Sentences with phrase «by shelter workers»

A recent Ohio DNA study showed that dogs identified as «pit bull» by shelter workers and dog wardens were a mix of several breeds, and most «pit bulls» did not even have any breed in common.

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

We've been told more than once by shelter workers that if it's a Jindo, it's a guaranteed temp test «fail».

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

Prosecutor David Alex asked jurors to give Mr. Brown that sentence — one year for each day the dog, named â $ œMercyâ $ by shelter workers, suffered before dying.

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

There haven't been any definitive studies to absolutely prove that the phenomenon exists but it is something commonly accepted by shelter workers as truth.»

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.

In a Cliff Notes version of the story, G.H. was lifted up on the table at the Twin Falls Shelter by a shelter worker.

Not exact matches

During Hurricane Katrina, shelters were not authorized to dispense methadone, so displaced patients going through withdrawal found themselves quarantined by inexperienced care workers.

It found that 27 percent of the women were ordered into the facilities by an array of state employees: judges, probation officers, school truancy officials, social workers, doctors at psychiatric hospitals, or officials at state - funded shelters for unwed mothers and their babies.

In Cleveland, two shelters for battered women have been staffed by Catholic nuns and professional social workers; support has come from churches, private donations, block grants and a special surcharge on Ohio marriage licenses.

Cuomo reinforced the need for shelter reforms to reporters after a Wednesday announcement about a revitalization of Penn Station, which was held at the same time de Blasio was hosting a news conference downtown on his plan to pay 50,000 more workers in the city at least $ 15 per hour by 2018.

• Full deduction for disaster clean up expense • Relaxed retirement plan distribution rules — elimination of the 10 percent penalty tax that would otherwise apply on an early withdrawal from a retirement plan and permit individuals to withdraw up to $ 100,000 without penalty to cover storm - related expenses • Housing Exemptions for displaced individuals — would provide additional tax exemptions for individuals who provide free shelter for at least 60 days to anyone displaced by the storm ($ 500 exemption per person, maximum of four exemptions for the year) • Worker retention credit — would extend tax credits to business owners who continued paying wages while their businesses were forced to close.

A Bronx homeless shelter worker was raped in the shelter's basement laundry room by a resident Tuesday morning, police sources said.

Buried deep within a hillside in south - central China, her perfectly preserved tomb was discovered in 1972 by workers digging an air raid shelter.

Her only interaction was with shelter workers who came by twice a day to clean her space and provide food and water.

A Cross-Country Comparison of Perceptions of Shelter Workers Regarding Breed Identification» asserts that shelter workers operating in areas restricted by breed - specific legislation (BSL) are more likely to consciously mislabel a dog's breed if they felt it were to increase the dog's chances of being adopted and / or avoid being euthShelter Workers Regarding Breed Identification» asserts that shelter workers operating in areas restricted by breed - specific legislation (BSL) are more likely to consciously mislabel a dog's breed if they felt it were to increase the dog's chances of being adopted and / or avoid being euthWorkers Regarding Breed Identification» asserts that shelter workers operating in areas restricted by breed - specific legislation (BSL) are more likely to consciously mislabel a dog's breed if they felt it were to increase the dog's chances of being adopted and / or avoid being euthshelter workers operating in areas restricted by breed - specific legislation (BSL) are more likely to consciously mislabel a dog's breed if they felt it were to increase the dog's chances of being adopted and / or avoid being euthworkers operating in areas restricted by breed - specific legislation (BSL) are more likely to consciously mislabel a dog's breed if they felt it were to increase the dog's chances of being adopted and / or avoid being euthanized.

And they've also redesigned all the pump stations so they can operate during a hurricane, by installing alternative fuel supplies, better communication systems and places where the workers can go when they need shelter during a storm.

The real Schindler saved more than a thousand Jewish workers by sheltering them in his factory, and even accomplished the unimaginable feat of rescuing some of them from Auschwitz.

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Based on real and imagined events set in the DNC and Uganda, this novel follows Sabine, a burned out aid worker who currently works in an animal shelter in Germany, Rose, a one armed Ugandan woman who was formerly abducted by the Lord's Resistance Army, and Lily, a young girl doing volunteer work in Uganda, and Sabine's niece.

«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 Battista.

The Task Force concluded animals are well served by Ontario's animal shelters, but recommended enhancements in the areas of public health, the operation of shelters and animal - worker health and safety.

When workers at Animal Friends of the Valleys in Wildomar, California arrived at the shelter one morning in February, they were greeted by two new intakes left in the «night drop» box, both Boxers who have since been named Artie and Asia.

The county's gas chamber is controversial among animal advocates, and Thorp said county shelter workers hope the outdated chamber - which subjects animals to a torturous and traumatic 30 seconds before they die - will be replaced by the more humane lethal injection.

CO gas chambers are considered so inhumane and so unsafe for workers that they are illegal in several states and used by few public shelters around the country.

Also,  a cost study of euthanasia in North Carolina shelters establishes euthanasia by injection is not only safer for workers and humane for animals, it is cheaper. (The study is attached below for downloading.)

A recent study, conducted by Julie Levy at the University of Florida's College of Veterinary Medicine, shows that shelter workers get it wrong an awful lot.

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.

When the volunteers at a Florida animal rescue learned about a deaf young dog that was deemed «unadoptable» by workers at a shelter where the stray pup had been dumped, of course they made room for the little guy.

Today, most of that generation of shelter workers has retired, and has been replaced by people who do not have those preconceptions.

Blitzun settled in very quickly and was adored by the workers at the shelter.

Traditional shelter leaders and workers in the 1990s were also hurt and offended by the term «No Kill,» which they thought was a back - handed way of calling them killers.

Did you know that when genetic test results are compared with breed labels put on dogs by experts (like veterinarians and shelter workers), the labels turn out to be wrong over 85 % of the time?

Through workshops at local shelters, Coffey taught animal welfare staff the interpersonal skills used by social workers to engage with people and assess their needs.

A Cross-Country Comparison of Perceptions of Shelter Workers Regarding Breed Identification by Christy L. Hoffman, Natalie Harrison, London Wolff & Carri Westgarth

Florida's animal shelters are overflowing with hundreds of dogs and cats left homeless by the hurricanes or abandoned by their owners, forcing workers to euthanize some and send others out of state in search of a home.

Many owners don't have the resources or know - how to prove their dogs» genetic backgrounds, and a recent study by the Maddie's Shelter Medicine Program demonstrated that even shelter workers and other dog experts frequently misidentify breeds based on their appeShelter Medicine Program demonstrated that even shelter workers and other dog experts frequently misidentify breeds based on their appeshelter workers and other dog experts frequently misidentify breeds based on their appearance.

Some reports suggest as many as 50 dogs had been shot and dumped in a landfill across the street from the shelter, and quote a former a former shelter worker as saying cats were euthanized by being beaten on the head with a pipe

If I hear one more asinine thing uttered by some moronic shelter manager / worker, I'm gonna hurl.

Animal welfare workers from 12 regional humane organizations attended the workshop, where members of the ASPCA Field Investigations and Response Team (FIR) walked them through best practices when it comes to opening, running and deconstructing emergency pop - up shelters, followed by live - action simulations where participants practiced set - up and medical protocol.

Another study, featured in an e-book published by Animal Farm Foundation, found that shelter workers were incorrect nearly 75 percent of the time when labeling mixed - breed dogs.

If I hear one more asinine thing uttered by some moronic shelter manager / worker, Iâ $ ™ m gonna hurl.

Workers at the county animal shelter in Astatula say they haven't noticed a large increase yet in the number of strays left behind by snowbirds.

Shelter workers say Jiffy, who remains in their custody, was left in frigid weather last week but the «morbidly obese» (120 pounds) border collie was protected by layers of insulating fat.

Riley, the pup in the video above, for example, was taught to smile by workers at Front Street Animal Shelter in Sacramento.

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

A prompt, courteous, helpful phone call is much appreciated by the hassled shelter worker or rattled novice owner.

This has been seen anecdotally by animal shelter workers for years but given the limited detailed records that many shelters keep, there is little empirical evidence of this.