Sentences with phrase «even euthanized animals»

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That's even worse than it sounds: Commonly eaten farm animals are rarely euthanized, so the presence of those drugs raised the possibility that meat from horses or even dogs and cats from animal shelters had made it into the supply, as has been known to happen.

Out of the Earth ~ Natural Raw Diet for Dogs Many of the commercial dog food companies would have us believe that they actually use human grade meat in the production of their food, when in fact the sources of this «meat» are not even fit for animal consumption.In some areas of North America this list can also include euthanized companion animals from clinics and shelters, roadkill, zoo animals, livestock which die from disease or disability.The «meat» is purchased from a rendering plant which also receives material from slaughterhouses such as hair, feathers, hooves and any part of the mammal which is condemned for human consumtion.

Many of the commercial dog food companies would have us believe that they actually use human grade meat in the production of their food, when in fact the sources of this «meat» are not even fit for animal consumption.In some areas of North America this list can also include euthanized companion animals from clinics and shelters, roadkill, zoo animals, livestock which die from disease or disability.The «meat» is purchased from a rendering plant which also receives material from slaughterhouses such as hair, feathers, hooves and any part of the mammal which is condemned for human consumtion.

Palfrey: Unfortunately, millions of animals every year are euthanized in just American shelters, and then it can be even worse across the globe.

It's almost certain that if the mayor of the city is re-elected, he will enact a plan to euthanize every dog on the island, even though the animals pose no threat, don't cost the city money any longer, and were, at one point, loved by a certain segment of the population.

Toxic products from spoiled foodstuffs Drug residues Hormone levels comparable to amounts that have produced cancer in laboratory animals Artificial colors, flavors, and preservatives, all of which he claims are responsible for an epidemic of cancer and degenerative diseases And even euthanized dogs and cats, which he claims «are routinely rendered by veterinary hospitals or shelters and recycled into pet food.»

Cultural reluctance to euthanize even severely suffering animals, intertwined with the Buddhist faith of about a third of the Taiwan population, led in the 1980s and 1990s to some government shelters simply allowing impounded dogs to cannibalize each other or starve to death.

The current law requires that animals can not be euthanized for 5 days and under the new law, even then, shelters must look for reasonable alternatives and specifically, «shall ensure... [t] here are no empty cages, kennels, or other living environments in the shelter that are suitable for the animal; [t] he animal can not share a cage or kennel with appropriately sized primary living space with another animal; [a] foster home is not available»; a rescue on the registry can not accept the animal.

And if you're volunteering for a shelter which euthanizes animals, you may even save some lives.

NOT ONE company, organization or clinic i have ever dealt with (and i have dealt with hundreds all over the world, even in poor countries) would EVER release a euthanized animal for any reason other than research, ie: if the dog's death was suspicious.

Taxpayers picked up the tab because Orange County Animal Control workers euthanized Bucksnort 11 days after the accident, even though her owners contacted the pound several times and the dog's story received wide publicity in the Orlando media.

The stress on shelter staff is significant: no room to put ever more dogs; having to euthanize dogs to make room for new dogs; performing triage on sick animals when space is limited; having to make hard choices about evening and weekend heating and lighting with a small budget; no veterinarian or vet tech on the staff; no evening or weekend staff; no time to network adoptable animals; no available homes in the surrounding communities; inadequate transport vehicles; little or no support from local government; an Animal Control Officer often doing double duty, responsible also for managing the shelter; counties lacking even a shelter or inside kenneling.

«Inhumane breeding facilities are mass - producing animals for sale to the public, even as overcrowded shelters euthanize millions of dogs and cats each year,» said Assemblymember O'Donnell.

It's good to hear less and less animals are being euthanized even though the data may not be exact.

The steep decline in the number of animals being euthanized each year comes even as the pet population has boomed.

Shelters continue to become crowded even though thousands of animals are euthanized every year.

County Animal Services programs don't even try to save dogs, and focus instead on isolating and euthanizing dogs that are sick or have been in contact with sick dogs.

This can be a very sad time and even though the animal hospital staff might have to go through this all too often, there really is no getting used to euthanizing a dog or cat.

Even if all 67 were euthanized, which she says is unlikely, the data indicate that transports by and large are delivering reasonably healthy and adoptable animals as promised, and the vast majority are finding adoptive homes.

adopt, spay / neuter or even euthanize our way out of this crisis as long as these mills are churning out pets like they were food animals.

Call your local shelter, rescue group, or veterinarian for help if you need it, and remember; even though kittens are adorable, over 4 million animals are euthanized annually in the U.S. due to overpopulation — please spay and neuter your pets.

Earlier this week, a video surfaced of animal control officers, along with the shelter director of the Town of Hempstead (NY) clowning around, and joking around while about to «euthanize» a kitten even to the point of chanting «kill the kitty, kill the kitty» as the frightened kitten was pulled from its traveling kennel with a catch pole.

Even the so - called «no kill «shelters were euthanizing adoptable animals.

Nevertheless, the new report is likely to fuel the sometimes vitriolic debate between environmentalists who see free - roaming domestic cats as an invasive species — superpredators whose numbers are growing globally even as the songbirds and many other animals the cats prey on are in decline — and animal welfare advocates who are appalled by the millions of unwanted cats (and dogs) euthanized in animal shelters each year.

Yet although these scientific surveys show fewer total euthanasias, animal rights groups claim 10 million, 12 million, even 22 million dogs euthanized in shelters and advocate breeding restrictions as the only sure cure.

Pressure groups may not understand the progressive nature of no - kill and instead push shelters to stop euthanizing even non-rehabilitatable animals or to use limited resources to convert treatable animals to adoptable animals before they have reached a population level where that kind of effort makes sense.

Even more significant is the fact that as euthanasia totals decrease, the number of euthanized adoptable animals also decreases until it finally reaches zero.

While rescues quarantine and screen animals for health and temperament issues prior to adoption (sometimes with restrictions); even young, healthy animals are sometimes euthanized due to lack of space, funds and available homes.

We volunteers often take them home and, even though we are not a no - kill facility, in my four years of volunteering, I've never known of a senior animal being euthanized.

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.»

Even if we could disregard the other offenses that take place in these breeding facilities, the fact that 2.7 million adoptable dogs and cats are euthanized every year is enough reason to refrain from purchasing a companion animal.

For example, a dog owner is allowed to decide if and when to euthanize a companion animal, even if the dog is perfectly healthy and the reason for the decision is that the owner no longer has the time or the money to spend on the dog.

Whether you just watched the «Dog By Dog» documentary, researched the number of animals euthanized daily due to overpopulation, or was heartbroken by a story of animal abuse on the evening news, it's easy to feel overwhelmed by the sad state of affairs or unsure what could be done to change them.

The sad reality for surrendered animals is that even with nationwide efforts to enact low - cost vaccines and spay and neuter programs, shelters may be forced to euthanize due to overcrowding issues.

I was told regularly to not enter animals into the log, or to euthanize off site in order to prevent animals from even entering the building.

Gillian and her team scour the public shelters around California looking specifically for animals in the most need of help — often the severity of their health issues has left them days, or even hours away, from being euthanized.

«The southern shelters we work with have all reported that the need to euthanize animals to free up space has been dramatically reduced or even eliminated as a result of having the northern transport option available,» said Carmen Trammell, president of Peaceful Kingdom.

In fact, in those towns and cities that have implemented such programs, we've already seen the number of companion animals who had to be euthanized decline by 30 to 60 percent - even in those communities whose human populations have been steadily increasing.

Even with the no - kill movement strongly moving forward in the United States, a staggering 2.4 million animals are still euthanized in shelters every year.

To break it down even further, nearly half of all shelter animals are euthanized.

Occasionally even no - kill shelters must euthanize, but only (3) reasons: contagious animal whose contagion can not be arrested; terminal animal in pain that can not be treated with no quality of life left; vicious animal (mostly dogs) who can not be rehabilitated.

Animals who survive laboratory tests are typically euthanized when a study comes to a close, even if they're still healthy.

There are even times when vet assistants are looked to for their strength as euthanizing sick animals can be a very sad and traumatic time for pet owners.

Animals were given 3 - 5 days before being euthanized and, since most people did not even know about this shed, adoptions were rare.

Because they delay, even just a few weeks, the animal then has an unwanted litter — and our shelters end up having to house and euthanize literally millions of beautiful, healthy cats and dogs!

After that, it's possible for these abandoned animals to be adopted, euthanized, or even sold for research.

And even no - kill shelters euthanize animals deemed unadoptable due to illness, aggression or other factors.

Hyman, who now is employed as the group's director of community engagement, said even as recently as 2007, 63 percent of the animals that came through the doors — thousands of dogs, cats and other animals — were euthanized.