Sentences with phrase «community animal control policies»

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In others, people must urge their officials to reject proposed laws that put community cats» lives in danger, and encourage their animal control agencies and animal shelters to implement policies that protect cats.

It is important to understand how animal control is managed in your community so that you can effectively advocate for laws and policies that protect and improve the lives of cats.

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.

Animal control officers are important decision makers when laws and policies are developed that impact community cats and Trap - Neuter - Return (TNR) programs, and policymakers often look to them for guidance on best practices.

The following resources will help your animal control agency and shelter adopt humane policies, protect community cats, and save more lives.

Donor Privacy Policy: Friends of MADACC (Milwaukee Area Domestic Animal Control Commission) is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to promoting community awareness and improving the welfare of the nearly 13,000 homeless animals MADACC cares for every year.

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.

However, many animal control agencies employ exemplary policies and practices that responsibly increase pet adoptions and provide community education about responsible pet ownership.

Central to this model is an «advisory council or task force representing a wide spectrum of community concerns and perspectives» whose members review available dog bite data, current laws, and «sources of ineffectiveness» and recommend realistic and enforceable policy, coupled with outreach to the media and educational efforts directed at those in regular contact with «dog owners and potential victims» (e.g., medical and veterinary professionals, animal control / shelters, teachers)(AVMA, 2001).

We shared tools and tactics with amazing communities of cat advocates — including animal control officers and leaders of city - run shelters — that continue to lead the charge for kinder and more effective cat policies.

And all U.S. - based groups whose work touches community cats — animal control agencies with a return - to - field program, a spay / neuter clinic that services community cats, a group of neighbors lobbying their local officials for pro-cat policy changes — are encouraged to participate in this important research project.

And because of this, more and more communities, like Buckner, are turning away from breed - specific policies and instead toward breed neutral, behavior - based animal control ordinances.

While the authors opine that «the community education component» of the TNR project created what they called «a bystander effect that motivated [residents] to take action on behalf of all animals in their care,» the obvious mechanism was the policy shift and practices of animal control officers in the target area.