But the fundamental insight of this book is supremely important and valid: that it takes a change of mentality — a cultural change — to reduce the number of
adoptable animals killed in shelters.
Not exact matches
Felines & Canines Rescue Center is dedicated to ending the euthanasia of
adoptable dogs and cats
in Northern Alabama by providing a safe, loving, no -
kill animal shelter that focuses on the transportation of excess
animals to fellow no -
kill rescue partners
in Illinois and surrounding Northern states.
Philadelphia, PA — Monday, April 24, 2006 — The University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine (Penn Vet) and the Philadelphia
Animal Care and Control Association (PACCA) are partnering to eliminate the unnecessary
killing of potentially
adoptable animals in the City of Philadelphia with the launch of the spay / neuter component of the School's new
Shelter Animal Medicine Program.
Perhaps some of the public funds budgeted for
shelters to
kill animals could be better spent helping rescue groups who are proactive
in matching
adoptable pets to suitable homes.
Best Friends has put together a coalition
in Los Angeles dedicated to ending the
killing of healthy and
adoptable pets
in L.A. city
shelters, as well as programs to spay / neuter
animals, find homes for
shelter pets, and raise public awareness.
Because feral cats are not socialized and not
adoptable, they do not belong
in animal pounds or
shelters, where virtually 100 % of them are
killed.
All private
shelters should already be no
kill because they only take
in the most
adoptable animals.
In comparison to the 200 - 400
animals most privately run no
kill shelters have, (and ability to turn away any
animal they don't think is adoptable) compare for instance Miami Dade Animal shelter, one with a (deservedly) bad reput
animal they don't think is
adoptable) compare for instance Miami Dade
Animal shelter, one with a (deservedly) bad reput
Animal shelter, one with a (deservedly) bad reputation.
Development of a behavior service to help
shelters improve the welfare and adoptability of dogs and cats by conducting research on various housing and management arrangements that affect
animal behavior; helping
shelters customize the training and behavior rehabilitation of their
animals in preparation for adoption; and working with
shelters to market
adoptable cats and dogs
in order to reach the no -
kill goal.
You can feel good about donating because we are a NO -
KILL shelter that provides compassionate medical treatment
in a loving environment while we search for a forever home for every
adoptable animal.
Established
in 1910 to enforce
animal cruelty laws,
in 2004 the Humane Society of Tampa Bay became a no -
kill for space
shelter committed to finding permanent homes for every
adoptable animal in its charge.
High Sierra
Animal Rescue (HSAR) is a no -
kill shelter located
in Portola, CA that is dedicated to saving the lives of homeless
adoptable dogs that can no longer be held at the county
shelters.
The company donates a portion of sales to Badass Brooklyn
Animal Rescue, an all - breed rescue nonprofit that uses a network of fosters and volunteers to find new homes for
adoptable dogs they rescue from high -
kill rural
shelters in the South.
When he left the
shelter in 1999, he had changed not only how
animals were
killed (by the better humane injection), but also the
shelter's practice of
killing adoptable dogs.
Our
shelter is founded on the principle of trying to find good,
adoptable and loving homes for the
animals and help stop the
killing of over 75,000 abandoned
animals in southern Florida.
Opponents warn that when some humane societies switch to no
kill, they quit accepting all but the best, healthiest and easiest to adopt
animals and turn away the less
adoptable ones or refer them to publicly - funded
shelters in the area.
This no -
kill concept space introduces a «cause cooperative» model,
in which the center will showcase
adoptable dogs and cats from nine local and regional nonprofit organizations, and the New York City - run
shelter,
Animal Care Centers of NYC (ACC).
The festivities will continue with the Blessing of the
Animals, Pet photos with Surfin» Santa, Bark & Brunch, K - 9 Demonstration by the Jupiter Police Department, Cowabunga Kids Zone,
Adoptable pet parade, shop local
in the vendor village and more all to support the local not - for - profit no
kill animal shelter, Furry Friends.
Badass Brooklyn
Animal Rescue is a 501 (c) 3 non-profit, all - breed dog rescue composed of a network of fosters and volunteers who work together to rescue sweet, loving,
adoptable dogs from high
kill, rural
shelters in the southern U.S. states and get them adopted into wonderful forever homes.
Every year, millions of healthy,
adoptable animals are
killed in shelters or abandoned by their owners and left to fend for themselves.
Make fliers and / or posters about the importance of spaying and neutering, adopting rather than purchasing pets, or other important
animal welfare issues and about how to help stop the
killing of healthy,
adoptable animals in our nation?s
shelters.
When the San Francisco SPCA dropped its contract as the city's
animal control agency and began its quest to save all
adoptable cats an dogs
in the city, it was criticized by some other California
shelters that questioned its definition of «
adoptable» and complained that no -
kill facilities merely shift the burden of
killing to other
shelters.
The LifeLine Community
Animal Center will ensure that Atlanta can maintain its status as a no - kill community — keeping more animals from being surrendered to public shelters in the first place, and allowing every adoptable animal that does enter the shelter to find a new forever
Animal Center will ensure that Atlanta can maintain its status as a no -
kill community — keeping more
animals from being surrendered to public
shelters in the first place, and allowing every
adoptable animal that does enter the shelter to find a new forever
animal that does enter the
shelter to find a new forever home.
Animal Rescue of South Florida saves
adoptable dogs and cats from high
kill shelters in the tri county area.
In many communities, volunteer foster networks and no - kill rescue groups remove most of the adoptable animals from shelters that euthanize, put them in foster homes, and then place them in forever homes through adopt - a-pet event
In many communities, volunteer foster networks and no -
kill rescue groups remove most of the
adoptable animals from
shelters that euthanize, put them
in foster homes, and then place them in forever homes through adopt - a-pet event
in foster homes, and then place them
in forever homes through adopt - a-pet event
in forever homes through adopt - a-pet events.
just over a year ago, with the goal of making Austin a «No
Kill» city — a community
in which every
adoptable and treatable
animal impounded at the
shelter goes home alive.
Staggering progress, but we still have work to do to close the gap and save the remaining 12,000
animals who represent the rest of the 90 percent of healthy and
adoptable animals being
killed in Utah's
shelters.
This story is done just down the road,
in St. Louis, and it is done by Chris Hayes, who has been doing a lot of VERY good
animal reporting lately including breaking the news about the Sikeston Pit Bull Roundup back
in December., this article about how many
shelters hide behind the word «
adoptable» at
shelters, this story about how a family pet was threatened to be
killed due to how it looks, among others.
The no -
kill movement officially started
in San Francisco
in 1989 under the leadership of Richard Avanzino at the San Francisco SPCA, who made the critical decision to relinquish the
shelter's contract for
animal control and instead work with the city's municipal
animal control agency
in an effort to end the
killing of
adoptable animals.