One proposed solution to being able to take in more animals and
euthanize less animals was to add more kennels, but in reality, this only magnifies the warehousing problem and creates more issues — more staff, money, kinetic kennel energy, etc. — and would only cause the dogs to deteriorate faster.
Not exact matches
Aggressive spay / neuter programs could cut the number of
animals euthanized by half in
less than five years.
Thanks to a skilled and manipulative defense team, the two PETA staffers were found guilty only of
lesser charges; however, the trial exposed PETAâ $ ™ s shocking record of
euthanizing healthy dogs and cats - up to a 90 % euthanasia rate â $» as well as the fact that PETA is singularly responsible for the deaths of over 14,400 dogs, cats and other companion
animals during the period of 1998 - 2005.
Statistics show that certain types of pets are
less likely to be adopted — and therefore, more likely to be
euthanized — than other
animals.
It's good to hear
less and
less animals are being
euthanized even though the data may not be exact.
If we use the word «no - kill» to describe shelters that
euthanize 10 percent or
less of the
animals who enter their facility (a common way to define the term), than «kill - shelter» is automatically used to describe the others.
This means that while
less than 1 % of the
animals we've rescued have died or were humanely
euthanized, we have saved 99 % of them!
«This will mean
less animals going into our shelters, and
less animals being
euthanized,» Kiar said.
In
less than two years, Albuquerque's «save rate» for cats and kittens (the percentage of
animals admitted to a shelter that aren't
euthanized) has grown from 64 percent to 87 percent, with more than 4,400 lives saved.
We hope that our efforts will lead to
less animals being senselessly
euthanized and more
animals finding forever homes and happiness.
In 1997, the municipal shelter was
euthanizing nearly 6,000
animals a year; that number is now
less than 900.
Preventing the births of unwanted cats and dogs through well designed spay / neuter assistance programs costs
less money per
animal over the long run than paying to catch, transport, shelter, and care for unwanted
animals — who, all too often, will eventually be
euthanized.
Less than 1 percent of these
animals needed to be
euthanized because of debilitating conditions, trauma or infectious diseases.
If more
animals are responsibly released back into their original environments through the TNR program,
less animals are
euthanized.
Every day, perfectly healthy
animals are
euthanized to create more room in shelters and purchasing from breeders gives homeless
animals less opportunity to have a home.
The focus in shelters across the nation is to drastically reduce the number of homeless
animals that are
euthanized to
less than 10 percent — with that 10 percent being only the truly aggressive or unhealthy.
In the midst of clearing the backyard of my new home (very overgrown) for my dog who was being checked on by my brother everyday at the house I was in the middle of moving out of my neighbors called
animal control saying he was abandoned we were at the house checking on him when they arrived and they aggred everything was fine and we were going to move him within the next few days while my brother wasnt there it seems the neighbor let him loose and proceeded to call again (various signs) he was picked up and we were told it'd be $ 500 or get a police report through the local PD the police told us a report would have to be filed with
animal control not them and back and forth we went then we get a call OK you can have your dog IF you pick him up immediately he contacted kennel cough was unable to make the trip on such short notice and asked for more time as we had exhausted all our money that week and hadn't the gas to get him
less than 24 hours later he was
euthanized I lost a food dog today b / c of neighbors who kept their dogs strapped with bark collars and were rarely let out.
A pit bull ban means additional
animal control workers for identification and enforcement and litigation, sheltering, vet care and other costs of care for restricted breeds that have been impounded and must be held pending hearings;
less in licensing fees as owners decline to register restricted breeds for fear of not being able to afford or follow through on restrictions; an increase in restricted breeds in shelters in surrounding communities,
less shelter and resources for other
animals that are
euthanized.