Sentences with phrase «by animal control workers»

Lonnie Strickland, Lake County health and general services director, said the tranquilizer has a potential for human abuse and should not be used by animal control workers.

His Momma had been trapped under a house and was rescued by an animal control worker, after three days of evaluating, her rescuer suspected she had possibly just given birth, Further investigation under the house led to 9 puppies that had been without their momma for 3 days....

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«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.

We seek to save animals that have been referred to us due to their exceptional personalities and temperaments by shelter workers, animal control officers or vet staff who have seen these special animals potential.

Many of the 40 or so gathered at the Volusia County solid waste transfer station spent more than two hours hissing and snarling at each other.And there wasn't even one cat in the room.The county's animal control board workshop Tuesday was supposed to be about finding ways to solve the feral, or wild, cat problem, but all the dirty looks and snide comments that criss - crossed the room made it seem more like a feline version of American Gladiators.One opinion - represented by animal services / control, humane societies, health department workers and citizens - seemed to be that the county's trapping and destroying of feral cats is the most humane way of dealing with the overpopulation.

For example, the shelter workers at Aurora animal control do not overtly disregard the breed ban but they do find a way to defend banned dogs by placing them in other areas.

(a) In order to protect the health and safety of an animal, any animal control officer, animal cruelty investigator appointed under G.S. 19A - 45, law enforcement officer, firefighter, or rescue squad worker, who has probable cause to believe that an animal is confined in amotor vehicle under conditions that are likely to cause suffering, injury, or death to the animal due to heat, cold, lack of adequate ventilation, or under other endangering conditions, may enter the motor vehicle by any reasonable means under the circumstances after making a reasonable effort to locate the owner or other person responsible for the animal.

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-LSB-...] made by shelter workers, animal control or law enforcement are wrong.

The changes — spurred by a county judge's ruling earlier this year that the state law the county cited in trying to have a German shepherd destroyed was unconstitutional — would give animal - control workers a legal means for ordering a dog killed.

Second, correct breed identification by bystanders, pet owners, police, medical workers and animal control personnel is notoriously unreliable.

Orange County kills 10,811 dogs and cats each year but that number could be cut by more than a third if commissioners make widespread changes in their animal control department, a committee says.The group has recommended a new animal control ordinance that would allow animal control to handle pet adoptions and let workers ignore anonymous complaints about barking dogs and stray cats.

NKE brings relief to shelter and animal control workers by dramatically reducing the burden of animal deaths.

Voith believes as many as 75 % of the pit bull identifications made by shelter workers, animal control or law enforcement are wrong. She is the author of Shelter Medicine: A Comparison of Visual and DNA Identifications of BREEDS of Dogs.  As DNA testing becomes more reliable, it is proving that many of the dogs identified as pit bull are actually a mix of dozens of breeds with little or none of the DNA of pit bull type dogs.Â

While the movement to oppose laws targeting specific breeds is being led by national organizations of dog trainers, and veterinarians, shelter workers, of animal control officers, etc, one of the leaders of the «ban them» movement is calling people «irrational» and «out of touch» for not wanting dogs to be shot behind the barn.

Voith believes as many as 75 % of the pit bull identifications made by shelter workers, animal control or law enforcement are wrong.