Sentences with phrase «of adopting an animal over»

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To promote the human - animal bond and reduce the chance of adopted animals being surrendered to shelters, Pets for Patriots provides veterans with a few benefits to make pet guardianship more affordable over the life of the pet.

That's 1,811 lives saved, thanks to the hard work of the talented, selfless staff that dedicate themselves to working with each animal over and over until he or she is ready to be adopted.

The potential adopters here in Buffalo are eager to help and most of the animals that make the over 800 mile journey through seven states will be adopted in the first day or two they become available.

The Michigan Humane Society has «Adopt your Friend at the Zoo» and Hayes and Friends holds «Pet - a-Palooza» which find homes for over 400 animals each year at the Palace of Auburn Hills.

They have absolutely no control over where they came from or if they will live or die and did NOTHING to deserve any of it, I understand over crowding in shelters is a huge issue but doesn \» t it make since that rather than pay BIG many for a specific breed of animal humans should pay that money to adopt an animal which would go to the shelters to either enlarge the facility or build more, paying for feeding and upkeep of this poor babies until they find a loving home.

The constant that emerged was a relative difference over time between the number of animals entering shelters and the number being returned to their owner or adopted.

Animal Control officials suggest that instead of adopting in time for the holidays, families should offer gift certificates or promissory notes to find the right pet after the season is over.

Given how many thousands of animals Best Friends Animal Society has adopted out over the years, I have to believe that they have the experience necessary to ask the right questions and assess potential adopters appropriately.

Over the past few years, the donations from FAYMAS helped getting dozens of animals adopted into their Forever Families and we have no plans on stopping yet!

«The Tuxedo Cat Ball is especially important this year, as we are committed to adopting 800 - 1,000 cats and kittens, rescuing cats from animal hoarders, sterilizing 1,700 needy animals in our low - cost spay / neuter clinic and providing over 11 tons of pet food to families in our community.

The shelter's communications coordinator Suzy Tam said that this effort was the first time in their history that all the animals available for adoption were adopted, and they are happy that they'll be able to focus even more efforts now for a group of over 270 dogs they'd rescued from an abusive shelter in October.

Over 26,000 animals are turned in to Jacksonville area shelters alone; out of these numbers, only about 6,000 animals are adopted.

The Humane Society of Pinellas rescues and adopts out over 3,000 animals annually.

Broward Humane has a robust fostering program that allows both community volunteers and local business owners to foster animals, including the owner of a lingerie store, whose customers have adopted eight cats over two years while browsing bras.

In 2007, Mayor's Alliance Maddie's Pet Partners (MPPs), including Animal Care & Control (AC&C), adopted just over 25,200 animals, up by 8.5 % over 2006, and up by 96 % since 2003, the first year of the Alliance efforts.

Advocating to «adopt» over «shop» for companion pets, LifeLine Animal Project cares for more animals than any other welfare group in the Atlanta metro area, over 27,000 in 2015 and has been making strides since its induction in 2002 to end the euthanasia of healthy and treatable dogs and cats in the Atlanta area.

Although the ultimate goal of the Humane Society is to operate as a «no - kill» facility, humane euthanasia is still currently performed at the animal shelter simply because more animals are turned over to us than are adopted.

Throughout June, all dogs and cats six months and over may be adopted for FREE at any of LifeLine's shelters, including DeKalb County Animal Services (DCAS), Fulton County Animal Services (FCAS), LifeLine's Dog House and Kitty Motel and LifeLine's Cat Adoption Center.

Over the weeks he received treatment for his burns at the Affordable Animal Hospital in Torrance, dozens of people expressed interest in adopting him — but no one followed through.

Read More Safety Tips Beautiful female puppy, will be a big dog, AKC registered, last pic - dad Things you should know about buying or adopting a pet While pet sellers can be reputable individuals or breeders who treat their animals well, the ease of selling pets over the Internet also makes it attractive to careless, irresponsible breeders and scammers.

We are asking all of those who view our webstie and love dogs or any animals (as this will afect many not just dogs) to please read over and research the candidates running for office during any voting season and their veiws before deciding on who to vote for as there are some who are supported and believe in The Humane Society of The United States (HSUS) and intend to create new legislation that if passed would affect your very ability to adopt a dog or from where you choose to adopt your dog.

CCHS helps over 900 animals annually and ninety percent of our dogs and cats are adopted or claimed every year.

Adopt - A-Pet has rescued over 4,000 animals since 2010 and has prevented thousands of unwanted animals from being born through spay and neuter programs.

A group of volunteers will be spending time at the Downey Animal Care Center over a 24 - hour period to celebrate all the pets that are waiting to be adopted.

In April of this year, 2004, while shopping at our local Petsmart for food and general supplies for our already large animal family, we noticed while in the checkout line, a woman being photographed holding a large white rabbit, thinking that it was some sort of Easter promotion we wandered over to see that it was instead a rabbit rescue organization adopting out adult rabbits.

Over the past 44 years the organization has grown from adopting a handful of animals each year to a full service animal welfare organization and leader in innovative behavior training, medical care, adoption, education and community outreach programs.

In our own corner of the world, over 1000 animals were adopted in NY and 15 at The Ladew Cat Sanctuary.

Pets for Patriots inspires veterans and military personnel in its program to adopt the most overlooked shelter animals — adult and special needs dogs and cats, and large breed dogs — and in exchange offers these veterans various financial benefits to help make pet ownership affordable over the life of the pet.

St. Francis Animal Rescue has taken in and adopted out over 8,000 animals since we were founded in August of 1997.

Since opening their doors on August 1, 2013, the center, operated by Best Friends Animal Society as part of its NKLA (No Kill Los Angeles) initiative, has adopted out over 6,500 dogs and cats from featured NKLA Coalition partners:

Since opening their doors on August 1, 2013, the center, operated by Best Friends Animal Society as part of its NKLA (No Kill Los Angeles) initiative, has adopted over 9,000 dogs and cats from featured NKLA Coalition partners:

For instance, in California from 2000 to 2010, the number of cats adopted from animal control shelters reportedly increased by almost 40 %, from under 60,000 to over 80,000 a year [9].

«Seniors for Seniors» - Seniors over the age of 60 years may adopt any cat or dog over the age of 6 years for just $ 25!!!!! These animals come with up to date vaccines, rabies vaccine, spay / neuter, and a microchip.

The Life of Riley Fund encourages people over 65 to easily adopt animals from the SF SPCA by underwriting adoption fees for seniors.

Adoption Centers New York City Department of Buildings — Certificate of Occupancy The City of New York - Department of Health: Certificate of Qualification, Shelter for Homeless Animals Dan's Papers — «Best Adoption Agency» on the East End and «platinum winner status» because of the wide margin of victory over the competition The Village Voice — «Best Pet - Lovers» in NYC Our Town, West Side Spirit and Our Town Downtown newspapers - «Best Place to Adopt a Small Dog in NYC» Winner East Region, 2012 Classy Awards - Animal Advocacy & Services Member, Mayor's Alliance for NYC's Animals Member, Pet Safe Coalition, LI Member, The Greater Westhampton Chamber of Commerce

Ed's family has had a multitude of pets over the years, many of which were adopted from the Animal Hospital.

Pet owners feel a right to turn over unwanted dogs and cats to the humane society or county animal control, assuming adoption will follow, and disregarding the associated costs.In most cases, these pets are not adopted, and responsibility for destroying and disposing of the animals falls on the taxpayers.

People choose to adopt vegan diets for a myriad of personal reasons, some over animal welfare concerns, and some to improve their overall health.

Skaggs believes the criminal charges against him are retaliation over his efforts to bring attention to Kentucky's failure to adopt adequate animal protection laws, his criticisms of county shelters and his efforts to push for improvements.

When adopting, you are making a commitment to care for an animal for the rest of his life — that could mean 10 to 15 years for dogs and up to 20 years for cats, and even over 35 years for a horse.

In March, the foster group reached out to New York's North Shore Animal League America to ask if Mama and her pup could be transferred over to be adopted - and while Mama's pup easily found a new home, it was evident that Mama needed more time to work on her socialization skills before she could follow the suit, Cindy Szczudlo, senior manager of rescue services, told The Dodo.

That means that over 95 % of our animals in care go back out the front door - either by adoption or being reclaimed by their owners... We frequently get progress reports and thank - you's from people who have adopted animals from the shelter.

The Seniors for Seniors Companion Program at Friends of the Manchester Animal Shelter allows senior citizens over the age of 65 adopt a senior cat or dog over the age of eight.

While any month is a great month to adopt a dog from your local animal shelter, the month of October holds a slight edge over all the others.

As a result, RESCUE's cumulative return rate is 3 %, one of the lowest in the nation (nationally, over 50 % of all adopted animals are no longer in their adoptive home after just the first year).

Dog Adoption (Under 25 pounds)-- $ 75 Dog Adoption (Over 25 pounds)-- $ 50 Puppy Adoption (Under 1 year old)-- $ 75 Adult Cat Adoption — $ 75 Kitten Adoption (Under 1 year old)- $ 50 Other Animals — $ 25 * All dogs that are adopted will be microchipped prior to leaving the shelter for an additional $ 15 fee Microchipping of cats is also available, but optional *

If you haven't lived by the motto «adopt don't shop,» then you should be after reading this... Recently, the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), in collaboration with the Livingston County Animal Control, rescued over 90 dogs from the deplorable conditions of a local puppy mill.

Some of these include Furburbia pet adoption centers in malls (taking pets out of the shelter to the public); pet super adoptions (adopting hundreds of animals at a time over a weekend), the first coalition - based effort to end the killing; the Big Fix statewide mobile clinic, serving every nook and cranny of the state and cranking out more surgeries than any other mobile clinic of its kind (around 100,000 surgeries during its time); creative corporate partnerships, including Squatters Chasing Tail Ale and Hooters for Neuter; the first statewide community cat trap / neuter / return (TNR) programs; and the first dedicated shelter program to save pit bull terriers (the Pit Crew).

Not only have I adopted animals of my own over the years and grew up with fellow adopted pets, I am adopted myself!

Since opening, we have remained full, but have adopted out over 230 animals (as of 4/09) while maintaining a strict spay / neuter policy.