In 2003, Costa Rican government outlawed euthanasia as a form
of animal population control so instead, this nation relies on high - volume, low - cost spay and neuter programs to keep numbers of unwanted animals at manageable levels.
Spay and Neuter Kansas City provides low - cost spay and neuter services for underserved areas of the city and families in need as a means
of animal population control, to lower shelter intake, and for those pets to have healthy lives.
The purpose of the current study, conducted in 2005, was to revisit the population of cats and dogs in Santa Clara County 12 years following the earlier study, and to correlate pet population changes with the institution or disestablishment
of animal population control programs, including vouchers, field services, and low - cost spay and neuter facilities.
Not exact matches
[109] If by rabies
control,
animal protectionists mean eliminate or drastically reduce the incidence
of rabies in wildlife
populations, then they are correct.
The federal Department
of the Interior runs an adopt - a-horse-or-burro program to
control the
animals»
populations in wildlife reserves.
Idaho wants to
control the burgeoning wolves because the
animals, though ranked as an endangered species, may have begun to make a dent in the elk
population within the Frank and also in some
of the cattle herds outside.
The potential strategy — which targets metabolic pathways that are active only during intestinal inflammation — prevented or reduced inflammation in a mouse model
of colitis while exerting no obvious effect in
control animals with healthy, balanced bacterial
populations, said Dr. Sebastian Winter, Assistant Professor
of Microbiology and co-corresponding author
of the study published online today in Nature.
A cheaper, faster method
of sterilization is considered a holy grail for
animal population control.
Zoo veterinarians have been attempting, with varying degrees
of success, to castrate the 2 - ton
animals for more than 90 years, in hopes
of controlling the size
of captive
populations and reducing the number
of fights between the males
of this aggressive species.
In mice with a mutation that disables the inner clock, the gut bacteria didn't exhibit the same fluctuations, in either
population or activity, in response to light and dark — suggesting that the
animal's clock somehow
controls that
of the bacteria.
It's been used to study automobile cruise
control systems and
population growth
of certain
animal species, and now researchers think Markov modeling could one day help a woman and her physician...
This is the notion
of the «daughterless gene» - that we could
control populations of invasive
animals (like carp, toads etc) by genetically manipulating their sex - determining systems.
The Committee has been investigating the use
of GM insect technologies to fight infectious disease and to
control agricultural pests as the technology now exists to render insects unable to transmit diseases, and to reduce insect
populations to minimise their threat to
animals and crops.
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The Humane Society
of Tulsa is a private non-profit organization committed to the promotion
of responsible
animal ownership and pet
population control.
«The 200,000 law,» refers to a little known law in Oklahoma that limits the ability
of counties with
populations under 200,000 to address
animal welfare and
animal control issues.
As responsible pet owners, we take our
animals for regular check - ups at the veterinarian's office, play with them, exercise regularly, give them much needed love and affection and as the majority
of other countries also practice,
animals must be licensed, vaccinated and most should be spayed or neutered to help
control the pet
population.
The Pet Quality Assurance Act, or the «puppy mill bill,» House Bill 1332, and House Bill 1045, a bill which would have allowed low -
population counties to operate a shelter and pass
animal control ordinances, would have combined to help the most voiceless
of all companion
animals in our state; dogs in unlicensed dog dealing facilities and unwanted
animals facing abandonment due to the absence
of shelters.
At the San Francisco
Animal Care and
Control shelter, Chihuahuas are 30 %
of the canine
population and rising.
An integral part
of an effective
animal control policy is
controlling the unwanted pet
population.
Dr. Levy's clinical interests center on the health and welfare
of animals in shelters, feline infectious diseases, and humane alternatives for cat
population control, including contraceptive vaccines for cats.
Our mission is to provide moral, financial, and medical support for those fostering homeless pets; to end the practice
of euthanasia as a means
of population control, instead relying on spay and neuter and trap and return programs; and to create a sanctuary for
animals not yet placed in foster or permanent homes.
The Wagmore Foundation is proud to support a county - wide partnership that does not use
animal euthanasia as a means
of population control.
On Monday night, Roeland Park, KS, a first ring suburb
of Kansas City, MO with a
population of 6800 people, passed dramatic changes to its
animal control laws.
Another much needed service they provide, along with the help
of Dr Amanda Glew is a low cost spay and neuter clinic at Dr Glew's Timberlea Veterinary Clinic, which helps to
control the
population of unwanted
animals on the reservation.
«This program has given me the knowledge to improve the lives
of animals through effective
population management and disease
control,» Dr. Black said.
These usually are sponsored by
animal shelters and veterinarians as part
of their ongoing effort to
control the local pet
population.
With money for spaying and neutering pets nearly exhausted, Lake County leaders want state legislators to support ideas that would earn the county nearly $ 60,000 yearly to keep the
animal population in check.Since the late 1970s, the county has paid to sterilize pets at Lake's
animal control shelter in Astatula with the help
of a hefty donation that started a trust fund.However, that sterilization trust fund is expected to run out
of money any day now.
Montalbano also said he wants to eliminate
controlled populations of neutered feral cats near colonies
of endangered
animals.
Animal Birth Control (ABC) reduces the size of unwanted, roaming animal populations and the attendant suffering due to disease, starvation, injury and want that accompanies these unwanted an
Animal Birth
Control (ABC) reduces the size
of unwanted, roaming
animal populations and the attendant suffering due to disease, starvation, injury and want that accompanies these unwanted an
animal populations and the attendant suffering due to disease, starvation, injury and want that accompanies these unwanted
animals.
Funds from the sale
of the plate will benefit the state's
animal population control fund.
A
controlled pet
population lowers the incidence
of disease, and — in the long term — reduces the cost
of animal control.
Also, we can help
control disease and continued overbreeding
of these cats in the wild, and ultimately reduce the number
of euthanized cats in
animal shelters while stabilizing colony
populations.
Our volunteers provide desperately needed veterinary treatment and are actively involved in efforts to humanely
control the
population of homeless dogs and cats by surgical sterilisation (
animal birth
control surgery).
In several studies anywhere between 10 - 15 %
of the dogs in the
population bite, and we certainly do not see that many in terms
of what is reported to
animal control or other authorities.
In the past week 269
animals had to be killed at the
animal shelter because homes could not be found for them.The county
animal control department pays $ 25 to eligible owners
of dogs and cats who have their pets spayed or neutered to
control animal populations.
Her research and clinical interests center on the health and welfare
of animals in shelters, feline infectious diseases, humane alternatives for cat
population control, and contraceptive vaccines for cats.
If a community needs minimal
animal control services due to a small
population of animals, local governments may employ an
animal control officer and contract with a private operator, like a local veterinary clinic, to provide other services.
For decades,
animal control policy has wasted millions
of dollars catching and killing outdoor cats, but
populations of cats are still there, just as they always have been.
All we had were the convictions that the life
of every
animal has intrinsic value and that the practice
of killing homeless pets as a method
of population control was an unacceptable fact that we were committed to changing.
TNR humanely manages the community cat
population, reduces shelter intake and «euthanasia» numbers, reduces calls
of concern to
animal control
Provides accessible and affordable spay / neuter solutions for companion
animals and free - roaming cats with the goal to eliminate euthanasia as a means
of population control.
Many
animal shelters practice this to
control the
population of the
animals in the shelter or owners who think that it is ok to kill their pets if the pet is sick.
After decades
of the cruel, costly method
of catching and killing cats have failed to stabilize cat
populations, local officials,
animal control officers, and
animal shelters are realizing that they need a completely different approach.
Progressive communities across America are evolving from the antiquated philosophy
of controlling the unwanted
animal population by euthanasia, shifting toward ensuring the welfare
of all
animals by educating citizens regarding
animal welfare, responsible pet ownership and encouraging rescue opportunities for all adoptable
animals.
a. To ensure all
animals are treated humanely; b. To find homes for all adoptable
animals; c. To make every effort to reunite lost pets with their owners; d. To promote spaying and neutering as a way
of controlling pet over
population; e. To offer guidance to anyone who asks our help with a pet; f. To come to the aid
of any injured
animal; g. To provide euthanasia when it is determined to be in the best interest
of the
animal.
This program rescues the most vulnerable, at - risk
population of dogs — elderly strays, puppy mill victims, and older dogs slated for euthanasia at
animal control facilities.
She changed the landscape
of the
animal welfare community
of Santa Clara County by championing feral cats, and promoting the humane Trap / Neuter / Return method to
control their
populations.
Recognizing the over-
population crisis
of companion
animals in the Nova Scotia, the Nova Scotia SPCA supports public and private humane efforts in
controlling feral cat colonies and their
population.
We are further dedicated to educating the public in the proper care
of specific purebred breeds and in the importance
of spaying and neutering pets to
control the
animal population.