Sentences with phrase «at shelters»

When OHS has the resources, we offer a second chance to pets at shelters that don't have the space or the means and need help finding homes.

Breed labeling at shelters is notoriously inaccurate — by and large, shelter dogs aren't genetic tested, so the labels are mere guesses based on what the dog looks like, and are wrong as often as not.

Irresponsible breeding is the number one reason pets end up at shelters, pounds and rescues and is the number one reason why so many are needlessly put to death on an annual basis.

Dogs of all ages are usually available at shelters.

Many species are available at shelters including rabbits, guinea pigs, iguanas, etc. because there were plenty of pet owners who didn't follow the steps listed above.

There are many sizes and shapes of dogs and cats or kittens and puppies at shelters as well are purebred varieties.

This course gives us the opportunity to look at shelters from the inside out.

I came from Sonoma County, which opened space at the shelters during the North Bay fires.

Yet, according to the ASPCA approximately 2.7 million animals are euthanized at shelters (1.2 million dogs and 1.4 million cats).

Knowing their pets were safe at the shelters gave people comfort while they put their lives back together.

Positive articles like this truly help save more lives at our shelters!

There are numerous adoptable pets available at shelters, through rescue organizations or animal control facilities.

After exploring several jobs in the pet industry, including working at shelters, daycare centers, and veterinary offices, Sierra realized that too many dogs were being surrendered or euthanized due to behavior problems!

Dogs like Edith are often passed by at shelters due to their size, and because of misinformed perceptions of their breed.

Some are placed with family or neighbors, some are dropped off at shelters, or euthanized when the patient dies.

A sad but true fact is many animals are overlooked at shelters and rescue organizations for numerous reasons.

Many college students choose to volunteer at shelters or rescue groups to get their «pet fix,» but make the educated decision to wait until they are more settled before they adopt their own.

Derrick Tan, president of Voices for Animals, explains the Chinese belief that black animals with white paws bring bad luck is one reason why black animals are stigmatised at shelters.

To add to this, animals that are successfully rescued may have to stay at shelters for long periods of time — sometimes over a month — because they suffer from stress - related diseases.

Hence, besides having a team to rescue and provide immediate aid to the animals, the country would have to recruit volunteers to work at these shelters to care for the animals there.

The vast majority of pets found at shelters are not pure - bred pets, and they didn't come from pet stores or professional breeders.

«Not only black, but dark brown, grey, brindle or merle dogs are also long - stay residents at shelters,» says Jess Chappell, a volunteer photographer at the Royal SPCA in York, UK.

This Thanksgiving and Christmas, while most are at home with their families, the staff at these shelters will be walking and feeding those who have no home or family to go to.

Many of our employees are volunteers at shelters and some are even foster pet parents,» DePaoli says.

In one instance, a third - grade student, who has been enrolled in the school's gifted program for several years, has studied the subject of dogs, including how to assist in adoption efforts at shelters.

Gov. Cuomo slammed the city homeless shelter system as «deplorable» and accused Mayor de Blasio's administration of mismanaging it after revelations of out of control violence at shelters.

The changes come as The News reveals the contents of hundreds of internal reports detailing horrific violence at shelters citywide.

Beginning the week of Nov. 15, those who show up at shelters will be interviewed by specialists who will ask them about their previous residences and assess whether they have alternatives they could turn to instead.

Later, in May 2015, when de Blasio released his first 10 - year capital budget (which comes out every two years), he added $ 44.4 million for repair work at shelters for singles and $ 26.1 million for family shelters, a 58 percent increase compared with Bloomberg's final 10 - year plan, released in May 2013.

Speaking to reporters after an unrelated event in Brooklyn, Mr. Cuomo again tore into the conditions at the shelters, which he argued are the reason so many people remain on the streets in inclement weather.

A new measure Gov. Andrew Cuomo wrote into amendments to his executive budget would significantly broaden the state's power to control who operates homeless shelters in New York state, allowing the state's Office of Temporary Disability and Assistance, which oversees shelters, to remove operators at shelters that are found to have financial and safety problems and directly appoint new ones.

While a vast majority of shelters (320) were found to be in adequate condition, DiNapoli's office still found issues at those shelters that included mold at 51 locations, vermin at seven locations, missing or uninspected fire extinguishers in 26 locations, and an unsafe physical environment in 21 locations.

One amendment would significantly broaden the state's power to control who operates homeless shelters in New York, allowing the Office of Temporary Disability and Assistance, which oversees shelters, to remove operators at shelters that are found to have financial and safety problems and directly appoint new ones.

But the same report that Mr. de Blasio's administration released today found 6,486 violations still outstanding at shelters across the city, which the mayor's office promised to rectify.

Two weeks ago, after a woman and two of her very young children were murdered in a hotel being used as a temporary shelter, the Cuomo administration ordered the city to beef up its security at shelters, hours after the de Blasio administration had already publicly announced plans to do so.

The Campaign for Youth Shelter, a coalition effort by a number of advocacy groups, are pressing the state and city to grow the supply of emergency beds each year by 100 until waiting lists at shelters around the city disappear.

New York City Council Speaker Cory Johnson and Majority Leader Laurie Cumbo announced the package of 10 bills on Sunday and said the measures would be introduced this week... The proposals include: Requiring businesses with more than 15 employees to provide lactation spaces and refrigerators to store breast milk, Requiring lactation rooms in all schools, police precincts, and jails that house women or allow women visitors, Assessing the need for free and low - cost doula services in the city, Creating a report on maternal mortality, Requiring that inmates be able to choose the gender of their doctor, Requiring the city to provide diapers at shelters, subsidized child care centers and other locations, Creating a study and pilot program for on - site childcare for city employees, Allowing campaign funds to be used for certain childcare costs of candidates who are primary caregivers» http://bit.ly/2jTiAtZ

She has experience working at shelters and working with seniors at a Alzheimer's home.

Diane Doherty, executive director of the Illinois Hunger Coalition, called the decline perplexing and said it wasn't consistent with the number of families who show up at shelters and pantries for emergency food.

Eva you need to read a little father back, before the lady put her pet in a no kill with a donation others have admitted to dropping cats off at shelters... you cant assure they all lived.

As do the ones who mention abandoning their cats at shelters.

To all the commenters waiting for their family pets to die, who are keeping them outside after being pampered, who abandoned them at shelters — my heart bleeds for these living, thinking, FEELING beings who gave you love and trusted you to love them back.

The staff and volunteers at these shelters are key in aiding the survivors in the crucial transformation from traumatized and broken to vibrant and productive.

My small church in the suburbs is known for helping the poor and homeless, we provide 500 meals a month, help at the shelters, and list could go on.

If Christians want to caring for other people volunteer time at shelters or adopt unadoptable foster children.

Some people are arriving at the shelters with medical needs and the Red Cross is helping them.

And many are volunteering at shelters and other places.

The group will be providing supplies to families at shelters to make them feel more like home.

For preventing exposure to fallout after a blast, tape plastic over entryways or broken windows at your shelter and turn off any cooling or heating systems that draw in outside air.

And half of the kids interviewed at our shelter said they could have avoided being commercially sexually exploited if they'd simply had a safe place to stay.