Sentences with phrase «intake in area shelters»

This Clay Humane initiative is aimed at lowering animal intake in area shelters thus reducing euthanasia in companion animals.

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Started in May of 2016, the shelter's Community Action Team, abbreviated as CAT Team, targets high animal intake areas within Orange County.

Our intake rate is always increasing due to the number of requests that we get from area shelters with urgent animals in need.

Peter's analysis of the impact of targeted spay / neuter services states that spaying or neutering five animals per 1,000 people in low - income areas will reduce shelter intake by as much as 33 percent over a five - year period.

This study, conducted in Portland, Oregon, relied on the capabilities of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to precisely and scientifically identify an intervention area (with high shelter intake) and to identify control areas to compare the project results with community - wide trends.

For the animal sheltering field and communities interested in reducing shelter intake and euthanasia risk, this research emphasizes the potential that lies in developing programs focused on the areas with the most at - risk animals.

The total of these intake numbers forms the basis of why any animal shelter exists, and the extent of the animal problem in your area.

The intervention area in Portland was approximately five square miles in size, was determined based on shelter intake, and was compared to control areas of the same size within the same county.

Utilizing the same shape and size (in land area) as the intervention area, four control areas were identified that displayed similar levels of shelter intake for dogs and cats as well as comparable numbers of humans, total households, and median incomes.

During the 18 - month project using varied outreach tools, the intervention area showed a reduction in owned cat shelter intake.

While serving the two - and - four legged residents in their OKC area, Good Dogma, their non-profit, believes that rebranding shelters as «Animal Community Centers» (ACC) could provide more than an intake, holding and adoption place.

When targeted and large enough scale, TNR also decreases shelter intake in areas of high cat density.

After two years, per capita shelter intake was 3.5 times higher and per capita shelter euthanasia was 17.5 times higher in the nontarget area than in the target area.

Spay and Neuter Kansas City provides low - cost spay and neuter services for underserved areas of the city and families in need as a means of animal population control, to lower shelter intake, and for those pets to have healthy lives.

Intake and euthanasia rates in shelters in our service area are decreasing!

Last year, her municipal shelter, the only public animal shelter in the county, with an annual canine intake of approximately 3,000 dogs, opted to close its canine areas when canine parvovirus occurred in its wards.

Job Description: • Represents the Kansas City Pet Project in a professional, polite and enthusiastic manner • Assists the veterinarians on a daily basis with preparing surgery patients, health assessments, and treatments of animals • Assist in medical rounds with Shelter Veterinarians or identifying animals that need to be seen by a Shelter Veterinarian • Administer medications to both cats and dogs in accordance with veterinarian's prescribed doses and ensure all treatment protocols prescribed for sick / injured animals are performed timely, safely, and humanely • Responsible for following best practices for sanitation protocols in all veterinary clinic and isolation areas to reduce / eliminate disease transmission • Input all medical notes, health assessments, vaccinations, surgeries, treatments, etc., into PetPoint • Provides support for other departments, such as Intake, Foster, Placement & Transport, or Adoptions by assisting as needed for vaccinations, deworming, blood draws, etc. • Prepares and sanitizes surgical instruments / packs each day to ensure packs are ready for use the following day • Assists with discharging animals to the public post-surgery or following up with sick pet appointments, explaining any medical issues, medications, after care instructions, etc. • Ensures adequate medical supplies and medications are available and reports any shortages to Vet Clinic Manager • Enforces and maintain KCPP safety and cleanliness, and all health and security rules and procedures • Follows disease prevention procedures and completes cleaning of veterinary clinic areas daily and ongoing throughout the day to decrease biological risks to humans and other animals • Care, feed, and safely handle animals to avoid injury to persons / animals • Properly store and maintain inventory of medical supplies, including Schedule II narcotics • Performs laboratory analysis techniques to assist Shelter Veterinarians • Reads, understand, interpret, and apply department policies and procedures • Prepares reports and other written materials in a logical, concise, and accurate manner • Functions calmly in situations that require a high degree of sensitivity, tact, and diplomacy • Communicates effectively with a variety of individuals representing diverse cultures and backgrounds and function calmly in all situations which require a high degree of sensitivity, tact and diplomacy • Treats employees, representatives of outside agencies, volunteers, and members of the public with courtesy and respect • Provides prompt, efficient and responsive service for all phone calls forwarded to the Vet Clinic.

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.

«Open - admission» (also known as «open - intake») shelters are obligated to take in strays (either serving as animal control themselves or accepting strays from animal control) and animals surrendered by people who live in the area served by the shelter — in other words, these shelters can not pick and choose what animals they take in or how many animals they take in.

The shelter is divided in two areas: the intake area, and the adoption area.

Our goal is to open intake again as soon as possible so we can continue to bring in animals at risk from shelters all over the Bay Area, and you can help us by either giving one of our adoptable animals a home or signing up to foster on a temporary or long term basis.

While we struggled to control the population in Portland and the surrounding area, shelter intake was dropping and FCCO had the overwhelming support of the community since its inception in 1995.

FHAS also sponsors two rabies vaccination clinics a month, one at its facility and one in the community, targeting areas that have a large number of calls for service and that add the most to shelter intake.

As a result of spay / neuter efforts, many areas of the state are experiencing a decrease in shelter intake (the number of animals surrendered to shelters) and euthanasia.

We will dramatically increase low - cost and free spay / neuter services available in targeted areas as we strive to reduce shelter intake and euthanasia.