While there are plenty of fine shelters and rescues out there, try
looking at kill shelters first since many of these animals may be put down not long after they are brought in, and remember: they deserve a second chance, too.
Not exact matches
Once you've accomplished the task
at hand, you're often left with the choice of whiling away your time
killing zombies or hanging out in the
shelter looking at your watch, waiting for the next plot - moving mission to start.
Anchor's time was up
at the local
kill shelter and we couldn't
look the other way and let her die scared and alone.
Looking at the numbers since July, 2013 (the date Saving Carson
Shelter Dogs Facebook page started), we see a continuing, marked decline in the percent killed at Carson, the shelter we fo
Shelter Dogs Facebook page started), we see a continuing, marked decline in the percent
killed at Carson, the
shelter we fo
shelter we focus on.
I have never
looked for on in a
shelter but some have come form there - a pit who would have been
killed at Animal Control and my dachshund who was a foster until I became a foster failure.
Take a real
look at the development of no -
kill communities (not no -
kill shelters), such as the ones Maddies Fund has been developing.
We are continuously
looking for qualified foster and forever homes to help home dogs
at risk of being euthanized in high
kill shelters.
Today's blog
looks at three new concepts that are creating common ground between traditional
shelters and No
Kill.
-- Finally, in
looking at reasons why we've recently seen great progress in reconciling No
Kill and the traditional
shelter establishment, there is one factor that is hard to quantify but seems very powerful.
We believe the public is better served by
looking at a
shelter's admission policy and overall treatment record, rather than relying on a vague term such as «no -
kill.»
When I think of companion animals, I think of reducing euthanasia and addressing this terrible tragedy of 3 and a half or 4 million dogs and cats
killed in
shelters, but then also
look at the industries that are exploiting dogs.
I went along with my daughter to several
kill shelters looking for a young dog / puppy since I have three grandchildren and a cat
at my home.
I think you need to
look at that particular
shelter's policies if they have an usually high «
kill» rate.
Tragically, for yet another year, officials
at that agency who are tasked with oversight of the Virginia
shelters continued to
look the other way while PETA
killed the vast majority of animals it took in and sought out, including 1,213 cats out of 1,487 cats, 596 out of 956 dogs, almost all the chickens, and more than half of all wild animals it took in.
By
looking at the
shelter statistics you can see that some
shelters in the Atlanta area have a very low adoption rate and
kill almost every animal that is not reclaimed by their guardians.
9 month old Gracie landed
at a crowded, high
kill shelter looking for a new start.
This one - year - old Chihuahua was dropped off
at the Miami - Dade Animal services, or MDAS, which is a high -
kill shelter, and things are not
looking good for her.
Just
looking at their sweet faces, it is hard to fathom but Tracy and her mom Edna ended up
at a high
kill shelter where they were scheduled (twice) to be euthanized.
This blog takes a
look at the big trends in No
Kill in 2017, but first I want to say a word about
sheltering in 2018.
This story is done just down the road, in St. Louis, and it is done by Chris Hayes, who has been doing a lot of VERY good animal reporting lately including breaking the news about the Sikeston Pit Bull Roundup back in December., this article about how many
shelters hide behind the word «adoptable»
at shelters, this story about how a family pet was threatened to be
killed due to how it
looks, among others.