Sentences with phrase «accept other animals in the home»

You can be more confident that a dog will accept other animals in the home if the dog has lived with other animals in the past.

Not exact matches

Shelters in both countries are often tasked with accepting unwanted animals and finding new homes for them; many of these animals are pit bulls or other bull breeds.

The current law requires that animals can not be euthanized for 5 days and under the new law, even then, shelters must look for reasonable alternatives and specifically, «shall ensure... [t] here are no empty cages, kennels, or other living environments in the shelter that are suitable for the animal; [t] he animal can not share a cage or kennel with appropriately sized primary living space with another animal; [a] foster home is not available»; a rescue on the registry can not accept the animal.

As a general rule, the adult dogs are bred until they stop producing puppies or develop other health issues, at which point they may be shot, drowned, abandoned, or in rare cases, relinquished to animal rescue organizations that have indicated a willingness to accept and process them for possible adoption to private homes.

Under the bill before euthanizing an animal, the manager of the animal shelter would be required to certify that the holding period for the animal has expired and that there is no «reasonable alternative» to euthanasia because (1) there are «no empty cages, kennels or other living environments in the shelter suitable for the animal»; (2) a foster home is not available through another municipal or private animal shelter or Rhode Island incorporated animal organization; and (3) another municipal or private animal shelter or Rhode Island incorporated animal organization is unwilling to accept the animal.