Unfortunately, current Oklahoma laws that restrict smaller cities and counties from
creating public animal shelters, that affect spay and neuter services, and that allow for the use of gas chamber euthanasia and the practice of pound seizure hinder the ability of Oklahomans to adequately care for and manage pet overpopulation.
Not exact matches
However, at large
public shelters in the southern climes like the Aiken County
Animal Shelter, intake skyrockets during the spring and summer months every year,
creating the same strain on resources, funds and manpower as an extraordinary weather event.
It began with providing support to local
animal rescue groups and
shelters and
creating innovative model programs, such as a
public animal help resource line, the Best Friends Brigades, pet super adoptions (now known as NKLA Super Adoptions) and celebrity - driven national pet adoption PSAs.
While I definitely do applaud Mr. Avanzino for all the innovative programs he
created that benefit
animals everywhere, the real blood, sweat and tears still occurs in the
public shelters and with the people who choose to stay and not walk away to the private
shelter that doesn't euthanize
animals.
There are many reasons why trying to eradicate cats from the environment doesn't work: there are too many cats and not enough
animal control resources, removing one set of cats from a location where food and
shelter is available
creates a vacuum for a new set of cats to fill, the people who feed and care for the cats resist their capture, and the
public is against euthanasia.
The Saratoga County
Animal Shelter's mission is to protect and promote public safety and animal care through sheltering, pet adoption, education, and supporting law enforcement creating a more desirable community for the citizens and animals of Saratoga C
Animal Shelter's mission is to protect and promote
public safety and
animal care through sheltering, pet adoption, education, and supporting law enforcement creating a more desirable community for the citizens and animals of Saratoga C
animal care through
sheltering, pet adoption, education, and supporting law enforcement
creating a more desirable community for the citizens and
animals of Saratoga County.
The
shelter medicine team
created an innovative partnership with a
public, municipal
shelter in Yolo County for student and resident training and
shelter animal care.
The Humane Society of Skagit Valley is a non-profit organization founded in 1974 to provide a safe haven to
shelter and care for the abandoned, abused, or unwanted
animals within Skagit County; to treat the
animals with dignity and respect; to place these
animals into loving and caring homes; to
create public education programs that increase the awareness of humane treatment and the necessity of spay and neuter of all
animals; and to coordinate resources for housing and placement of small
animals evacuated during disaster.
The Humane Society is one of the nation's largest
animal protection organizations and works to
create meaningful social change for
animals by investigating cruelty, educating the
public, advocating for
public policies that benefit
animals, and directly caring for thousands of
animals at
shelters and rescues across the country.
Public and private
animal sheltering organizations in San Diego County have embraced the Asilomar Accords and have joined together in creating a local «community coalition», called the San Diego Animal Welfare Coalition, for the purpose of saving the lives of healthy and treatable an
animal sheltering organizations in San Diego County have embraced the Asilomar Accords and have joined together in
creating a local «community coalition», called the San Diego
Animal Welfare Coalition, for the purpose of saving the lives of healthy and treatable an
Animal Welfare Coalition, for the purpose of saving the lives of healthy and treatable
animals.
Yes, our
animal sheltering system is indeed flawed and in need of strong and expedient reform, but we must also remember that these facilities are our nation's pet dumping grounds tasked with «cleaning up» the mess our irresponsible and negligent
public has
created.
This type of informed legislation, along with programs like the Community Cats Projects, which are operating in four cities, not only facilitate the establishment of no - kill
sheltering policies, they directly address the long - term objective of
creating sustainable no - kill communities, where the community as a whole is an extension of a lifesaving
shelter system, and the
public is a partner in ensuring the safety of all
animals.