Our studies aim to improve the health of shelter pets, reduce the cost of their care, increase owner retention and decrease the numbers of
animals entering the shelter system.
Learn about skin conditions that are some of the most common ailments of
animals entering shelters in this quiz - show, case based presentation.
This is a formula that calculates the percentage of animals that leave shelter facilities alive through adoption, return to owner, or transfer and is calculated on
total animals entering the shelter system.
With millions of
companion animals entering shelters every year, staff and volunteers are already overwhelmed, especially those that have a small staff or rely solely on volunteers.
Animal Welfare Organizations: Learn how and why
animals enter shelter environments, caring for animals in shelter environments, and what they can do now to help support shelter animals;
Also, pets spooked by the noise of fireworks, have been known to jump fences out of fear and confusion resulting in a higher number of
stray animals entering the shelter post July 4th celebrations.
Yet, purebred dog breeders are always the ones catching hell for swelling the numbers of the homeless, abandoned, or callously
bred animals entering the shelter system.
With about 7.5 million companion
animals entering shelters across the country each year, it's critical we focus on making preventive services accessible and available for families — including pets — who need them most.
A focus on adoption has helped to save many homeless
animals entering shelters throughout the US and beyond, but resources for at risk animals in our community are still under represented in New England.
July 1 was a historic moment for our community as the San Diego Animal Welfare Coalition publicly announced the accomplishment of reaching zero euthanasia of all healthy and
treatable animals entering the sheltering system.
That said, even the best vaccines take some time to provide protection, and vaccine failure may occur
when animals enter the shelter already infected with disease, or if they fail to respond to the vaccine, or are exposed before they are able to do so.
If a jurisdiction is doing an effective job of preventing the births of cats and dogs for whom there are no good homes, of keeping pets in homes, and of protecting community health and safety, the cumulative «live release» rate will decline, as ever fewer healthy,
adoptable animals enter shelters, and admissions dwindle to mostly just those animals who are so ill, injured, or dangerous that euthanasia is the only humane response.
However, many
animals enter the shelter who are not in ideal health, and the risk of not vaccinating may be potential exposure to life - threatening disease.
As the only 100 % nonprofit animal shelter in the greater Sacramento region and with more than 6,000 stray or
surrendered animals entering our shelter every year, the Sacramento SPCA relies on individual donations like yours to help us give them a second chance.
Spaying and neutering would result in fewer
animals entering shelters thereby reducing the number of healthy, adoptable pets that must be housed and ultimately destroyed.
Animals entering shelters after being rescued from life in a puppy mill or hoarding environment may be afflicted with numerous physical and psychological health problems at varying levels of severity.