Sentences with phrase «ending shelter killing»

Our programs in Utah have always been positioned as a proving ground and leader in innovation for Best Friends and the entire field of animal welfare, all with a primary goal of ending shelter killing and mainstreaming the no - kill movement.

The most effective and enduring change takes place when local elected officials come to understand how important the issue of ending shelter killing is to their constituents.

«Most immediately, our work is helping the animals and ending shelter killing.

«I am in awe of the great work that is being done by every group and individual that is working to end shelter killing in L.A.»

A comprehensive initiative to end shelter killing, NKLA focuses on public awareness, high - volume pet adoptions and spay / neuter services for those most in need — pets of families in the city's lowest - income communities.

They alienate people who are aligned with them in their desire to end shelter killing.

Spay / neuter is the point of the spear in our collective efforts to end shelter killing.

Since jumping into the no - kill movement as a volunteer for Best Friends in 1994, I have been involved in just about all aspects of our work to end shelter killing, including pulling together a statewide coalition in Utah, a citywide coalition in Los Angeles, a mobile spay / neuter program that roamed the rural reaches of Utah, super adoptions, local and national fundraising efforts, legislative campaigns, a national conference and, of course, shelter rescue.

«The NKLA Pet Adoption Center is a unique place because it combines the efforts of animal welfare organizations and rescues operating in Los Angeles with the same goal: to end the shelter killing in the city,» said Francis Battista, co-founder of Best Friends Animal Society.

All tools available, including low - cost spay / neuter services, TNR programs, shelter surrender intervention and adoptions, must be used to end shelter killing.

We look forward to the day when buying a puppy, kitten, bunny or bird from a breeder will be an ethical choice because it will mean that together we will have ended shelter killing.

As the movement to end shelter killing has grown in size and sophistication, the networking made possible through the internet and social media has allowed animal lovers to connect the dots between individual cases of animal cruelty and neglect in shelters nationwide.

By denigrating the movement to end shelter killing as akin to warehousing and abuse, and by ignoring the protocols of shelters which have truly achieved No Kill, these naysayers not only do so to provide political cover for their own killing but in order to embrace a nation of shelters grounded in killing — a defeatist mentality, inherently unethical and antithetical to animal welfare.

Click here to read about my efforts to end shelter killing, promote veganism, stop vivisection, and more.

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A leading national animal welfare organization dedicated to ending the killing of dogs and cats in America's shelters.

Best Friends Animal Society: Best Friends Animal Society is a leading national animal welfare organization dedicated to ending the killing of dogs and cats in America's shelters.

Through rescue from kill facilities, rehabilitation of sick and un-socialized pets, and a 100 % spay / neuter program, Little Shelter hopes to end pet overpopulation and place all dogs and cats in loving homes.

As an organization whose mission is to end the killing of pets in shelters, of course Best Friends Animal Society encourages people looking for a pet to adopt from a shelter or rescue group, rather than buying from a pet store, breeder or online retailer.

by Temma Martin As an organization whose mission is to end the killing of pets in shelters, of course Best...

Temma Martin is a public relations specialist for Best Friends Animal Society, a national animal welfare organization dedicated exclusively to ending the killing of dogs and cats in America's shelters.

«We were concerned about the number of pets ending up in the Tulsa City Shelter and having to be killed,» Anita says.

In light of the staggering number of animals put down just at our Tulsa Animal Shelter here, it is obvious that something must be done to curb the number of stray and unwanted pets that end up killed on our highways, dumped, or killed in shelters.

Bill Bruce, director of Animal Services and Bylaws in Calgary, has approached ending the killing of shelter animals with a top - down, integrated community - policy approach.

«In this difficult economy, shelters and rescue groups need donations more than ever to keep up with the demand for their lifesaving efforts, «said Jane Hoffman, President of the Mayor's Alliance for NYC's Animals, a coalition of more than 150 animal shelters and rescue groups committed to ending the killing of healthy and treatable cats and dogs at New York City shelters.

Naïve to the pitfalls of fostering (most people end up adopting the dogs they foster), I ended up going to a local no - kill shelter, where I met Hulk for the first time.

Founded in 2002, LifeLine Animal Project is Atlanta's leading nonprofit organization providing lifesaving solutions to end the killing of healthy and treatable animals in county shelters, promote animal welfare and prevent pet overpopulation.

As part of a public / private partnership with the City of Los Angeles, Best Friends Animal Society, the only national animal welfare organization focused on ending the killing of shelter pets, operates a Pet Adoption & Spay / Neuter Center at a city - owned facility in Mission Hills at its own expense.

About Best Friends Animal Society: Best Friends Animal Society is the only national animal welfare organization focused exclusively on ending the killing of dogs and cats in America's shelters.

Although being rounded up by Animal Control, put in a dark box that moved and probably bounced her around, and then ending up at the local kill shelter was probably enough to compound any fears she may have already had.

While the act of not killing any adoptable dogs and cats in a shelter is the end goal, it should not only be done through limited admittance.

I'm getting the feeling that some of the failures associated with shelters which have rebranded themselves no - kill (those ones that don't have open admissions or who end up warehousing animals in poor conditions for much too long) without understanding that they can't have a no - kill shelter without the development of a no - kill community have given the term no - kill a bad name.

So donations flood to Shelter A, Shelter B ends up with fewer resources, and their killing goes up.

You want to end overpopulation, sponsor field trips to the shelter and tell all the kids the Truth when they are standing in front of the dog cages, namely that the cute dog in front of them will be KILLED tomorrow, to make room for another cute dog that will be KILLED the next day, all because someone grew up and got a dog and decided not to spay or neuter it.

If we are ever to become a no kill COMMUNITY we have to end the idea that the no kill shelters are «saving theirs» and start looking for ways that everyone can work together to end the killing.

Imagine their shock and horror when they found out Mayzie ended up at the local kill shelter, turned in as a stray.

It is heartening to hear, though, that more communities are getting the idea that no - kill can't be achieved by a shelter alone and that more and more shelters are making the effort to forge links with their communities to end animal homelessness together.

When a dog as young and beautiful as Sophie, now known as Docious, ends up on the local kill shelter's rescue list, you certainly wouldn't think the story is going to have a happy ending.

CCR rescued this sweet boy after his owner passed away and he ended up in a local vets office, but was about to be sent to a local kill shelter in the Metro Atlanta area.

Eventually, with the increase in animals coming in, and depleted resources, Shelter B ends up killing 450 animals in year 2 of Shelter A becoming No Kill.

His book Redemption presents the No - Kill Equation (the formula for ending the killing of animals in shelters), promotes the need to legislate no - kill through shelter reform legislation, and includes a proposed model Kill Equation (the formula for ending the killing of animals in shelters), promotes the need to legislate no - kill through shelter reform legislation, and includes a proposed model kill through shelter reform legislation, and includes a proposed model law.

Creating a No Kill Shelter is a step on the path but not our end goal.

No Kill Nation: A national advocacy organization dedicated to ending the systematic killing of healthy and treatable animals in our nation's shelters.

A national advocacy organization dedicated to ending the systematic killing of healthy and treatable animals in our nation's shelters.

She is a nationally - recognized author and attorney who advocates for ending pound seizure (shelter animals used in research) and the use of gas chambers to kill animals in shelters.

Her elderly owner got sick and could no longer care for her so she ended up at a southern kill shelter along with her 8 puppies.

The state - of - the - art space welcomes visitors to meet adoptable cats and dogs, and engages them in Best Friends» mission to end the killing of pets in shelters by 2025.

You see, if a dog ends up in a shelter and is microchipped, he or she can not be destroyed — even in kill shelters, until concerted efforts have been made to contact the dog's last registered owner.

«We believe that working together, we can end the killing in our national shelters by 2025.»

First Coast No More Homeless Pets operates one of the largest spay and neuter clinics in the country with the mission to end the killing of dogs and cats in shelters in our community, Northeast Florida and the nation.

Best Friends Animal Society, the only national animal welfare organization dedicated to ending the killing in US shelters, launched the No Kill Los Angeles (NKLA) initiative in 2012 with the goal of taking the city No Kill by 2017.