Healthy dogs will be made available to the public for adoption after serving a state -
mandated stray hold.
Stray animals that are brought to The Anti-Cruelty Society are transported to an authorized holding facility (Chicago Animal Care and Control: (312) 747-1406 or The Animal Welfare League: (773) 667-0088) for the legally
mandated stray holding period.
Not exact matches
For example, California has perhaps the most extensive and productive network of rescue organizations in the country, supported by provisions of the 1997 Hayden Bill that
mandated shelter access and extended
hold times for
strays, but it has a weak network of low - cost or free spay / neuter services.
The funding from county contracts provides support for basic care of animals during the counties»
mandated stray -
hold periods (3 - 5 days).
Please discuss these items with your state legislators and ask that they be
mandated for all American shelters and
stray holding facilities.
Stray animals are
held for the state -
mandated hold times, and every effort is made to reunite the animal with its owner.
Prior to our involvement, the city facility was a pound,
holding stray animals for the state
mandated (4) days and if the animals were not claimed, they were euthanized.
2) Decreases the
stray hold times for all animals entering the shelter from 7 days (which is the longest
mandated stray -
hold period in the country) to 4 days.
In addition, HB 515 establishes a
holding period for both
stray animals and those surrendered by their families, it gives the person surrendering the animal the ability to change their mind and reclaim the animal, it bifurcates the
holding period to incentivize adoptions and rescue transfers, it allows «shelters» to transfer animals to rescue groups right away to free up cage and kennel space thus reducing costs while increasing lifesaving, it
mandates prompt and necessary care and environmental enrichment, and for those who are irremediably suffering, rigorously defined, it puts in place a mechanism to end their lives in as kind and compassionate a manner as possible and one that meets the dictionary definition for «euthanasia.»
CCHS meets State and County
mandated holding periods for
stray dogs and cats.
We
hold stray pets for 7 days (even though the state
mandate is only 4 days).
Most destructively and unbelievably, the ASPCA written legislation contains a clause that would, for all practical purposes, eliminate the legally
mandated holding period for
stray animals by allowing shelters to kill any animal who they found to be in «psychological pain».