Sentences with phrase «by an animal control agency»

CAP supports this solution with our Feral Cat Assistance Program (FCAP) TNR has been used successfully all over the world and is considerably more effective than the wholesale euthanasia of all ferals heretofore attempted by animal control agencies and shelters.

In California, more than $ 50 million per year (coming largely from taxes) is spent by animal control agencies and shelters for cat - related expenses.

Indeed, since 1933 California dog licensing laws have explicitly authorized the impoundment of unlicensed dogs, and millions of dogs have been impounded and killed by animal control agencies throughout the state as a result of these mandatory licensing laws.

Traditionally, the approach used by Animal Control agencies to manage the feral cat population did not work.

Of the 50,000 stray, abused or abandoned animals picked up by the animal control agency over the past four years, about 37,000 were destroyed.

Lethal control has been used by animal control agencies for decades, but given the current problem of large populations of free - roaming cats, it is obvious that killing as a form of population control does not work.

HSPC's advocacy, legislative and abuse programs promoted state legislation to prohibit the use of decompression chambers, which were used by some Animal Control agencies in Arkansas.

It's a little difficult to tell how the «low - intensity culling» described by Lazenby et al. compares with traditional trap - and - kill efforts (typically triggered by nuisance complaints) practiced by animal control agencies in this country.

Available records indicate, however, that more «stray» cats were purged by animal control agencies and humane societies in the 33 years between 1950 and 1983 than in the whole 331 years that cats were actively persecuted in medieval Europe, from the Great Plague of 1334 through the London Plague of 1665.

Not exact matches

The word «organic» is a term that has been assigned a legal definition and is regulated by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Association of American Feed Control Officials (AA FCO)-- a voluntary membership association of local, state and federal agencies that regulates the sale and distribution of animal feeds and animal drug remedies.

«It would also degrade shelter operations, as well as morale and ultimately the character of shelter workers, by altering the mandated focus of animal control agencies from lifesaving back to the failed catch - and - kill orientation of the bad old days,» said Best Friends Animal Society co-founder Francis Batanimal control agencies from lifesaving back to the failed catch - and - kill orientation of the bad old days,» said Best Friends Animal Society co-founder Francis BatAnimal Society co-founder Francis Battista.

The Orlando Humane Society restricted access to its drug supply Wednesday under scrutiny following the theft of 30 vials of the animal tranquilizer known as Ketamine or «Special K. «State inspectors and Orange County sheriff's investigators studied the society's drug inventories, purchase orders and logs to assess the recent break - ins at the agency's two clinics.Under new guidelines, access to ordering, receiving, using and stocking controlled substances will be restricted by requiring two authorized signatures on all incoming supplies.

As the official animal shelter for Knox County and the City of Knoxville, we provide sheltering services for dog and cats brought to us by city and county animal control agencies.

In December 2015, a dog dubbed «Tailboard» was taken in by a group of Corpus Christi Professional Firefighters — Tailboard, who was rescued from a Texas animal control agency, wound up becoming the unofficial mascot for Fire Station 14.

The Chihuahua airlift is part of an ongoing effort by California animal control and welfare agencies to find homes for these unwanted animals that now outnumber pit bulls in shelters.

Since almost half of cat feeders do not own pets of any kind, attempts to involve cat feeders in control strategies should extend beyond the pet - owning public typically served by veterinarians, animal control agencies, and animal welfare organizations.

The needless killing of pets by animal shelters and animal control agencies comes at an enormous economic and moral cost.

The organization works with the local animal control agency to safeguard the lives of dogs and cats by providing education to the community about responsible pet ownership, and spay / neuter programs.

Thanks to an equally historic collaborative outbreak response by organizations and agencies including Maddie's Fund ®, the ASPCA, the University of Wisconsin Shelter Medicine Program, New York City Animal Care and Control, the New York City Department of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and the Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, many cats» lives were saved.

But it allows pet stores to provide «space and appropriate care for animals owned by a city animal shelter or animal control agency, humane society, or non-profit rescue organization and maintain those animals at the pet store retail business or other commercial establishment for the purpose of public adoption.»

Animal welfare professionals are employed by public agencies such as humane societies, public animal control agencies, and sheAnimal welfare professionals are employed by public agencies such as humane societies, public animal control agencies, and sheanimal control agencies, and shelters.

These persons shall ensure that the dog is on a leash and tagged as a guide dog, signal dog, or service dog by identification tag issued by the county clerk, animal control department, or other agency, as authorized by Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 30850) of Division 14 of the Food and Agricultural Code.

These persons shall ensure the dog is on a leash and tagged as a guide dog, signal dog, or service dog by an identification tag issued by the county clerk, animal control department, or other agency, as authorized by Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 30850) of Title 14 of the Food and Agricultural Code.

By adopting from a private humane society or animal shelter, rescue group, or the local animal - control agency, you'll help save the lives of two animals — the pet you adopt and a homeless animal somewhere who can be rescued because of space you helped free up.

It is the local humane societies, SPCAs and animal care and control agencies here in the Bay Area, not ASPCA, who are (quoting from their letter) helping «neglected cats rescued from a hoarding situation... a puppy found brutally beaten by the owner... starving, injured horses rescued from a life of pain and despair... pets separated from their families in the wake of natural disasters.»

Historically, large numbers of healthy animals, including community cats, have been destroyed by animal protection agencies for population control as well as to prevent the possibility of potential suffering at some time in the future.

The criteria for grant applications are strict, and no funds are offered or awarded for animal control programs run by government agencies or under government contract, for individuals, for facility construction, or to support endowment campaigns, research, scholarships, general operating budgets, special events, or films and publications.

At that time, animal welfare at the national level was dominated by traditional agencies that supported local organizations run either by animal control or humane organizations that held animal control contracts and were run by animal welfare professionals who had certifications, credentials and letters after their names.

«Animal control in Seminole is handled by two agencies: the county, which has responsibility in all of the county, except in Casselberry, which has its own agency.

«Mandatory Spay / Neuter legislation in the Lower Mainland of B.C. is actually «ROUND - UP - AND - KILL» CAT CONTROL LEGISLATION Round - up - and - kill is the name given by true humane organizations in the U.S. for cat control laws that result in the rounding up and killing of cats in the guise of spay / neuter or licensing legislation - laws which benefit animal control agencies, but which result in even greater numbers of cats killed.

Only animal control agencies, by law, are permitted to handle strays.

IT IS NOT true that only the old, sick and ugly animals are destroyed by animal control and humane society agencies.

The agency was overwhelmed by calls, so the city nixed the contract and hired its own animal control officers.

A judge scheduled a hearing for July 15, when sheriff's officals, who run the county's animal - control agency, will try to gain custody of the dogs so they can be adopted out or cared for by rescue groups and foster families.

One of the most common forms of animal cruelty, cases of animals left outside in dangerous weather are investigated more by police and animal control agencies than any other form of animal abuse.

If the owner of a dog that has been designated as dangerous is unwilling or unable to comply with the requirements of this section, said dog shall then be humanely euthanized by an animal shelter, animal control agency or licenced veterinarian, after a 14 - day holding period.

These TNR programs aim to keep community cats out of the shelter entirely by having them fixed and returned to the location at which they were found, all under the auspices of the local animal control agency.

The mission of AniMatch, a program of the Massachusetts Animal Coalition, is to give adoptable dogs in Massachusetts a chance at adoption by developing a network of animal welfare organizations and facilitating the transfer of dogs from animal control agencies and registered animal welfare organizations to shelters and rescues that may have better resources to place these pets in forever Animal Coalition, is to give adoptable dogs in Massachusetts a chance at adoption by developing a network of animal welfare organizations and facilitating the transfer of dogs from animal control agencies and registered animal welfare organizations to shelters and rescues that may have better resources to place these pets in forever animal welfare organizations and facilitating the transfer of dogs from animal control agencies and registered animal welfare organizations to shelters and rescues that may have better resources to place these pets in forever animal control agencies and registered animal welfare organizations to shelters and rescues that may have better resources to place these pets in forever animal welfare organizations to shelters and rescues that may have better resources to place these pets in forever homes.

Only very recently has activist pressure on animal control agencies rallied by, among others, Winograd's No Kill Advocacy Center, incited some of the most troubled agencies to try to inflate their «live release rates» by simply leaving dogs at large.

Neither did I see yet that Winograd had formed the No Kill Advocacy Center as the hub of what might be called a fundamentalist no - kill cult, around which would revolve a constellation of «crazy cat ladies,» «rescue angels,» «pit pushers,» dog - and - cat breeders, other chronic critics of humane institutions with their own hidden economic agendas, and animal hoarders, for whom the sole criteria by which animal shelters and animal control agencies are to be judged is the «live release rate.»

The shelter or animal control agency shall require a sufficient deposit from the adopter or purchaser, which deposit shall be refundable upon presentation to the shelter or animal control agency of written evidence by the veterinarian performing the sterilization that the animal has been sterilized.

The study, conducted by veterinarians at the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine and at the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center in Urbana, examined natural flea products, whose active ingredients were essential oils extracted from plants and thus were exempt from Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations.

Publicly funded animal control agencies also operate under a range of policies, but because they are charged by law with protecting the community from dogs that are nuisances or dangerous and because they do no fund - raising around humane issues, they are often denigrated as animal killers.

STLLostPets.org was launched in 2012 by three St. Louis based animal welfare agencies: the Animal Protective Association of Missouri (APA), St. Louis County Animal Care & Control, and the Humane Society of Misanimal welfare agencies: the Animal Protective Association of Missouri (APA), St. Louis County Animal Care & Control, and the Humane Society of MisAnimal Protective Association of Missouri (APA), St. Louis County Animal Care & Control, and the Humane Society of MisAnimal Care & Control, and the Humane Society of Missouri.

Accordingly, and because (unlike private shelters and SPCAs) animal control agencies generally accept all dogs and cats that are brought to them and are required by law to keep them regardless of their adoptability for a specified period of time, crowding may force animal control agencies to euthanize adoptable animals or ones with milder health or behavior problems such as ear mites, kennel cough, skin lesions, excessive barking, or destructive chewing, in order to free up space for more adoptable animals.

each public or private animal shelter, humane organization, or animal control agency operated by a humane society or by a county, municipality, or other incorporated political subdivision prepare and maintain specified records; specifying the information that must be included in the records; providing a maximum fee for copies of such records; providing an effective date.

In one of the most creative scams ever perpetrated on the American public, many of these largely unregulated, retail - style rescues and shelters have managed to gain a competitive market advantage over well - bred and socialized dogs and regulated breeders as well as many traditional shelters and animal control agencies by trading in dogs whose health, temperament and origin are often unknown and whose prior treatment and ultimate sale are neither regulated nor warranted.

November 15 — 1 1 - yr - old hen whose mate was killed by a mountain lion November 1 — 9 roosters abandoned behind a feedstore October 22 — 3 hens from a woman whose mother died October 21 — 2 roosters left abandoned in a coop October 13 — 1 sheep from a shelter September 29 — 1 sheep left tied to a flagpole September 7 — 2 potbellied piglets from a shelter September 1 — 1,650 hens from a battery cage farm August 26 — 2 roosters July 30 — 1 duck, 1 rooster, 2 hens, 4 king pigeons July 29 — 1 rooster June 3 — 1 goat from a local animal control agency.

The WAN Directory has the contact details of over 17,000 animal control agencies, animal shelters, and other animal protection organisations, enabling the search of shelters either by geographical area, or by category / name.

Captain Steven R. Jones, PIO for the Calvert County Sheriff's Office Animal Control Unit said, «This brand - new trailer will allow our agency to help pets by setting up an extensive emergency shelter during future disasters.