We recognize that the only real, sustainable and humane way to end
euthanasia of healthy animals in shelters is to decrease the supply of homeless pets — working at the roots by spaying and neutering, offering behavior counseling for pet owners, and providing humane education and guidance for both children and adults.
The Athens County Humane Society is committed to promoting better care and compassion for animals and reducing abandonment and
euthanasia of healthy animals by providing spay and neuter assistance and education.
By providing high volume stationary veterinary clinics in targeted, underserved neighborhoods, staffed by veterinary professionals with expertise and sensitivity, and promoting the message of «We can fix this,» we can reach the goal of reducing shelter intake and
eliminating euthanasia of healthy animals.
Clay Humane is one of our areas oldest and most proactive animal welfare organizations, motivated by one goal — fostering humane attitudes in our communities and, in turn, ending the needless
euthanasia of healthy animals in our shelters.
The Athens County Humane Society is a 501 (c) 3 nonprofit organization whose volunteers are committed to promoting better care and compassion for animals, providing permanent homes with responsible caregivers for their companion animals, and reducing abandonment and
euthanasia of healthy animals by providing spay and neuter assistance and education.
Decrease
the euthanasia of healthy animals occurring for behavior reasons.
To assist our region in preventing the unnecessary
euthanasia of healthy animals, HART offers low - cost services to pet owners who can not afford the cost of the surgeries.
The HSUS cautions against spending time and resources considering mandatory spay / neuter legislation when there is a necessary and effective path — one that will get us closer to building more humane communities and ending
the euthanasia of healthy animals in shelters.
As veterinarians bear witness to the most gut - wrenching consequences of pet overpopulation, including
the euthanasia of healthy animals, spaying and neutering is the singlemost common procedure performed in American veterinary hospitals, and the American Veterinary Medical Association has described speutering as «an article of faith within the veterinary community: «thou shalt spay or castrate cats and dogs.
If the shelter is not over-full, and the public health mission of the Animal Control Department can be fulfilled, there is no reason to have an inflexible mandate for
the euthanasia of healthy animals.