Sentences with phrase «increased shelter killing»

In order to do this, we need not just the shelter doing its job, we need civic help as well — and we hope that animal control and the city council will work with us to get rid of these policies that are leading to increased shelter killing.

Not exact matches

Lauralei brings plentiful knowledge as we work toward our goals, which include making all shelters no - kill and increasing adoptions.

And this is compounded by the increasing pressure that shelters and politicians are getting to make the shelters «No Kill».

Eventually, with the increase in animals coming in, and depleted resources, Shelter B ends up killing 450 animals in year 2 of Shelter A becoming No Kill.

As the largest No Kill animal shelter in Kansas City, we care for more than 10,000 animals a year and work collaboratively with Animal Control and other animal welfare organizations to increase the number of homeless pets adopted, and focus on lifesaving programs promoting pet retention, identification, lost pet reunions, and pet ownership education throughout the community.

We can not continue incentivize animal control officer actions that unnecessarily lead to the increase in killing in our shelters.

In addition to increasing costs for the city, this new law will lead to more cats being killed in the local shelters and pounds where hundreds of cats are already killed.

The reality is that limit laws increase the number of animals killed in shelters by deterring people from adding another member to their family.

Officials at Los Angeles Animal Services say they are moving steadily closer to transforming their animal shelters to «no kill» zones as dog and cat euthanization rates drop citywide and pet placements increase.

Over the years the needs of «at risk» dogs and cats have been changing due to the incredible efforts of innovative rescue groups (like us), an increase in the communities desire for No Kill shelters and an increased awareness of the need to adopt a pet rather than buy from a breeder.

According to traditionalists, No Kill shelters warehoused animals and caused an increase in pet abandonment by turning animals away.

It is our first endeavor towards becoming a no - kill shelter and has increased our save rate by 20 % since the doors opened in 2016.

The Philadelphia No - Kill Coalition is a collective of animal welfare agencies working together to end the killing of savable pets in shelters by helping struggling owners keep their pets as cherished family members and increasing rescue, adoption, and foster placements for pets with nowhere else to go.

I learned so much about the need for increased promotion of shelter dogs, especially those at kill - shelters like AC&C, where the euthanasia rates are simply too high.

No wonder Skeldon and his crew were so focused on «pit bulls», allowing dog bites to increase and shelter kill rates to hover around 77 %.

Last year, Toledo had a 23 % increase in dog bites and has seen almost no decrease in shelter killing over the past 20 years.

Miami Dade Animal Services ignores the problem because if they picked up these dogs, it would increase their euthanasia rate and they can't brag that they are a no - kill shelter.

Each blind eye turned and each handshake extended to the killers at PETA strengthens PETA's ability to not only continue harming animals with impunity, but to use their increasing influence, power, and wealth to undermine the efforts of those laboring to protect the lives of community cats, pit bull dogs, and shelter animals whose killing PETA publicly champions to the American public and our elected officials.

It increase the surrender rate to shelters and rescues because now the attitude is if I don't like the pet I have then I can take it to NK where it won't be killed and go get another puppy or kitten... Tends to lessen the guilt for some.

While both groups are technically right, based on the actual data and personal experience in leadership of an open admission no kill shelter, I think the law change to decrease stray hold times will SIGNIFICANTLY increase the ability for shelters to save lives and support the bill in its entirety.

Myth: No - kill sheltering means an increased length of stay, causing animals to languish in the shelter environment.

Dauphine fails to acknowledge that pets brought in to be «reunited» with their owners were taking up the shelter's limited space, thus increasing the likelihood that cats would be killed.

Since the ban has taken affect, animal adoptions in the city have increased 23 % and shelter killing has decreased by 35 %.

• For 30 years, Best Friends has been running the nation's largest no - kill sanctuary for companion animals and building effective programs all across the country that reduce the number of animals entering shelters and increase the number who find homes.

Alley Cat Allies has charted a course set on animal control and shelter industry reform and humane treatment through activities including: advocating for pounds and shelters to keep public records of animal intake and kill rates, for public and mandatory government oversight, and for increased pound and shelter accountability; mobilizing and educating the public and leading the national movement to end the killing of cats and to protect and improve their lives; and supporting the efforts of, and acting as the national voice for, thousands of individuals and groups across the U.S. who provide humane care for stray and feral cats.

Best Friends» plan to turn L.A. into a no - kill city is straightforward: Provide spay / neuter services where they are needed most so that fewer animals go into shelters and increase adoptions so that more animals are placed into new homes.

If you have the framework of a no - kill shelter and want to step it up to increase staff and intake and save more lives, Adrienne's Fundraising 2.0 presentation is not to be missed!

And in 2014, Best Friends created NKUT (No - Kill Utah), a comprehensive initiative designed to decrease the number of cats and dogs entering shelters through spay / neuter services and increase the number of pets being adopted.

To achieve its mission of elevating Montgomery County to a No - Kill Community, the group promotes programs that not only inform the public but also help reduce the number of companion animals entering shelters and to increase the number of furry friends leaving shelters alive.

Eighty - five percent of the animals brought to the shelter are killed by lethal injection, and every year the number increases.

LifeLine will leverage the three - year award to focus on reaching and sustaining no - kill rates by increasing adoptions, staff training and veterinary care support in the shelters.

Finally, Hurley and her team were responsible for an increase in the number of cats killed in Wisconsin's Dane County Humane Society in 2007, after the shelter eviscerated the foster care program and made the decision to keep every other cat cage empty (thereby cutting capacity in half and resulting in the killing of cats already on the adoption floor)-- all at Dr. Hurley's suggestion.

This outspoken embrace of Newkirk not only condones and amplifies PETA's views that dogs and cats should be killed, it lionizes an animal killer to a whole new generation of animal rights activists, increasing PETA's power, wealth, and influence which are used to the great detriment of companion animals in shelters, in homes, and in our communities.

The flaw in this argument is that if No Kill opponents are correct in asserting that an appointment policy will cause intake to go up in other shelters in the area, then we should see an increase in intake in neighboring shelters in every case where an appointment policy is implemented.

Our goal is to not only rescue animals from high kill shelters but to help reduce pet overpopulation and increase pet adoptions through campaigns, events, education, spay / neuter programs and rescue partnerships.

Ironically, kill shelters are so enmeshed in their so - called «open door» philosophy that they are blind to any proactive steps that might limit the numbers of animals coming in through those doors, like pet retention programs, or that might increase the numbers of animals adopted, like comprehensive marketing campaigns.

The no - kill, non-profit collaborates with area municipal shelters in Baldwin to reduce shelter overcrowding and increase the communities save rate.

Longer - term plans in accomplishing the no - kill goal include building a new 20,000 square foot state - of - the - art animal shelter for Lafayette which will increase capacity.

The article reports that it is likely the success of rescue groups in reducing the numbers of dogs needing adoption that has led to an increase in such organizations turning to buying dogs offered at auctions by commercial kennels: «As the number of commercial kennels has decreased, so has the number of shelter animals killed in the United States: A February 2017 estimate put the total for dogs alone at 780,000, a steep drop from estimates for all shelter animals that were as high as 20 million in the 1970s.»

As a result of a provision similar to CAPA mandating that shelters must transfer animals they are planning to kill to other non-profits which want to save them, the number of animals transferred to rescue groups rather than killed in California went from 12,526 to 58,939 — a 370 % increase, all at no cost to taxpayers.

No - kill shelters are trying to end this killing by increasing the demand for shelter dogs and cats and reducing the supply by reducing the number of animals born and thus the number of animals which end up in shelters, and through increased spay / neuter, including low - cost / free help for low - income people.

Public / private partnerships have been instrumental in helping these shelters convert to no - kill by promoting and increasing adoptions, reducing shelter intake through targeted spay / neuter services and saving community cats.

As word spread about our small, no - kill shelter in Woodinville the adoptions increased, and in 1996 — just 5 years later — we helped nearly 1000 dogs and cats find their forever homes.

These chosen ten no - kill shelters are just a handful of so many successful groups that have increased adoptions, foster networks, facilities, and services to decrease euthanasia of healthy pets.

In other words, shelters that are proactive, rather than passive, can help drive intakes and killing downward beyond a pet retention program in the shelter, working with rescue groups, adoption programs, and increasing reclaim rates (see also http://bit.ly/1050UPb).

More and more shelters, both public and private, are working harder than ever to go from dark, smelly, and depressing places that warehouse animals until they're killed, to friendly and inviting community centers with comprehensive programming and pet care services to help decrease pet populations, increase adoptions, prevent pet homelessness, and most importantly, save lives.

The vote was non-binding, but the county commission has now approved a plan that would budget $ 20 million from increased taxes to stop the killing «adoptable» shelter animals and reduce pet overpopulation.

So while there is a lot of consensus that targeted, voluntary, low cost spay / neuter programs are effective in gaining spay / neuter compliance — and a large trackrecord of success, However, taking the next step to mandating the law is only a recipe to increase impounds, and thus, shelter killing.

NKLA is dedicated to ending the killing of pets in L.A. shelters simply for not having a home by providing spay / neuter services where they are needed most so fewer animals go into shelters, and increasing adoptions through the combined efforts of the NKLA coalition so more animals come out of the shelters and go into new homes.

The first thing we need to do is to tell our elected officials that we will not tolerate an ASPCA encouraged increase in shelter killing in New York State.