In addition, these types of organizations usually display aggressive spay / neuter efforts within their communities, and booming humane education programs to further prevent unwanted litters and
future shelter intake.
Not exact matches
Ultimately, although there are benefits to adopting a senior dog from a group that can provide your
future dog with high - level evaluation and care prior to adoption and support for the adoption after, the senior dog that is the best match for you and your family is just as likely to be found at an open -
intake shelter as at a senior rescue.
This steady decline in
intakes and deaths pays tribute to the tireless efforts of
shelter employees, responsible dog breeders and rescue volunteers who have worked, prayed, and bullied their way to a
future when the demand for pets would equal or exceed the supply and they would no longer be forced to euthanize healthy, adoptable animals.
Spay / neuter drives down birth rates, which takes
future cats and dogs off the streets and out of the countryside, reducing
shelter intake.
The
shelter can place a cat who has been neutered and vaccinated and comes with cat care education and
future support, possibly leading to a reduction in
shelter cat
intake in the
future.
The massive fall in
shelter intake has huge implications for
sheltering, today and in the
future.