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How about voluteering at a homeless shelter; animal rescuer, Meals on Wheels driver, or any of the endless charities that need people who have some time to kill.

Animal cruelty (OK Title 21 § 1685), a felony in Oklahoma, includes «any person who shall willfully or maliciously torture, destroy or kill, or cruelly beat or injure, maim or mutilate any animal in subjugation or captivity, whether wild or tame, and whether belonging to the person or to another, or deprived of necessary food, drink, shelter, or veterinary care to prevent suffering...» When an officer arrives on the scene, if the animals are found to be at risk, but the situation is not critical enough to warrant felony charges, any Oklahoma peace officer or animal control officer may describe the problems and give the owner or caregiver a certain number of days to correct the situation.

He was then adopted from the kill shelter by someone, who after 2 weeks of crating Buddy for 14 hours at a time, returned him saying she thought he was depressed.

Finally, educating consumers not to purchase puppies in pet shops falls into the same category as this editorial's title; we assume that those contemplating the purchase of a pet shop puppy actually give a damn as to where the mother of the puppy resides and how she is taken care of. Sadly, there is a portion of shoppers who want what they want when they want it. These are the people who don't care where their puppy comes from, they're not bothered by the misery the mother will continue to suffer, are the same people who, for whatever reason, have no problem dumping their dog at a kill shelter.

This no kill philosophy for me came to a head in 1995 when I pitched it to a local group who thought I was half mad, then at a big shelter who hired me to make them no kill but had all kinds of problems with the extra $ 75,000 per year that it cost, even though the community seemed more than happy to pay it.

My senior rescued Bulldog, Clark, who is almost blind and deaf from years of neglect from his previous «owners» who dumped him at a kill shelter because he was 10 years old, would love to win this awesome belly band!

Sweet 7 year old Ellie Mae was dropped off at the local kill shelter by some people who claimed they found her as a stray.

The low San Francisco shelter killing volume also boosted the career of Brenda Barnette, who was director of fundraising at the SF / SPCA during the transition to no - kill, and now heads the Los Angeles Department of Animal Regulation, with the stated goal of making Los Angeles a no - kill city.

Due to a higher number of dogs surrendered during the summer months, we see an uptick in the percent killed during that time, but the steady decline in that percentage tells us the hard work of Saving Carson Shelter Dogs, the networkers, all of you who share, pledge, tag, and donate, and Captain Care Intervention ALL working together are making a HUGE difference to the lives saved at the Carson Shelter.

At Christmas 2011 we adopted Henry, who was 10, from a high kill shelter as Jenny had died the previous October at 16 + and who had been with us since she was 4 months olAt Christmas 2011 we adopted Henry, who was 10, from a high kill shelter as Jenny had died the previous October at 16 + and who had been with us since she was 4 months olat 16 + and who had been with us since she was 4 months old.

At that point, the national animal rescue and sheltering organizations would obediently strike their tents and leave, turning custody of the disaster - affected animals in their care back to local animal control agencies, who would hold them for return to their owners or adoption or, a more likely scenario, would eventually have them killed.

Located in Mesa, Arizona, the dedicated team save companion animals who were scheduled to be euthanized at a Maricopa County area kill shelter.

I have never looked for on in a shelter but some have come form there - a pit who would have been killed at Animal Control and my dachshund who was a foster until I became a foster failure.

In fact, many animals end up in shelters where they are at risk of being killed when space is needed simply because the person who cared for them neglected to plan ahead to make sure that they would always be cared for.

In the past week 269 animals had to be killed at the animal shelter because homes could not be found for them.The county animal control department pays $ 25 to eligible owners of dogs and cats who have their pets spayed or neutered to control animal populations.

At Best Friends, we've always firmly believed that collaboration with local pet shelters and animal rescue organizations, the people who know their community best, is key to ending the killing in America's shelters.

Little did they appreciate that their endeavor would catapult them to the forefront of a fledging movement to end the killing of 17 million dogs and cats who were dying in our nation's shelters annually at that time.

I am very sorry to inform people that this» no kill» stuff is a fairy tale.Any tradition shelter who do NOT turn animals away, have to make some hard decisions at time in order to keep the quality of life for their animals.No kill shelters turn animals away.They dump the responsibility of euthanization on other shelters.it is nothing more than a way to get more funding because of the fuzzy warm feeling the phrase» no kill» gives people

• Total number of nationwide animal shelters 5,000 • Number of companion animals that enter into animal shelters nationwide annually 5 million • Average annual number of companion animals that are euthinized at shelters 3.5 million • Percent of dogs in animals shelters that are euthanized 60 % • Percent of cats in animal shelters that are euthanized 70 % • Percent of cats that are returned to their owners 2 % • Percent of dogs returned to their owners 15 % • Total percentage of dogs claimed to be spayed or neutered 78 % • Total percentage of cats that are claimed to be spayed or neutered 88 % • Total number of animals that end up in a shelter that are spayed or neutered 10 % • Percent of dogs brought to shelters that were adopted by a shelter 20 % • Percent of dogs and cats that are adopted from shelters 25 % • Total number of dogs and cats that are bought at pet stores 6 % • Percentage of people that get their pets free or at low cost 65 % • Cost of taxpayer money annually to round up, house, kill and dispose of homeless animals $ 2 billion • Total percentage of dogs in shelters that are purebred 25 % • Total percentage of U.S. homes who own at least 1 companion animal 63 % • Total number of homes that own at least 1 companion animal 70 million • Tags:

Fell in - love with a boxer mix at the kill shelter only to have it adopted out from under me by a foster group who would then adopt it to me for $ 300.

There is an issue at hand that needs immediate attention, it is concerning the way in which we discard animals who are left homeless from irresponsible owners, and end up in rabies control or animal shelters and killed by the use of a gas chamber.

I have since learned that they are not, and in fact most staff and volunteers at high - kill animal shelters are amazing, kind people who pull out all the stops for animals to try to save their lives.

Almost anyone who works with a rescue group or at a shelter can give you the grim statistics; the number of animals bought into the shelter every day and the number of animals that must be killed every month.

Fannie, is a blind, senior lab mix who was abandoned at a kill shelter for being too old.

Paws for Life is a program developed by Karma Rescue, a non-profit organisation based in LA who rescue at - risk dogs from high - kill shelters across Southern California.

I volunteer with rescue animals, and everyday I see abandoned animals who, through no fault of their own, are at risk of being killed in animal «shelters» because of the objectification of animals.

We just have to reform those who are truly at fault: the 3,000 irresponsible shelter directors who kill when they don't have to and the four individuals running the national organizations which defend and protect them: Ingrid Newkirk of PETA, Wayne Pacelle of HSUS, Matt Bershadker of the ASPCA and Robin Ganzert of the American Humane Association.

Tragically, for yet another year, officials at that agency who are tasked with oversight of the Virginia shelters continued to look the other way while PETA killed the vast majority of animals it took in and sought out, including 1,213 cats out of 1,487 cats, 596 out of 956 dogs, almost all the chickens, and more than half of all wild animals it took in.

Every day of the year, the Mayor's Alliance for NYC's Animals» fleet of five Wheels of Hope vans is on the road, transporting pets who are at risk of being euthanized from the city's Animal Care Centers of NYC (ACC) facilities to rescue groups and no - kill shelters with the resources to find them new homes.

Most traditional shelter directors these days seem to be interested in shelter reform, but they may be reluctant to take advice from No Kill advocates who do not work or volunteer at the shelter and have little hands - on shelter experience.

Those who foster help free up space at Acadiana Animal Aid to accept more animals, mostly from high - kill shelters where they were found as strays or were owner surrendered.

For the litters of puppies or kittens who arrived at our clinics, or the that pets couldn't be kept in their home, even with our support, BAF assisted with rehoming through no - kill shelters and nonprofit adoption partners.

We take in dogs from kill lists at shelter as well as from owners who can no longer care for their pet.

Because of the support of SWA, Colossal has been able to rescue last chance dogs from certain death including Brutus who was an 8 year old Bullmastiff with a massive tumor and dumped at a kill shelter to die.

Any post about an animal in need — even one about a healthy cat or dog safely biding its time in a no - kill shelter — can spark a barrage of comments that, at best, can be time - consuming to sort through and, at worst, mislead people who truly want to help the animal.

The program is designed to rescue eligible dogs from high kill shelters that are at risk of euthanasia and train them to become service dogs for combat veterans who suffer from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) or Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI).

Until her recent conversion, Dr. Hurley epitomized everything that is wrong with animal sheltering in America; which explains why shelter directors, national organizations which defended kill shelters, and killing apologists who worship at the altar of these organizations have historically loved Hurley.

The ASPCA strongly supports «no kill» community coalitions (as opposed to a single organization within a community) that are committed to reducing the number of cats and dogs in that community who are at risk of becoming lost, abandoned or relinquished to shelters.

Records of animals killed at the shelter fail to indicate age or the initials of the person (s) who put them into the gas chamber as required by law.

Lucky dogs end up at no - kill shelters and with rescuers who help them find homes.

Instead, they are killed at shelters, who have no more space to board them.

We are currently focused on helping the healthy and treatable pets who are at risk of being killed in a shelter, by rescuing the pets who are at the greatest risk and helping owners who are having problems so great that they need to surrender their pet (s) to a shelter.

A cat rescue shelter in a French town became aware that a local man who adopted kittens from them was rearing those kittens for food, killing and eating them at six months of age.

Roughly 70 percent of the cats who end up at shelters are killed.

The four are among 31 dogs from Korea who arrived at no - kill shelters in North Carolina last week to be put up for adoption.

A new director might expect that rescuers will automatically support a No Kill effort, but rescuers who are not familiar with how No Kill actually works and who have no experience with innovative programs may balk at what we in the shelter world know are lifesaving techniques.

Every day of the year, the Mayor's Alliance for NYC's Animals» fleet of six Wheels of Hope vans is on the road, transporting pets who are at risk of being euthanized from the city's Animal Care Centers of NYC (ACC) facilities to rescue groups and no - kill shelters with the resources to find them new homes.

When unweaned kittens show up at animal control shelters, these babies who require around - the - clock care are almost always killed.

Their mom was killed by a dog.Mom was hit by a car.Their mom is not taking care of them.We found these kittens with no mother.Bottle babies are orphaned kittens who arrive at the South Jersey Regional Animal Shelter without a mother to nurture or feed them.

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.