Not exact matches
In fact, recent studies show that doing temperament tests upon intake to a shelter environment are not accurate predictors of the dog's behavior in a hom
In fact, recent studies show that
doing temperament tests upon
intake to a
shelter environment are not accurate predictors of the dog's behavior
in a hom
in a home.
We've talked about this before — how using
shelter intake and euthanasia numbers to gauge the effectiveness of a trap - neuter - return (TNR) program is off the mark because it doesn't detail trends
in the population of cats outside.
Millions of animals are killed
in animal
shelters annually, but many
shelters do not record or report data on the
intake and disposition of the animals
in their care.
The Tacoma
shelter saw
intake rise
in the first year they implemented capacity for care - related changes, but they had more adoptions and less respiratory infections
in their cats, and for the first time
in their history
did not pull any cats for space.
Prior to the clinic's launch, there had already been a decline
in intake of dog's to the county's only animal
shelter and the rate of decline
did not change after the clinic opened, nor
did the euthanasia rate for dogs change significantly.
When you see high
shelter intake relative to the human population and a low reclaim rate, you are probably
in a place where the residents don't have the resources to keep their pets off the street and safely at home, or the resources to look for them when they disappear.
Parvo runs rampant across many
shelters that
do not bother to vaccinate upon
intake Pet profiteers» look
in the mirror at some of your own
This can be
done for various levels of
shelter intake (e.g. strays, owner - surrenders, puppy and kitten litter
intakes) as well as spay / neuter services delivered
in the community.
The Napa County Animal
Shelter does not get to pick and choose its residents; their
intake has no restrictions; their facility, employees, budget are required to meet the space, needs and care of every animal
in our county; they
do not have the commonly - utilized option to say,» it breaks my heart to say this, but I'm sorry, we're full right now... please call someone else.»
Do you want to reduce
shelter intake by 20 percent
in one year at your local animal
shelter?
The Tacoma
shelter saw
intake rise over the first year they implemented capacity for care - related changes, but they had more adoptions and less respiratory infections
in their cats, and for the first time
in their history
did not pull any cats for space.
The difference
in cat
intakes among three of the
shelters from 2009 to 2013
do not show the same magnitude of decrease as SJACS, and
in the case of HSSV, increased by 438 cats.
Dogs Although funds may not be available for HWD diagnostics
in all
shelters, an ideal goal is to perform a heartworm antigen and microfilaria test
in all dogs at
intake, as recommended by the American Heartworm Society (AHS)
in their current guidelines.4 dogs for heartworms should communicate to adopters that immediate, and annual, testing is critical
in order to detect infection and initiate
Shelters that
do not test their treatment, if needed.
Puppy mills
do play a large role
in perpetuating the cycle of high
shelter intakes and euthanasia rates, and they are easy to speak out against because of their clearly inhumane conditions, but they are not the only problem.
I don't think there is anything significantly wrong with the data going
in, because the average
intake for the
shelters I list was 33 per thousand people, and that is near the estimated average for the United States of 15 to 30 pets per thousand people.
I'm still very new at this
shelter manager thing, but I
do know that
in the past it was fairly easy to be able to pull many animals very quickly as the ACC really needs to have as much space as they can for new
intakes.
You will be contacted via e-mail as to your interest
in fostering a
shelter dog (please
do not contact the
shelters directly yourself unless you wish to adopt a dog from them — our
Intake Coordinator speaks to the
shelters daily regarding the dogs and we want to avoid any confusion).
While a a limited
intake rescue, this is no repercussion on your dogs, but it
does on the ones that remain
in the
shelter that you can not pull into your program.
Moreover, if sterilization allows a community to drop
intakes significantly enough so that local demand for animals can no longer be met, the community can begin importing animals from high - kill rate jurisdictions, saving those lives, too, as some
shelters in No Kill communities are currently
doing.
Temporary
intake fosters take
in cats new to the organization for around 14 days to make sure they don't break with a kitty cold or anything else that may be contagious to the other cats
in the
shelter.
And the
shelter needs a person
in intake doing what we call «surrender prevention.»
I've obtained her
intake photo and she was brought
in on October 10 so the
shelter did wait the minimum hold time before adopting her out.
Spay - neuter has continued to be a highly important factor
in further reducing
shelter intake, especially
in cities and counties that
did not get the memo
in the period from 1970 to 2000.
They may work with several
shelters, and they probably don't have time to keep up on current statistics for each
shelter, much less long - term trends
in intake and live releases.
The huge decline
in shelter intake in the time period from 1970 to 2000 had little or nothing to
do with No Kill.
This study bears that out and shows that the rate of
intake and killing is not just a function of what the public
does or
does not
do, but is,
in large part, directly
in the control of
shelter managers and staff and what they
do or don't
do.
Therefore it is critical to examine population and
shelter statistics for dogs and cats separately, so that reductions
in dog
intake and euthanasia
do not mask increases
in cat
intake and euthanasia.