I admire the Archbishop of Montreal, Christian Lépine, for speaking out against
the new euthanasia program that our politicians have sanctified by calling «medical aid in dying.»
Not exact matches
Spay / neuter
programs like the one in
New Hampshire will do more for preventing cruelty than changing the method of
euthanasia.
It's Friday morning and Dawn Kemper, co-founder of Young at Heart Senior Pet Adoptions in suburban Chicago, is running a mile a minute, multitasking, seeing to every detail as she readies the rollout of the rescue's
new program, Club Grand Paw, the latest embodiment of the organization's mission «to rescue and rehome senior dogs and cats, to educate the public on the benefits of adopting older pets and their care, and to reduce the
euthanasia rate for adoptable senior pets.»
create a
new program to save senior pets who are at risk for needless
euthanasia.
«With our
new national grant
program and our ongoing efforts to make affordable spay / neuter available to the public, PetSmart Charities is addressing the root cause of pet homelessness and this will have a national impact on reducing shelter intake and, ultimately, the
euthanasia of adoptable pets.»
One state interested in Houston's pet surplus, Perini and Carlock said, is
New Hampshire, where a landmark 1994 law gave the state the lowest
euthanasia rate in the nation, thanks to a state - subsidized spay / neuter
program for pets of owners on public assistance and for animals adopted from shelters.
When its leaders started working together on the
new programs in 2001 -» 02, the shelter's
euthanasia rates were about 32 percent for dogs and 57 percent for cats.
Analysis of current
program models and trends to reduce shelter
euthanasia, development of position papers on potential
new models
In fact, the purpose of
New York's Animal Population Control
Program Fund, as written into law, is to «reduce the population of unwanted and stray dogs and cats thereby reducing incidence of
euthanasia and potential threats to public health and safety posed by the large population of these animals.»
This goal has been achieved in
New Hampshire where Peter Marsh and his organization have spearheaded best practice spay / neuter initiatives and
programs that have effectively eradicated the
euthanasia of healthy adoptable dogs and cats.
In a
new program called «Pets for Vets,» launched by the Animal Rescue Foundation (ARF), veterans who are dealing with PTSD are paired with shelter animals slated for
euthanasia.
The department is in a
newer building and its staff has expanded, but Foley said he's most proud of the spay and neuter
program and
euthanasia numbers going down.
The
program teaches current and future veterinarians to treat and prevent disease; provides high quality care to sick, injured, and abused animals; consults on population health and protocols, including diagnostic assistance in instances of disease outbreaks; helps reduce pet overpopulation and
euthanasia through spay / neuter
programs; and improves animal health through education of
new and existing pet owners.