In our operating area, counties spend from two to three times the cost of a spay / neuter to euthanize a companion animal because there are simply not enough adoption options to address the increasingly
large numbers of animals surrendered to animal control agencies.
Understand, however, that due to
the large number of animals surrendered in combination with the number of stray animals picked up daily, space and time are not always guaranteed to be on your animal's side.
Not exact matches
In her job developing a
surrender prevention program for the Mayor's Alliance for NYC's
Animals, she would walk through city shelters and see
large numbers of owner -
surrendered pets.
They neglect to note that a
large number of these
animals are either
surrendered by their owners for euthanasia because they are old and sick, seriously injured, or dangerously aggressive; that many
of the dogs euthanized are unidentified, unclaimed strays that are too old, sick, injured or aggressive to be placed in new homes; and many
of the cats euthanized are feral
animals that were never owned but were trapped and impounded because they have become nuisances.
The organization said it is seeing an increasing
number of owners
surrendering large birds, and an uptick in hoarding cases involving small
animals, such as hamsters, guinea pigs, rats and reptiles.
When Mike Fry, director
of Animal Ark, Minnesota's largest humane animal shelter, approached Elliott years ago, he wanted a solution for the growing number of people surrendering their pets due to urination in the
Animal Ark, Minnesota's
largest humane
animal shelter, approached Elliott years ago, he wanted a solution for the growing number of people surrendering their pets due to urination in the
animal shelter, approached Elliott years ago, he wanted a solution for the growing
number of people
surrendering their pets due to urination in the house.