Sentences with phrase «decrease shelter killing»

First, in starting a program to decrease shelter killing in any given city we need to know where that city is in terms of pet sterilization.

Not exact matches

According to the staffers, in an effort to achieve no - kill status, the shelter has been warehousing dogs in order to decrease their euthanasia rates.

Initiation of a Shelter - Neuter - Return (SNR) program decreased the number of cats admitted to the shelter, as well as the number that were Shelter - Neuter - Return (SNR) program decreased the number of cats admitted to the shelter, as well as the number that were shelter, as well as the number that were killed.

Save the lives of animals in need, while reducing the homeless population and decreasing the number of animals entering and being killed within the municipal shelter system.

Ending pet homelessness and decreasing the killing of animals in shelters is a community effort, and we're honored to do our part to ensure that fewer enter shelters every year.

a shelter that has not implemented many of the strategies available to them to decrease, or even end, killing of healthy, adoptable pets.

Since cat licensing will likely result in more cats being surrendered to shelters and abandoned in the community, since it will not appreciably affect redemptions, and since it may very well become a vehicle for round - up - and - kill campaigns, it is difficult for us to see how it would result in a decrease in shelter euthanasia.

Last year, Toledo had a 23 % increase in dog bites and has seen almost no decrease in shelter killing over the past 20 years.

1) Decreasing the hold time will allow high kill shelters the opportunity to kill animals more quickly.

While both groups are technically right, based on the actual data and personal experience in leadership of an open admission no kill shelter, I think the law change to decrease stray hold times will SIGNIFICANTLY increase the ability for shelters to save lives and support the bill in its entirety.

My personal opinion is that Wisconsin SHOULD pass AB487 / SB450 — by decreasing the hold periods to a very reasonable 4 days, it will most definitely help compassionate shelter directors to decrease their length of stay to support their ability to save more lives.While I acknowledge that for a few very regressive shelter directors this may give them the ability to kill animals more quickly, it is imperative that these leaders be replaced with compassionate leaders regardless of the outcome of this bill.

Your gift will have a direct impact on improving the lives and health of our community's outside cats, ultimately reducing the numbers of homeless cats and decreasing the number that are killed in our shelters every year.

Since the ban has taken affect, animal adoptions in the city have increased 23 % and shelter killing has decreased by 35 %.

As the number of commercial kennels has decreased, so has the number of shelter animals killed in the United States: A February 2017 estimate put the total for dogs alone at 780,000, a steep drop from estimates for all shelter animals that were as high as 20 million in the 1970s.

And in 2014, Best Friends created NKUT (No - Kill Utah), a comprehensive initiative designed to decrease the number of cats and dogs entering shelters through spay / neuter services and increase the number of pets being adopted.

For Utah to become a no - kill state, more emphasis must be put on decreasing the number of cats who enter shelters, and the best way to do that is to focus on implementing trap / neuter / return (TNR) programs.

Adoption greatly decreases the number of feline lives lost to kill - shelter execution by placing adoptable cats in forever homes and freeing shelter resources for additional homeless cats.

Thus, they are not decreasing the number of deaths substantially, just pushing the killing off to other shelters.

Spaying and neutering can significantly reduce the number of animals being euthanized at open intake shelters or turned away at no kill shelters due to lack of space, decrease the cost of picking up and housing stray or unwanted animals, and lower threats to public health and safety.

Township spokesperson Rich McClellan attributed the decreasing number of cats killed in shelters to the work of TNR caregivers.

Nearly 9,800 cats have been sterilized and vaccinated in the first two - and - a-half years, intake of cats and kittens has declined by 39 percent and the shelter killing of cats has decreased by 88 percent.

The article reports that it is likely the success of rescue groups in reducing the numbers of dogs needing adoption that has led to an increase in such organizations turning to buying dogs offered at auctions by commercial kennels: «As the number of commercial kennels has decreased, so has the number of shelter animals killed in the United States: A February 2017 estimate put the total for dogs alone at 780,000, a steep drop from estimates for all shelter animals that were as high as 20 million in the 1970s.»

As a result of our humane Trap - Neuter - Return efforts, shelter admissions have decreased, reducing the number of community cats killed unnecessarily and the financial burden on county taxpayers.

These chosen ten no - kill shelters are just a handful of so many successful groups that have increased adoptions, foster networks, facilities, and services to decrease euthanasia of healthy pets.

More and more shelters, both public and private, are working harder than ever to go from dark, smelly, and depressing places that warehouse animals until they're killed, to friendly and inviting community centers with comprehensive programming and pet care services to help decrease pet populations, increase adoptions, prevent pet homelessness, and most importantly, save lives.

We will help decrease the number of cats and dogs being destroyed in kill shelters through the work of our foster, spay / neuter, trap - neuter - return, and education programs.

We will help decrease the number of cats and dogs being destroyed in kill shelters through the work of our foster, spay / neuter, trap - neuter - return, and education programs.