Our mission is to provide moral, financial, and medical support for those fostering homeless pets; to end the practice of
euthanasia as a means of population control, instead relying on spay and neuter and trap and return programs; and to create a sanctuary for animals not yet placed in foster or permanent homes.
«The invaluable information gathered in this report provides the foundation for all stakeholders to move forward working together to reduce the number of homeless and stray pets and, ultimately, end the need for
euthanasia as a means of population control.
For these shelters,
euthanasia is viewed
as a necessary and legitimate, albeit unfortunate,
means of controlling shelter
populations, preventing overcrowding, and inhibiting the spread
of disease.
Today, DC Animal
Control Code § 8 - 1802 directs the city's animal control agency, the Washington Humane Society (WHS), to promote both reducing euthanasia of healthy, adoptable animals as well as «The utilization of trap, spay or neuter, and return practices as a means of controlling the feral cat population; provided, that all efforts shall be made to adopt out a trapped, tamable kitten.
Control Code § 8 - 1802 directs the city's animal
control agency, the Washington Humane Society (WHS), to promote both reducing euthanasia of healthy, adoptable animals as well as «The utilization of trap, spay or neuter, and return practices as a means of controlling the feral cat population; provided, that all efforts shall be made to adopt out a trapped, tamable kitten.
control agency, the Washington Humane Society (WHS), to promote both reducing
euthanasia of healthy, adoptable animals
as well
as «The utilization
of trap, spay or neuter, and return practices
as a
means of controlling the feral cat
population; provided, that all efforts shall be made to adopt out a trapped, tamable kitten.»