Orange County, which is launching an «I double dog dare you» campaign next month to promote spaying and neutering,
euthanized more than 12,000 in its last fiscal year.
The city has
euthanized more than 1,100 restricted - breed dogs since the ban.
A Grim Past «Even though it is Florida's fourth - largest county,» explains Francis Hamilton, Associate Professor of Management at Eckerd College, in his 2010 paper describing «the development and ongoing process of a social change effort and collaboration» in Hillsborough County, «it has
euthanized more animals than any other county in the state.»
Dogs with medical needs were being
euthanized more often due to rescues lacking proper resources and funding for their care.
In 2012, the city
euthanized more than 7,000 animals of the almost 12,000 taken in.
Killing for remodels, killing for convenience, killing because someone had a bias against the animal for one reason or another... our KC shelters are
euthanizing more than the average no kill and yet saying that none of them were adoptable.
Some animal rights groups have criticized the Humane Society for
euthanizing more animals than some consider necessary.
The worst outbreak in memory of a fatal dog disease has forced the Orange County animal - control department to
euthanize more than two dozen dogs and halt a busy adoption program.
The reason
we euthanize more than 2,000 pit bulls in the U.S. each day is not just the result of strays having unwanted puppies or people being careless about spaying and neutering their pets - although those are real and depressing problems.
When Dr. Zoulas helped open the SAS Spay & Neuter Clinic in 1982, the shelter was
euthanizing more than 8,000 animals a year.
While PETA takes aim at the Iditarod and Yukon Quest for dogs that die during a race,
it euthanizes more than 70 percent of the animals brought to an animal shelter it operates in Virginia.
My shelter
euthanizes more Pit Bulls and Pit Mixes than dogs of any other breed or mix.
Not exact matches
Society
euthanizing the elderly, with or without consent, once they are no longer productive would be a
more moral and
more effective stance that arguing abortion for economic principles.
And while the administration of life - ending drugs must be freely chosen by the person to be
euthanized, it is obvious that the
more euthanasia becomes normalized, the
more coercive the cultural attitude will become for the young and old alike.
More and more countries favor policies permitting Alzheimer's patients to be euthani
More and
more countries favor policies permitting Alzheimer's patients to be euthani
more countries favor policies permitting Alzheimer's patients to be
euthanized.
Even
more startling, 18 percent disclosed that they could «conceive of»
euthanizing an elderly person who was simply «tired of living, without medical grounds for suffering.»
The shock is often much
more severe than if a pet had to be
euthanized.
The state Department of Agriculture and Markets is generally doing well to ensure animal shelters across New York provide safe conditions and proper care for seized dogs, but could do
more to make certain dogs are not inappropriately
euthanized, according to an audit from state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli.
The Oneida County Health Department today reported that test results on a suspected case of Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) in a horse in the north Rome / Lee Center has confirmed that the animal was infected with the disease when it was
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It would make the animals
more adoptable, therefore cutting back on a high number of animals that are
euthanized in Onondaga County, and it would offer inmates an opportunity to work with these animals, which in other programs, has led to better behavior among the incarcerated and lowered recidivism.
Awaited Test Results Yield Another «Positive» for EEE «Virus Suspected in Two
More Horse Deaths» The Oneida County Health Department today reported that test results on a suspected case of Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) in a horse in the north Rome / Lee Center has confirmed that the animal was infected with the disease when it was
euthanized last week after developing neurological symptoms.
The mid-Atlantic Raccoon Epizootic strain of rabies is widespread throughout Oneida County and last year accounted for
more than 80 area residents having to undergo Post Exposure Treatment and a number of unvaccinated household pets to be quarantined or
euthanized.
I along with millions of Americans are tired of these gays looking to be accepted by the main stream population of this great nation.This same sex marriage, don't ask don't tell and these civil wedding are totally disgraceful.I personally feel that these individuals are nothing
more than diseased animals and being such, should be «
Euthanized» as you would do to any diseased animal.
Regardless of whether Landrigan's legal team was simply using the drug shortage as stalling tactic, their legal maneuvering brings to the fore a contentious dispute over the science (or some would say lack thereof) behind lethal injection executions in the U.S.. For
more than two decades, it has been argued that the FDA should be required to certify the safety and effectiveness of drugs used to carry out executions (as it does for drugs used to
euthanize animals).
A Cross-Country Comparison of Perceptions of Shelter Workers Regarding Breed Identification» asserts that shelter workers operating in areas restricted by breed - specific legislation (BSL) are
more likely to consciously mislabel a dog's breed if they felt it were to increase the dog's chances of being adopted and / or avoid being
euthanized.
Vandenberg and Catanese report that «although these same effects were not seen at the higher dose,
more than 10 percent of females exposed to 2 microgram BPS / kg / day either killed their pups or provided such poor instrumental maternal care that one or
more pups needed to be
euthanized.
«This is so much
more pleasant than traveling with a stranger...» Samuel Goldwyn Films has released an official trailer for the film Youth in Oregon, an indie drama about a son - in - law who takes on the task of driving his nearly -80-year-old father - in - law across the country to Oregon to be
euthanized at his request.
Of the 10,300 pets
euthanized, 3,800 —
more than one - third — were puppies and kittens whose only crime was being born into a community where not enough people wanted to adopt young pets.
«However, when the Moore tornadoes hit, and I saw so many animals displaced by the destruction, I began to worry
more about the safety of my pet — especially after seeing the story on the news about one of the pets who had been claimed by a displaced family, being accidentally
euthanized.»
The incinerators used to cremate
euthanized pets cost
more than the basic equipment needed for a spay / neuter surgery room, and a «euthanasia room» is not cheaper to build than a room destined for use for spay / neuter.
Funding spay / neuter programs rather than
euthanizing animals is a much
more prudent and humane
According to the Humane Society of the United States,
more than 3 million cats and dogs are
euthanized in shelters every year.
Her goal — and one we share — is to help teach
more foster homes the ins and outs of neonate critical care to help reduce and eventually eliminate the number of neonates
euthanized each year due to lack of care resources.
Because such little funding goes toward Tulsa Animal Welfare and with many of these dogs destined to be
euthanized at the shelter, a day dedicated to these animals could not be
more important and should serve as a reminder that they need all the love they can get.
Each year
more cats are killed by cars than
euthanized in US animal shelters.
«With three to four million pets still
euthanized across the nation each year, we created the Rescue Waggin» program to help shelters achieve their goals of getting
more adoptable pets placed into good homes — wherever those homes may be,» says Susana Della Maddalena, Executive Director of PetSmart Charities.
As
more breeders learn about positive training and deaf training methods for dogs, fewer dogs are being
euthanized.
There's nothing
more depressing than enduring a long conversation on the degree of illness the purchased pet is suffering, followed by questions on how to break the news to the kids and whether it'll be automatically
euthanized if it gets sent back.
«There are medical cases where it's
more fair to the animal to
euthanize than to attempt treatment or treatment is not possible and the quality of life they are suffering is too great.»
Her research also helps to dispel any social stigmas associated with feral cats, as many people believe it is
more humane to
euthanize and dispose of them rather than leave them to starve or expose them to the elements.
More cats than dogs enter shelters, according to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, and 70 percent of shelter cats end up
euthanized, compared to just half of shelter dogs.
Hopefully, it finds a good home and people that can afford the medical costs but,
more often then not, the dog sees a variety of homes before it is eventually
euthanized.
While these facilities can offer temporary care for the animals they acquire,
more often than not some of the animals have to be
euthanized.
CCR rescues dogs and puppies from kill shelters in metro Atlanta and surrounding counties and provides all vet care and transport in an effort to save
more of the animals in danger of being
euthanized here.
There was a time in this country in the 1960s when
more than 20 million unwanted animals a year were being
euthanized.
The public isn't stupid, they will just stop adopting from shelters if shelters continue to play games, resulting in
more dogs being
euthanized or hoarded.
«Last year, at least 8 million unwanted dogs and cats were
euthanized, and millions
more were abandoned and abused,» said National Humane Society President Paul Irwin.
More than 30,000,000 animals are
euthanized each year, because there simply are not enough homes for all of them.
More often, a decision to
euthanize must be made at some point.
«Our hope is that we are veering
more people towards pet adoption vs buying and hopefully reducing the number of pets that are
euthanized every year due to a lack of adoptive homes,» she said.