I expect these accusations will reach a fever pitch tomorrow, not just in light of my recent pictorial of PETA's brutal slaying of animals and its abhorrent defense of abusive shelters, but also because I will post an article called «The Lie at the Heart of the Killing: The Myth of Pet Overpopulation,» where I take to task the notion of national pet overpopulation, regional pet overpopulation, shelter overpopulation, and why the calculus doesn't change when you include the number of
animals living on the street into the equation.
There are a million homeless
animals living on the streets of New York City, and most of them are cats, according to the Mayor's Alliance for NYC Animals.
It has been estimated that there are 70 million stray
animals living on the streets, but only six to eight million cats and dogs are brought into shelters each year.
After meeting a local woman who ran a rescue organization and clinic called Isla Animals, they worked to implement pet education programming and free spay / neuter services to help reduce the number of homeless
animals living on the streets.
There are millions of stray
animals living on the street and contributing to the problem is the last thing anybody wants or needs.
Additionally we feed the pets of the homebound disabled, families in crisis, feral cat colonies, and
animals living on the streets.
Not exact matches
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Without modern sanitation,
life would be nightmarish — human and
animal waste would fester
on the
streets along with garbage and food scraps, producing a stench so foul that you'd want to keep your windows closed even in the sweltering heat of summer (for the moment, envision lacking the luxury of air conditioning).
One of the favorite standout
animal films at the Cannes and Sundance Film Festivals in 2015 was «White God», a Hungarian film centered
on the story of a 13 - year old girl whose father sets her dog free into the
streets, where he must learn to
live among the packs of wild dogs who roam the city, as he tries to find his way back to his best friend.
I was
living on the
streets of Winter Haven, Florida until the
animal control officers found me and took me to
live where they take all of the
animals they find.
There are many
animals who have been removed from abusive or neglectful situations, while others have been
living on the
streets and are badly in need of care.
He was an
animal that had learned to
live on the
streets and to survive
on his own hunting ability, I guess.»
By becoming a foster you are giving the the abused, neglected, and many times homeless
animals living on the harsh
streets of East St. Louis a second chance.
We believe that abandoned
animals that reside in the city
animal shelters or
on the
streets deserve the right to
live out their natural
life expectancy.
Our original rationale for pairing homeless teenagers with shelter
animals was our founder's observation that many young people
living on the
streets and under bridges had pets with them.
Born to a single mother
living on the
streets, Hank, his mother, and his siblings were taken to an
animal shelter and sat
on death row.
Until pet overpopulation is reduced to a point where
animal shelters and rescue groups can handle the number of homeless, incoming
animals without having to euthanize for space, we believe it is more humane to spay the pregnant pet than it is to contribute to pet overpopulation where that future litter could potentially
live life on the
streets as homeless pets, and will displace another pet who is waiting for a hone.
There are an estimated 70 million homeless cats and dogs
living in the U.S. Six to eight million
animals enter the U.S. shelter system each year, mostly after being surrendered by their families or picked up
on the
streets by
animal control authorities.
Some
animal hoarders began collecting after a traumatic event or loss, while others see themselves as «rescuers» who save
animals from
lives on the
street.
Immediately upon rescuing the cat (or dog), put him into a quiet room in your house, away from all other
animals so that he can deal with the shock of change from either
life on the
street or being suddenly separated from his prior family and home.
Leslie Ferrell, Director of Client Development at Francis Cauffman Architects and the founder of Architects for
Animals thanked the architects by saying, «No animals should have to live on the street, but while thousands are still out there, we want to do what we can t
Animals thanked the architects by saying, «No
animals should have to live on the street, but while thousands are still out there, we want to do what we can t
animals should have to
live on the
street, but while thousands are still out there, we want to do what we can to help.
Although dog overpopulation and abandonment will likely continue, attention must be brought to the
animals that are currently
living on the
streets.
As Greece's financial crisis deteriorates there's been a steady rise in the number of
animals living in shelters or dumped
on the
streets because their owners can no longer afford to keep them.
«We have a big, fenced yard and
live on a quiet
street, so there isn't noise to spook them, and predators / stray
animals don't get inside.
It is estimated that 70 million cats and dogs are currently
living on the
streets in towns and cities across the U.S., with an estimated six to eight million
animals entering the shelter system each year.
Who among us hasn't read and cried over the plight of a homeless person who, in refusing to abandon their companion
animal, is now
living with them in their car or
on the
street?
Shelters usually spare
animals from
life on the
streets or from euthanasia by providing them temporary housing and trying to find them new owners, while ACE recommended charities tend to spare
animals from
life in industrial agriculture by reducing the size of the factory farming industry (preventing new farmed
animals from coming into existence) and reducing the suffering of existing farmed
animals by, for example, getting companies to adopt cage - free or other similar policies.
Neva currently
lives in Los Angeles with her deaf pit bull dalmatian mix, Cheeseburger, who she found
on the
street as a puppy, her other adopted dogs Keelo and Coco, and the several foster
animals she is helping at any given time.
Many times, we rescue
animals that have been neglected or have
lived on the
streets for so long that they need additional vet care or special treatments.
New
Life Rescue is a unique, community - based organization dedicated to saving the
lives of companion
animals who are abandoned
on the
streets, languishing in the shelters, or left behind when their guardians lose their homes to foreclosure or other unforeseen tragedy.
On the last Tuesday of every February, World Spay Day shines a spotlight on the power of affordable, accessible spay / neuter to save the lives of companion animals, community (feral and stray) cats, and street dogs who might otherwise be put down in shelters or killed on the stree
On the last Tuesday of every February, World Spay Day shines a spotlight
on the power of affordable, accessible spay / neuter to save the lives of companion animals, community (feral and stray) cats, and street dogs who might otherwise be put down in shelters or killed on the stree
on the power of affordable, accessible spay / neuter to save the
lives of companion
animals, community (feral and stray) cats, and
street dogs who might otherwise be put down in shelters or killed
on the stree
on the
street.
With help from SWA and their amazingly generous grant, we have been able to continue to save homeless, neglected, and unwanted
animals from
lives on the
streets or euthanasia in shelters.
While it makes us feel good to feed hungry
animals, the better nutrition will only allow them to have larger litters when they reproduce — adding more cats to the same, difficult
life on the
street.
Animals have a better
life on the
street than in a death camp «shelter»
They work in conjunction with shelters and rescues throughout California and beyond to help save
animals on death row,
on the
streets or in unsafe
living conditions.
Proponents of «catch and kill» sheltering use «practical» arguments in favor of ending
life all the time, such as «Killing dogs and cats is necessary because there are too many
animals and not enough homes» or «Feral cats suffer
on the
streets and therefore killing is the compassionate option.»
«In August 2015, mild - mannered mutt Bagel became a family pet for ProSocial's CEO, Meredith, and her husband and their two boys, soon after an
animal rescue organization in Los Angeles, Wags & Walks, found the dog
living on the
streets and determined she'd been deliberately abandoned by her owners.
We recognized that pet overpopulation was rooted in a lack of education and availability of services resulting in unwanted
animals being surrendered to City and County shelters or
living on the
streets causing public safety issues.
No matter where this cat will eventually
live, making sure that it is spayed or neutered is the best way to ensure it is not contributing to the
animal over population problem that put it
on the
streets in the first place.
Whether it is saving a dog from a shelter, from
living on the
streets or providing extensive medical care to those
animals in desperate need; VDR continues to do all that is in their power so no dog will have to make the ultimate sacrifice.
«But the unique attribute is that the shelter will be staffed exclusively by homeless people who
live on the
streets with their pets and thus have a demonstrated affinity for caring for
animals in need.
«These
animals are not just
living on the
streets, but many of them are injured, sick and in real need of medical attention.
Despite the best efforts of rescue shelters and organizations to save these
animals from
life on the
streets, once the
animals are brought into a shelter's care, they still have to overcome the challenge of getting adopted.
The Human Society of the United States (HSUS) and Humane Society International created World Spay Day as a way to save the
lives of companion
animals, feral cats and
street dogs who might otherwise be put down in a shelter or killed
on the
street.
According to the Humane Society of the United States, World Spay Day is an annual campaign dedicated to putting the «spotlight
on spay / neuter as a proven means of saving the
lives of companion
animals, feral and stray cat colonies, and
street dogs who may otherwise be euthanized in a shelter or killed
on the
street.»
It is really a matter of timing as I think folks know they should spay — they just have no idea that by waiting that extra month they will probably have an additional six or eight little ones to place; meanwhile the other
animals in the shelters, or
on the
streets, pay with their
lives.
Some people estimate that the number of stray dogs
on the city's
streets exceeds 50,000 — not including the dogs that
live in the city's 30 - plus
animal shelters.
Let us inject a bit of unsavory honesty in this post - pet
animals which do not end up in loving homes are destined for just one thing, a
life of desolation in the
streets or
on their own and then ending in a lonely and slow death in some way or another.
World Spay Day is an annual campaign of Humane Society International and The Humane Society of the United States that shines a spotlight
on spay / neuter — a proven way to save the
lives of companion
animals, feral cats, and
street dogs who might otherwise be put down in a shelter or killed
on the
street.
Additionally, the exhibition presents three earlier series of portraits that investigate the inner
lives of particular
animals: Reverie (2005) depicts gray wolves, alone and in packs, in forested nature preserves in Sweden, Norway, and the United States; Palermo 7 (2006) contains close - up portraits of racehorses, with their heads tethered in place in their hippodrome stalls in Italy and France; and Heart Shaped Hole (2008) depicts stray dogs, adapting in different ways to the privation they experience
on the
streets of Palermo.