Sentences with phrase «municipal shelters killed»

According to a story in The Daytona Beach News - Journal, the county's two municipal shelters killed 83 percent of the 32,974 cats taken in between 2008 and 2010.

Not exact matches

At the Austin Animal Center, the county's largest no - kill municipal shelter, last year the save rate was 96.4 percent.

So I ask you, as a citizen of this community, is it your will that we kill the vast majority of pets that are unfortunate enough to find their way to a municipal shelter; or, is it your will that everything that is feasible be done to ensure life of the helpless and innocent?

Historically, a no - kill community has been defined as one where no healthy, or treatable and adoptable dog or cat was killed in a municipal shelter.

That is not a typo, he has literally taken over municipal shelters where killing tens of thousands of pets every year was the norm and stopped the killing of virtually all the animals in one day... seemingly with the flip of a switch.

Dogs, cats, puppies, and kittens from across the United States and around the globe are rescued from overcrowded municipal shelters, commercial breeding facilities, and other less - than - ideal - circumstances, and brought to the safety of the world's largest no - kill rescue and adoption organization.

Municipal and private animal shelters also want to stop the killing of healthy cats, regardless of whether they have the resources to do so.

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

Through outreach, education and service, we are committed to ending the killing of homeless cats and dogs within our local municipal shelter.

Municipal shelters do not have the option to be «no - kill» and while ACS is working toward achieving «no - kill» status, it will need the entire community's support in order to accomplish this goal.

In the City of Baytown, approximately 2,000 animals are killed within our municipal city shelter annually.

In fact, many communities around the nation are considered «no kill» because they have achieved a 90 % live release rate at their municipal shelters.

Over 95 % of dogs and cats rescued by TXHH come from overcrowded surrounding municipal shelters that kill for space.

As a No More Homeless Pets Network Partner, we are committed to ending the killing of pets within our local municipal shelter, in line with Best Friends» mission and the goal of obtaining a no - kill nation by 2025.

If the cats are feral (wild), animal control or a municipal shelter is the only agency that may come and get them, and the cats will almost certainly be killed.

A Life to Live is committed to ending the killing of homeless cats and dogs within the City of Baytown's municipal animal shelter through the implementation of life - saving sustainable solutions and programs.

Save the lives of animals in need, while reducing the homeless population and decreasing the number of animals entering and being killed within the municipal shelter system.

Gradually, we learned what worked and what didn't, as much through research as through visiting shelters, both large and small, municipal and private, open admission and no kill.

That's why we fought to make the Southern Brazoria County Animal Shelter the only No Kill Open Admission Municipal Animal Shelter in Brazoria County.

Prior to 1997, the Austin municipal animal shelter killed 85 percent of the pets it received.

Overcrowded municipal kill shelters euthanize to keep incoming populations manageable, and for rescue groups like Shelter Chic, having a roster of reliable foster homes lets us save animals from euthanasia while giving us time to work on finding these pets their pawww - fect families!

On January 1, 1999, the Donald Reece Animal Shelter became the first municipal no kill shelter in MiShelter became the first municipal no kill shelter in Mishelter in Michigan.

Their mission is to create a no - kill Upstate by forming a united front between grass - roots rescues and municipal shelters.

At the time Unleashed was a foster based program that was pulling from super high kill shelters in the area like the Kansas City, MO and the Kansas City, KS municipal shelters.

This diverse and dedicated list includes local humane pet stores, transport partners, no - kill destination shelters and rescue organizations, and municipal shelters.

In 2005, we began this organization with a vision for a No Kill Austin — an open - admission municipal animal shelter with a 90 % or higher save rate — at a time when the city was killing 55 % of impounded animals and over 14,000 a year.

On the right sidebar you will find a list of communities at or near No Kill status in the US, many led by an open - admission municipal shelter.

In my city, a quasi animal rescuer claiming to be NK got a call from our municipal animal shelter that also claims to be NK to take out two Pitbulls type dogs that were deemed dangerous in court after both dogs killed other dogs on two separate occasions.

Such a framework must be open and inclusive of all types of organizations: municipal shelters, private humane societies and SPCAs, and high - functioning rescue, spay / neuter organizations and national animal welfare organizations, with the only qualification being a commitment to no - kill.

In New York City alone, approximately 10,000 dogs and cats will be killed this year in our municipal animal shelter system — that's close to 40 a day!

Each year, approximately 10,000 of the dogs and cats taken to municipal shelters in New York City are killed simply because there are not enough homes to account for the overwhelming number of pets in need.

Chief Hammond has a proven track record of success, serving for more than 25 years in municipal government in Fairfax County, Virginia, and bringing the Fairfax County Animal Shelter to no - kill in less than three years.

Your charitable contribution enables us to save the lives of homeless cats and dogs that would otherwise be at risk of euthanasia in a traditional municipal kill shelter or roaming the streets fighting for survival.

Learn how Rockwall Pets has taken two municipal open - admission shelters to no - kill status in Rockwall County, TX.

Our vision is that our programs and services will help transform our community to improve the quality of life for companion animals and greatly reduce the number of abandoned and homeless animals impounded and killed at our municipal shelter.

INKAS was formed to support the no - kill philosophy of the Ivins Municipal Animal Shelter and Adoption Center.

AAC is the largest municipal shelter in the United States to reach and sustain No Kill status.

Austin Animal Center runs the largest No Kill municipal animal shelter in the United States, providing shelter to more than 18,000 animals each year and animal protection services to all of Austin and Travis County.

Chief Hammond has a proven track record of success, serving for more than 25 years in municipal government in Fairfax County, Virginia and bringing the Fairfax County Animal Shelter to No Kill in less than three years.

Until the shelter was privatized it was a very high kill shelter, like a lot of municipal shelters out there.

That is why corrupt municipal governments and regressive shelter directors try to hide their mismanagement, their abuse and their killing by fighting transparency in one (or a combination) of three ways.

The Best Friends No More Homeless Pets Network is a group of rescue organizations and municipal shelters across the country all working to end the killing of animals in our nation's shelters.

Berkeley, CA — Home At Last Animal Rescue Millions of cats and dogs are killed at municipal shelters each year.

Recently, a speaker at the Best Friends National No Kill Conference noted that the single most dangerous place for a pet in this country is, sadly, in a municipal shelter.

For the fifth consecutive year, the Animal Services Office helped make Austin home to the largest No Kill municipal shelter in the country by achieving a record 96 percent live outcome rate.

Humanely relocates animals from the ASPCA in New York City and other municipal shelters on Long Island to the safety of its no - kill shelter.

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.

The no - kill, non-profit collaborates with area municipal shelters in Baldwin to reduce shelter overcrowding and increase the communities save rate.

Employing provisions that are responsible for live release rates of over 98 % in municipal shelters like Austin which currently employ them, HB 515, the Florida Companion Animal Protection Act would prohibit «shelters» from killing animals, even after the mandatory holding period, unless and until:

California municipal shelters take in about a million dogs and cats a year and kill about half of them, Elizabeth Oreck, of Best Friends Animal Society, told KTLA.