The overall goal of the Hayden Law is to promote
adoption over killing of California's shelter pets and to ensure that animals are treated humanely during the time they are impounded in our shelters.
Not exact matches
It is common, everyday practice to have to
kill dogs and cats in an
over crowded shelter to make room for incoming animals.Meanwhile in another shelter across town or across state borders, there are no dogs available for
adoption.
Recently, there was a pure bred puppy in a high
kill shelter here and «rescues» were fighting
over her, when a friend inquired about adopting the dog she asked about the
adoption fee the rescue said it depended on certain things and that once the dog was evaluated they would come up with a fee, so my friend asked if they had set fees and they responded no, because some dogs deserve a higher fee.
Cat's Cradle rescues
over 800 animals each year, adopts out
over 600, transports
over 250 to other no -
kill organizations for
adoption, and assists
over 175 families with pet retention programs.
Over the last 50 years, we have saved thousands of animals through facilitating pet
adoptions and teaching responsible pet ownership at our no
kill pet shelter in Tyler, Texas.
The organization also operates two low - cost spay / neuter clinics, which have performed
over 85,000 surgeries to date, and its own rehabilitative, no -
kill shelter and a cat
adoption center.
In just one year, the
kill rate for dogs and cats declined by
over 50 % and
adoption increased by as much as 84 %.
Best Friends also took
over operations of a shelter there, which serves as both a spay / neuter center and a no -
kill adoption center for animals who had already arrived in other shelters.
We are the world's largest no -
kill rescue and
adoption organization, having saved
over one million animals since 1944.
Her experience includes the rescue and
adoption of
over 2,000 animals to date from high -
kill facilities across the country.
Her efforts doubled NHS's
adoption numbers in the first three months after she took
over the shelter, and helped make Washoe County one of the nation's first no -
kill communities — an achievement it's maintained to today.
North Shore Animal League America — the world's largest no -
kill rescue and
adoption organization — has saved the lives of
over 1 million dogs, cats, puppies and kittens at risk of euthanasia.
North Shore Animal League America didn't become the world's largest no -
kill rescue and
adoption organization by chance — it took
over 72 years of saving the lives of more than 1 million homeless dogs, cats, puppies, and kittens from across the country and around the globe to be recognized as the best at what we do.
With
over 1,500
adoptions and a new (in 2015)
Adoption Center, OTAT is ready and willing to help make Chicago the next no -
kill City.
AAVA has been helping animals and their owners for
over 20 years, and one of their goals is to rescue and rehome as many animals as possible from the local Animal Control facility, a high
kill pound with no
adoption program.
About North Shore Animal League America North Shore Animal League America — the world's largest no -
kill rescue and
adoption organization — has saved the lives of
over 1 million dogs, cats, puppies and kittens at risk of euthanasia.
Participating Shelters: Friends of Felines Rescue Center in Defiance, OH Animal Rescue Fund of Mississippi in Pelahatchie, MS Passion 4 Paws in Dayville, CT Brother Wolf Animal Rescue in Ashville, NC Talbot Humane in Easton, MD CATS Cradle Shelter in Fargo, ND Liberty Humane Society in Jersey City, NJ Rikki's Refuge in Rapidan, VA Happy Endings No
Kill Shelter in Milwaukee, WI Humane Society of Midland County in Midland, MI Purr - fect Companions Cat Sanctuary in Cleveland, OH Second Chance Animal Shelter in East Brookfield, MA Hilltop Humane Society in Randolph, MA Tri-County Animal Rescue Center in Shippenville, PA The N.O.A.H Animal
Adoption Center in Stanwood, WA P.U.R.R. West Virginia in Grafton, Start
Over Rover in Hastings, NE
By contrast, no -
kill sheltering policies prioritize shelter staff positions that focus on saving lives (via improved animal care, good customer service, free spay / neuter services, innovative
adoption promotions, etc.)
over beefed - up enforcement.
From the heartland of Texas where dozens of cities now claim live release rates between 90 % to 99 %, to the shores of the Great Lakes where
over 50 of Michigan's 80 sheltered communities have likewise done the same, causing
killing to plummet and
adoptions to skyrocket, and all points north and south, east and west and in between, virtually all marks on the compass now point in the direction of an American shelter which has replaced the
killing of nine out of 10 animals with humane, life - affirming alternatives.
These volunteers are advocates for the companion animals and help educate the community on the importance of such issues, as the intrinsic value of
adoption / rehoming
over buying a pet; pet homelessness; spay / neuter; responsible pet ownership; and no -
kill movement (euthanasia as a last humane resort).
Over the past year, we have been teaming up with North Shore Animal League America, the World's largest no -
kill animal rescue and
adoption organization, to help give a voice to countless animals that are in need.
The public policy preference of California continues to be favoring life
over death, and thus the
adoption, rather than
killing, of shelter animals.
Even
over a decade after its enactment,
killing far outpaces
adoptions statewide, not because of the Hayden Law, but primarily due to entrenched ideas and an outdated shelter model that has proven that self - regulation is ineffective.
Some of these include Furburbia pet
adoption centers in malls (taking pets out of the shelter to the public); pet super
adoptions (adopting hundreds of animals at a time
over a weekend), the first coalition - based effort to end the
killing; the Big Fix statewide mobile clinic, serving every nook and cranny of the state and cranking out more surgeries than any other mobile clinic of its kind (around 100,000 surgeries during its time); creative corporate partnerships, including Squatters Chasing Tail Ale and Hooters for Neuter; the first statewide community cat trap / neuter / return (TNR) programs; and the first dedicated shelter program to save pit bull terriers (the Pit Crew).
On October 2nd and 3rd, 2016 we joined
over 40 other rescue organizations at the Utah State Fair Park for the annual Best Friends / No -
Kill Utah (NKUT) pet
adoption event of the year!
Along with offering animal
adoptions that have saved
over 350 animals each year from
kill shelters, BLAR also collaborates with PKC to provide eight dogs for camp.