will either be irremediably suffering due to injury, illness or age, and
euthanasia to end that suffering will be deemed appropriate and humane, or will be too demonstrably or historically aggressive to be responsibly adopted to a member of the public.
Close to 4 million dogs enter rescue
shelters each year in the United States alone, with
about 60 % of these facing
euthanasia.
Philadelphia
shelters have a very high
euthanasia rate due to overcrowding — during spring / summer,
about 70 % of surrendered cats and kittens never leave the
shelter, including pets surrendered by former owners.
In 1997, a small group of animal activists in western North Carolina resolved to do something
about the high rate of
euthanasia in local
shelters.
It's all
about strategizing around support for
shelters that still use
euthanasia for space / population control.
My interview with Auerbach touched on many issues that she cares
about that we did not have time to discuss in depth, including the effect on
shelter workers of carrying out
euthanasia decisions, the need to attract and retain leaders in
sheltering, and the importance of expanding the focus of
sheltering to include animals outside the
shelter.
The numbers — such as decreased
shelter intake and fewer cat
euthanasias — are presented without asking «What does this really tell us
about outdoor cat numbers?»
Of course,
shelters have made it a priority to reduce and prevent
euthanasia in the first place and have made progress —
about 3.4 million cats and dogs were euthanized in 2013, compared to
about 15 million in 1970.
This morning, The Washington Post published my article
about a new study from Mississippi State University showing that
shelter euthanasia rates for dogs have dipped to the lowest level in modern history, with fewer than 780,000 dogs per year now dying in U.S.
shelters.
About a year ago, the Broken Arrow Animal
Shelter got rid of its gas chamber, which was used for
euthanasia.
Many other animal
sheltering agencies followed suit, leading to an often heated and ongoing philosophical debate
about the use of
euthanasia as a primary means of
shelter population control.
ACPB believes that by educating
about, advocating for, and celebrating pit bulls, we can help promote positive public opinion of this breed, decrease the high level of
euthanasia happening in our overcrowded
shelters.