Sentences with phrase «most municipal animal shelters»

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Another item of note, to prevent widespread illness, which municipal shelters are not equipped to deal with, in most instances animals that fall ill are euthanized immediately.

The organization manages the local municipal shelter and partners with Pets for Patriots to help the most overlooked animals in their care find loving homes with military veterans.

There are many naysayers — most notably those that are being challenged in their communities to change the manner in which municipal animal shelters are operating.

Unfortunately, kittens younger than eight weeks old account for more of the animals killed in most municipal shelters than any other group of animals.

Acadiana Animal Aid is dedicated to saving the lives of unwanted, stray and neglected companion animals with a focus on those most at risk of euthanasia at our local municipal shelter, in addition to 22 other municipal shelters throughout the state.

Each year millions of healthy and potentially adoptable pets are euthanized for lack of ownership or residence; the most palpable manifestation of this is witnessed at local municipal or private animal shelters (Salman et al., 1998).

For the Humane Society, this means taking animals from both ends of the spectrum: those that are the most «adoptable» (well - trained and compatible with humans) and those who suffer from medical conditions that would otherwise go untreated at a municipal shelter.

Most municipal shelters already have scanners that detect and read these microchips, and as a policy, many scan every animal who arrives at their door.

While PeTA's shelter isn't the only high - kill facility in this country euthanizing healthy animals, most municipal shelters at least try to give the dog and cats in their care a chance at finding new homes, be they brief windows of opportunity.

Most importantly, this group of dedicated individuals spent hundreds of hours helping Salt Lake County Animal Services become the largest no - kill municipal shelter in Utah.

Most animal shelters are run entirely with charitable dollars or limited municipal funding so frequently all they can do is provide the minimum of care.

If you are not able to find a home on your own, surrendering your pet to a humane society, animal rescue, or municipal animal shelter is a viable option — and often the most humane.