Sentences with phrase «cat euthanasia numbers»

Your state has pledged to help put a dent in the staggering dog and cat euthanasia numbers by releasing a one - of - a-kind license plate.

Not exact matches

Animal shelters attempt to adopt out feral cats, especially kittens, but often are overwhelmed with sheer numbers and euthanasia is used.

Only by reducing the number of unintended births among our dog and cat population can we hope to reduce euthanasia, neglect and cruelty.

Over the next 5 years she spayed and neutered over 11,000 dogs and cats, and saw the intake and euthanasia numbers at the local shelter decline as never before!

Krams wants to find a way to reduce the number of cats without turning to euthanasia.

We've talked about this before — how using shelter intake and euthanasia numbers to gauge the effectiveness of a trap - neuter - return (TNR) program is off the mark because it doesn't detail trends in the population of cats outside.

It effectively and humanely manages the community cat population, reduces shelter intake and «euthanasia» numbers, and reduces calls to animal control agencies so they can focus on life - saving work such as adoptions, which also saves taxpayer dollars in the process.

TNR stabilizes cat populations, greatly reduces the number of calls of concern about cats that municipalities receive, decreases euthanasia rates at shelters, and saves municipalities money.

The organization has also been teaching the community how TNR for community cats is good public policy, as it effectively and humanely manages the community cat population, reduces shelter intake and «euthanasia» numbers, and reduces calls to animal control agencies, saving taxpayer dollars in the process.

The truth is that TNR stabilizes cat populations, greatly reduces the number of calls of concern about cats, decreases euthanasia rates at shelters, and saves municipalities money.

TNR humanely manages the community cat population, reduces shelter intake and «euthanasia» numbers, reduces calls of concern to animal control

The SNiP mission is to prevent the suffering and death of dogs and cats due to overpopulation and preventable diseases, to eliminate the need for euthanasia in our community's animal shelters, to reduce the number of homeless animals, and to educate the public about the importance of spay / neuter.

TNR Reduces Cat Numbers TNR Reduces Nuisance Behaviors and Complaints TNR Adoption and Return - to - Field Programs Reduce Shelter Intake and Euthanasia TNR's Effects on Community Cats and Disease Public Perceptions on Community Cats Community Cats and Wildlife Predation

Working closely with three leading national animal welfare organizations, the ARL developed and implemented a new Community Cat Protection Policy to go into effect immediately that aims to humanely and significantly reduce the number of free - roaming cats through sterilization rather than euthanasia.

Join us May 14 - 17 in Kansas City and hear Wyman present «Serve where you save: Community - driven programming that saves lives» and Dennison present «Sprinkling cats and dogs: Our progress in lowering euthanasia numbers — and what it means for our industry's future.»

has saved more than 40,000 cats and dogs from euthanasia and our numbers continue to rise.

Humane euthanasia is preferable to a life on the street and 100 % more humane for the wildlife these street cats will kill or maul REGARDLESS of the numbers.

As the number of cats we care for has increased, shelter intakes and euthanasia have both declined.

TNR is evidence - based and is the most efficient and humane way to decrease feral cat numbers and stop the mass euthanasia of these cats in shelters.

This approach, called «TNR» (for trap / neuter / return), is the most efficient and humane way of decreasing feral cat numbers and stopping the euthanasia of these cats at shelters.

Using feline intake, outcome and euthanasia data collected for 2012 as a baseline, participants are asked to estimate the number of cats they'll be able to move into positive outcomes each year up to 2018.

It continues: «We are cognizant of the fact that, unlike the SF / SPCA, a number of animal welfare agencies do not have the resources to address behavioral problems in shelter cats and the cat - owning public, thus making euthanasia an unavoidable option.»

Dr. Pizano believes that spay / neuter of this group of cats is the number one priority in decreasing euthanasia rates.

They neglect to note that a large number of these animals are either surrendered by their owners for euthanasia because they are old and sick, seriously injured, or dangerously aggressive; that many of the dogs euthanized are unidentified, unclaimed strays that are too old, sick, injured or aggressive to be placed in new homes; and many of the cats euthanized are feral animals that were never owned but were trapped and impounded because they have become nuisances.

The euthanasia rate is calculated by dividing the number of cats euthanized by total live intake, less owner requested euthanasia, and dead on arrival, in accordance with Maddie's Fund / Asilomar reporting requirements (Maddie's Fund, 2011).

If euthanasia of healthy cats is not considered an acceptable option and the number of cats presented to a shelter exceeds the number of adopive homes, this leaves two basic possibilities: 1) adding alternative live outcomes for cats admitted to the shelter (generally in the form of sterilization and release to a non-housed environment, e.g., trap - neuter - return), or 2) deferring or declining intake in the first place.

NAIA believes that dog and cat shelter intakes and euthanasias should be considered separately and that plans to reduce the number of shelter deaths of each species should be formulated to address these individual differences.

Meanwhile, encouraging owners to keep pet cats inside can potentially impact a much higher number of cats than even a large - scale impoundment and euthanasia program.

The euthanasia rate was expected to drop, at a minimum by the number of feral cats returned, rather than euthanized.

Spaying and neutering dogs and cats prevents unwanted births, substantially reducing the number of animals that will wind up in shelters and face euthanasia.

TNR helps to reduce the number of unadoptable cats brought to the shelter each year which further aids in reducing the euthanasia rate each year.

Figure 7 combines total cat and kitten intake, total euthanized, and number of SNR cats, and shows how altering and returning an average of 2,328 feral cats annually for 4.3 years, affected both intakes and euthanasia.

Figure 1: Shows the decrease of cat intake and euthanasia numbers after the Feral Freedom (Community Cat) program was implemented in August 20cat intake and euthanasia numbers after the Feral Freedom (Community Cat) program was implemented in August 20Cat) program was implemented in August 2008.

Can busy municipal animal control agencies dramatically reduce the number of cats entering their shelters as well as euthanasia rates?

And since studies show that shelter intake directly correlates with euthanasia rates, keeping community cats out of shelters in general is a good way to ensure even lower euthanasia numbers for 2016.

Perhaps most importantly, aggressive TNR can help reduce the number of cats entering local animal shelters and the resultant euthanasia.

1 - One reason cat euthanasias have declined is because, and this is a fact, at least some shelters restrict the number of cats they admit.

Today, while there are still too many unwanted cats and dogs, the euthanasia rate has decreased to about 12.5 dogs and cats per 1,000 people — an almost 90 % drop when compared to numbers recorded fifty years ago!

(2) Due to the large number of stray and abandoned cats, euthanasia is not a cost effective, acceptable or ethical solution to the threats to public health and safety posed by large populations of stray, feral or homeless cats.

The mission of the nonprofit organization is to seek to end the preventable euthanasia of healthy, adoptable pets in Kern County through strong alliances with the community, local businesses and nonprofit organizations, to increase the number of cats and dogs that are spayed and neutered, while promoting animal health and safety within our community.

A small group of concerned citizens formed the Foundation Against Companion - Animal Euthanasia (FACE) in 1993 to establish programs and policies which would decrease the number of unwanted dogs and cats euthanized in the Indianapolis area each year.

Reducing the number of kittens born to these cats would substantially reduce the number of cat euthanasias at the shelter, thereby reducing the costs borne by the taxpayers to handle and kill stray cats which can not be socialized.

There is no doubt which cat population is causing the huge numbers of cat euthanasias at the shelter.

The numbers — such as decreased shelter intake and fewer cat euthanasias — are presented without asking «What does this really tell us about outdoor cat numbers?»

Euthanasia is selected for many reasons, including the large number of pregnant cats in the spring, the difficulties of fostering a feral mother cat while her kittens are being raised, and the poor chances of recapturing feral kittens if the pregnant mother is released.

Only a holistic approach will reduce the number of animals entering Greenville County Animal Care and increase adoptions over euthanasia, say shelter officials and a nonprofit devoted to helping open - admission shelters save more than 90 percent of the dogs and cats they house.

Advocates also point to greatly reduced numbers of cats taken to shelters for adoption or euthanasia as a sign of success.

Even more dramatic, the number of cats euthanized dropped from 527 to 88, representing a spectacular 83 percent reduction in euthanasia.

Despite a 6.6 % increase over last year in pets surrendered by their owners and a nearly 4 % increase in the number of pets that arrived this year, we were still able to decrease euthanasia to a record low number while saving 9,459 pets — the largest number of dogs, cats and other pets saved in Kansas City's history.

Determine and state the specific goal (s) of the RTF program, for example; a reduction of cat euthanasias in the community, or reduction in the number of nuisance cat calls, or a decrease in overall shelter population of cats or shortening the length of stay for cats in the shelter.