They may rescue cats with donor dollars, but donors to animal shelters usually give money to «save cats» not «kill cats» and
as euthanasia numbers go up, donation dollars may go down.
Not exact matches
Marsh «very passionately» supports
euthanasia, describing it
as «a sign of deeply advanced and civilised society: Two markers of civilisation are the
number of people riding bicycles and the presence of
euthanasia.»
However, the Asilomar Accords method is gaining momentum
as a standard for more accurately tracking animal shelter care and
euthanasia numbers; it posts annual statistics for some 150 different U.S. shelters on its website.
Over the next 5 years she spayed and neutered over 11,000 dogs and cats, and saw the intake and
euthanasia numbers at the local shelter decline
as never before!
It effectively and humanely manages the community cat population, reduces shelter intake and «
euthanasia»
numbers, and reduces calls to animal control agencies so they can focus on life - saving work such
as adoptions, which also saves taxpayer dollars in the process.
«The invaluable information gathered in this report provides the foundation for all stakeholders to move forward working together to reduce the
number of homeless and stray pets and, ultimately, end the need for
euthanasia as a means of population control.
The organization has also been teaching the community how TNR for community cats is good public policy,
as it effectively and humanely manages the community cat population, reduces shelter intake and «
euthanasia»
numbers, and reduces calls to animal control agencies, saving taxpayer dollars in the process.
Wayside Waifs treats every animal's life
as precious and will not resort to
euthanasia to control the
number of pets in our shelter.
As the St. Louis Metropolitan area has a serious pet overpopulation problem, in which over 20,000 adoptable pets are euthanized annually, it is our goal to reduce this number dramatically, or eliminate euthanasia entirely as a solution to the proble
As the St. Louis Metropolitan area has a serious pet overpopulation problem, in which over 20,000 adoptable pets are euthanized annually, it is our goal to reduce this
number dramatically, or eliminate
euthanasia entirely
as a solution to the proble
as a solution to the problem.
I performed a
number of other tasks
as well, such
as examinations and treatments pre and post adoption, evaluations of seizure animals and
euthanasia.
As the
number of cats we care for has increased, shelter intakes and
euthanasia have both declined.
Using feline intake, outcome and
euthanasia data collected for 2012
as a baseline, participants are asked to estimate the
number of cats they'll be able to move into positive outcomes each year up to 2018.
All of Iowa Humane Alliance's programs are aimed at reducing the
number of animals going into shelters in the state of Iowa and ending
euthanasia as a way of controlling the population of the animals we love.
Can busy municipal animal control agencies dramatically reduce the
number of cats entering their shelters
as well
as euthanasia rates?
Even more significant is the fact that
as euthanasia totals decrease, the
number of euthanized adoptable animals also decreases until it finally reaches zero.
But note that
euthanasia of pit bulls was down only 50 %
as much
as for other breeds despite the ordinance that was passed specifically to reduce
numbers of pit bulls that end up in the shelters. The reason is in part because there was at the same time a 25 % increase in pit bulls impounded and euthanized simply because their owners had not spayed / neutered them under the new ordinance.
The
numbers — such
as decreased shelter intake and fewer cat
euthanasias — are presented without asking «What does this really tell us about outdoor cat
numbers?»
Advocates also point to greatly reduced
numbers of cats taken to shelters for adoption or
euthanasia as a sign of success.
In 2003, Costa Rican government outlawed
euthanasia as a form of animal population control so instead, this nation relies on high - volume, low - cost spay and neuter programs to keep
numbers of unwanted animals at manageable levels.
As a result of spay / neuter efforts, many areas of the state are experiencing a decrease in shelter intake (the
number of animals surrendered to shelters) and
euthanasia.
Another reason for caution when interpreting the effects of MSN legislation is that shelter intake and
euthanasia statistics are often presented
as a total
number of dogs and cats.