Sentences with phrase «killed by animal control»

In Prince George's County, Maryland, where Pit Bull Terriers are banned, the Animal Management Division reports that 80 percent of the approximately 500 to 600 animals seized and killed by animal control every year under the ban are «nice, family dogs» (Taylor, 2009).

Indeed, since 1933 California dog licensing laws have explicitly authorized the impoundment of unlicensed dogs, and millions of dogs have been impounded and killed by animal control agencies throughout the state as a result of these mandatory licensing laws.

Thousands of «pit bull» - looking dogs have been killed by animal control for no reason other than appearance.

Findings: TNR reduces the number of calls to animal control, cats killed by animal control, and improves morale.

After the effective date of the ban, dogs in the municipality that are identified as targeted breeds are usually subject to being killed by animal control, though in some cases, such dogs may be saved if relocation is an option.

The animals they do take in do not get killed by animal control.

Not exact matches

A video of Coeymans police killing a rabid raccoon last Monday by chasing it down and running over it over with their vehicles that went viral spurred a call for statewide animal control reform.

«It would also degrade shelter operations, as well as morale and ultimately the character of shelter workers, by altering the mandated focus of animal control agencies from lifesaving back to the failed catch - and - kill orientation of the bad old days,» said Best Friends Animal Society co-founder Francis Batanimal control agencies from lifesaving back to the failed catch - and - kill orientation of the bad old days,» said Best Friends Animal Society co-founder Francis BatAnimal Society co-founder Francis Battista.

We are licensed by the GA Department of Agriculture to house a small number of dogs that we rescue from local Animal Control Shelters (kill shelters).

Although being rounded up by Animal Control, put in a dark box that moved and probably bounced her around, and then ending up at the local kill shelter was probably enough to compound any fears she may have already had.

Today, San Francisco is no longer no - kill, and what was a decline became virtually official policy last year when a measure mandating a no - kill San Francisco was tabled by the Commission of Animal Control and Welfare.

She was confiscated by animal control down south and ended up at the local kill shelter!

A PARTIAL solution to the biweekly killings of animals at the Orange County Humane Society and Orange County Animal Control would be to operate a low - cost spaying and neutering clinic in the animal control building, which is funded by Animal Control would be to operate a low - cost spaying and neutering clinic in the animal control building, which is funded byControl would be to operate a low - cost spaying and neutering clinic in the animal control building, which is funded by animal control building, which is funded bycontrol building, which is funded by taxes.

Spurred by recent dog attacks that nearly killed a woman and injured a child, commissioners asked animal experts to propose new fines and help toughen the county's animal control ordinance.

Owners of dangerous dogs could face dramatically higher fines and be required to maintain up to $ 1 million in homeowners insurance under proposals the Brevard County Commission will consider today.Spurred by recent dog attacks that nearly killed a woman and injured a child, commissioners asked animal experts to propose new fines and help toughen the county's animal control ordinance.The proposed fee increases target all irresponsible pet owners, from those who fail to vaccinate their pets to owners whose dogs are involved in severe attacks.

The Animal Control division has adopted a no - kill philosophy, and will make every effort to promote pet adoptions of healthy, non-aggressive animals by the general public and by approved animal rescue organizaAnimal Control division has adopted a no - kill philosophy, and will make every effort to promote pet adoptions of healthy, non-aggressive animals by the general public and by approved animal rescue organizaanimal rescue organizations.

A part - time animal control officer who killed an unleashed poodle that he could not catch was suspended Wednesday for five days without pay.Police Chief Jim Brown, after investigating the June 19 incident, concluded that Doug Berwick broke state law by shooting the 8 - year - old dog.

The Mayor's Alliance for NYC's Animals, Inc., founded in 2002 and powered by Maddie's Fund ®, The Pet Rescue Foundation, with support from the ASPCA, is a coalition of more than 150 animal rescue groups and shelters working with Animal Care & Control of NYC (AC&C) to end the killing of healthy and treatable cats and dogs at AC&C sheanimal rescue groups and shelters working with Animal Care & Control of NYC (AC&C) to end the killing of healthy and treatable cats and dogs at AC&C sheAnimal Care & Control of NYC (AC&C) to end the killing of healthy and treatable cats and dogs at AC&C shelters.

Such networks are generally led by no - kill rescue groups who take cats and dogs out of animal control facilities or traditional animal shelters, place them in foster homes, and then find the pets permanent homes through their own adoption events, publicity, word of mouth, or advertising.

The needless killing of pets by animal shelters and animal control agencies comes at an enormous economic and moral cost.

In contrast, the outdated approach of rounding up and killing cats is being increasingly abandoned by animal control officers because it's cruel and ineffective.

1) Fatal Dog attack in Dayton - on breed, the media, common denomenators, reckless owners and ineffective animal control — Back in February, 57 year old Klonda Richey was tragically killed by her neighbor's two dogs.

Roxy, a pitty, was picked up by animal control and brought to a kill shelter at the urging of neighbors and local rescuers.

While we do take some owner surrenders on a case by case basis, we intake most of our animals from local metro Atlanta (kill shelters) Animal Controls.

About the Mayor's Alliance for NYC's Animals ® The Mayor's Alliance for NYC's Animals, Inc., founded in 2002 and powered by Maddie's Fund, The Pet Rescue Foundation, with support from the ASPCA, is a coalition of more than 150 animal rescue groups and shelters working with Animal Care & Control of New York City (AC&C) to end the killing of healthy and treatable cats and dogs at AC&C sheanimal rescue groups and shelters working with Animal Care & Control of New York City (AC&C) to end the killing of healthy and treatable cats and dogs at AC&C sheAnimal Care & Control of New York City (AC&C) to end the killing of healthy and treatable cats and dogs at AC&C shelters.

A former Leesburg animal control officer who shot and killed a poodle owned by an 11 - year - old disabled boy was charged Thursday with animal cruelty.Doug Berwick, 33, shot the 8 - year - old poodle June 19 with a.22 - caliber rifle after he was unable to catch it.Police Chief Jim Brown suspended Berwick for five days without pay and recommended he be transferred to another department, but Berwick resigned as public protest grew.Bruce Haldeman, investigator supervisor for the 5th Judicial Circuit state attorney's office, said Thursday that Berwick, if convicted, would face a maximum penalty of up to one year in the county jail, a $ 5,000 fine or both.

«The method of animal control practiced [in Quebec] is by killing...

There is an issue at hand that needs immediate attention, it is concerning the way in which we discard animals who are left homeless from irresponsible owners, and end up in rabies control or animal shelters and killed by the use of a gas chamber.

«Mandatory Spay / Neuter legislation in the Lower Mainland of B.C. is actually «ROUND - UP - AND - KILL» CAT CONTROL LEGISLATION Round - up - and - kill is the name given by true humane organizations in the U.S. for cat control laws that result in the rounding up and killing of cats in the guise of spay / neuter or licensing legislation - laws which benefit animal control agencies, but which result in even greater numbers of cats kilKILL» CAT CONTROL LEGISLATION Round - up - and - kill is the name given by true humane organizations in the U.S. for cat control laws that result in the rounding up and killing of cats in the guise of spay / neuter or licensing legislation - laws which benefit animal control agencies, but which result in even greater numbers of cats kilkill is the name given by true humane organizations in the U.S. for cat control laws that result in the rounding up and killing of cats in the guise of spay / neuter or licensing legislation - laws which benefit animal control agencies, but which result in even greater numbers of cats killed.

As evidenced by three decades of trapping and killing, lethal means for controlling homeless animal populations is not the answer.

On top of that, there are plans for the society to assume all adoption services at Forsyth Animal Control, part of an ongoing effort to make Forsyth a «no - kill» county by 2023.

SANFORD — After months of futility in efforts to stop cat killings and maulings by dogs, Seminole County animal - control officials last week ratcheted up their efforts by taking aim at a new target.

In the case of a breed ban, the police and animal control lose the public's trust by seizing and killing innocent pets simply because of their appearance.

The Florida Animal Control Association is run by people whose shelters, in the words of one, see their jobs as «herding» (and then killing) animals.

Northern Colorado Friends of Ferals only relocates feral cats when there is no other choice and the cats are either no longer being fed or in danger of being rounded up by animal control groups and killed.

Armstrong planned the expedition around a series of two - day workshops for Taiwanese animal control and shelter personnel, including veterinarians, about how to capture and kill dogs more gently and efficiently, ideally by using sodium pentobarbital.

Only very recently has activist pressure on animal control agencies rallied by, among others, Winograd's No Kill Advocacy Center, incited some of the most troubled agencies to try to inflate their «live release rates» by simply leaving dogs at large.

Neither did I see yet that Winograd had formed the No Kill Advocacy Center as the hub of what might be called a fundamentalist no - kill cult, around which would revolve a constellation of «crazy cat ladies,» «rescue angels,» «pit pushers,» dog - and - cat breeders, other chronic critics of humane institutions with their own hidden economic agendas, and animal hoarders, for whom the sole criteria by which animal shelters and animal control agencies are to be judged is the «live release rate.&raKill Advocacy Center as the hub of what might be called a fundamentalist no - kill cult, around which would revolve a constellation of «crazy cat ladies,» «rescue angels,» «pit pushers,» dog - and - cat breeders, other chronic critics of humane institutions with their own hidden economic agendas, and animal hoarders, for whom the sole criteria by which animal shelters and animal control agencies are to be judged is the «live release rate.&rakill cult, around which would revolve a constellation of «crazy cat ladies,» «rescue angels,» «pit pushers,» dog - and - cat breeders, other chronic critics of humane institutions with their own hidden economic agendas, and animal hoarders, for whom the sole criteria by which animal shelters and animal control agencies are to be judged is the «live release rate.»

This behind - the - scenes look at operations given by Scott Trebatoski, Division Chief of Animal Care & Protective Services, will provide insight into this ultra-efficient organization and identify the most effective policies and procedures for no - kill animal coAnimal Care & Protective Services, will provide insight into this ultra-efficient organization and identify the most effective policies and procedures for no - kill animal coanimal control.

The changes — spurred by a county judge's ruling earlier this year that the state law the county cited in trying to have a German shepherd destroyed was unconstitutional — would give animal - control workers a legal means for ordering a dog killed.

She fought many battles with local authorities, hospitals, environmental health departments and succeeded over several years in elevating the status of feral cats from near vermin to animals worthy of humane treatment and showing that control could be achieved by neutering and not killing.

November 15 — 1 1 - yr - old hen whose mate was killed by a mountain lion November 1 — 9 roosters abandoned behind a feedstore October 22 — 3 hens from a woman whose mother died October 21 — 2 roosters left abandoned in a coop October 13 — 1 sheep from a shelter September 29 — 1 sheep left tied to a flagpole September 7 — 2 potbellied piglets from a shelter September 1 — 1,650 hens from a battery cage farm August 26 — 2 roosters July 30 — 1 duck, 1 rooster, 2 hens, 4 king pigeons July 29 — 1 rooster June 3 — 1 goat from a local animal control agency.

Orange County kills 10,811 dogs and cats each year but that number could be cut by more than a third if commissioners make widespread changes in their animal control department, a committee says.The group has recommended a new animal control ordinance that would allow animal control to handle pet adoptions and let workers ignore anonymous complaints about barking dogs and stray cats.

Stopping Pet Overpopulation Together (SPOT), a program of the Southern Hope Humane Society, has a mission to reduce the number of animals impounded and killed in Atlanta area animal control facilities by: funding and providing low to no cost spay / neuters for pets of disadvantaged residents of the metro area (targeted geographical areas for spay / neuter programs include the metro Atlanta area and rural communities with no low - cost spay / neuter resources); providing community education / counseling services to individuals regarding the effects of pet overpopulation on the community, the benefits of spay / neuter, tenets of responsible pet guardianship and the importance of pet identification; promoting companion animal adoption.

When the San Francisco SPCA dropped its contract as the city's animal control agency and began its quest to save all adoptable cats an dogs in the city, it was criticized by some other California shelters that questioned its definition of «adoptable» and complained that no - kill facilities merely shift the burden of killing to other shelters.

The consequences have been disastrous: while in 1996, 101 Ohio animal control agencies reported handling 2,141 dogs deemed to be pit bulls, in 2004, 68 agencies reported handling 8,834 such dogs, of whom only 1,425 (16 percent) were reclaimed by their original guardians or adopted by new ones, and 7,409 (84 percent) were killed (Lord et al., 2006).

The goal of the New York City Animal Care and Control is to have NO - KILL by 2015.

Lethal control has been used by animal control agencies for decades, but given the current problem of large populations of free - roaming cats, it is obvious that killing as a form of population control does not work.

(5) the humane killing of an animal that is diseased or disabled beyond recovery for any useful purpose, or the humane killing of animals for population control, by the owner thereof or the agent of such owner residing outside of a city or the owner thereof within a city if no animal shelter or licensed veterinarian is within the city, or by a licensed veterinarian at the request of the owner thereof, or by any officer or agent of an animal shelter, a local or state health officer or a licensed veterinarian three business days following the receipt of any such animal at such shelter;

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