As the leading cause of untimely death for dogs and cats in the U.S., euthanasia of shelter dogs and cats calls for consistent, uniform collection and reporting
of shelter data and an epidemiological approach to quantify, track and treat the problem.
A recent analysis
of shelter data by an independent group of citizens, with the help of UCLA statisticians, has shown that dramatic drops in intake have been conclusively shown to be driving parallel drops in euthanasia.
We have conducted a couple of surveys around lost pets and have also dug into a set
of shelter data for the past couple of years, and with those data sets we simply do not see strong evidence that the Fourth of July is the biggest day for pet loss.
Not exact matches
In Toronto, 31 percent
of the people sleeping in city - run
shelters in January were refugee claimants - up from nearly 19 percent a year ago, according to city
data.
The country is considered a large crypto mining hub,
sheltering an impressive number
of appropriate
data centers.
The number
of homeless people in city
shelters has exceeded 60,000 for the first time in history, official
data revealed Wednesday.
The number
of homeless people in city
shelters has exceeded 60,000 for the first time in history, official
data revealed.
For the latest audit, the state Office
of Temporary and Disability Assistance, the agency tasked with overseeing state - sanctioned
shelters, provided
data that showed nearly 3,900 violations statewide outside
of the city.
The Institute for Children, Poverty and Homelessness has added the number
of students living in
shelters to its online interactive
data tool, which is available at http://tinyurl.com/zpt9s64.
Taylor's resignation comes after two weeks in which the Homeless Services Commissioner appeared to have a less - than - full command
of data about the city's homeless
shelter system during testimony he gave to the City Council, and during a sit - down television interview.
«He sure knows his
data because I've been in plenty
of meetings with him where we've gone over the
data, and the fact that 22,000 people are moved out
of the
shelter — he gets a lot
of credit for,» de Blasio said.
According to Department
of Homeless Services
data, there were 23,554 children and 36,463 adults in
shelters as
of this week.
The responses from evacuees were then uploaded to the system, which integrated them with
data from the
shelters» emergency clinics and surveillance reports from Houston Department
of Health and Human Services epidemiologists in the field.
When they plugged individual species
data for vertebrates that depend on the tropical forest for food and
shelter and deforestation patterns from 1970 to 2008 into their model, it projected that 80 — 90 %
of extinctions caused by previous rainforest loss are yet to come.
If the safety
data isn't enough to convince you that perhaps we
shelter our kids a little too much, consider the rest
of the world.
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of genuine individuals, the truth is spoken about what number
of individuals we have, Straightforward free and safe, No Credit Card required — your protection and character is
sheltered, Dynamic, energetic group
of individuals, Energizing and amusing discussions with different individuals at no expense, Allowed to trade contact
data with different individuals
They are:
sheltered asthmatic protagonist Mikey (Sean Astin), Spanish - translating wiseass «Mouth» (Cory Feldman), fraidy - cat klutz «Chunk» (Jeff Cohen), and gadget - inventing Chinese boy «
Data» (Jonathan Ke Quan, Short Round from Indiana Jones and the Temple
of Doom).
Her professional passions and expertise include best practice and programming for ELs,
Sheltered Instruction (SIOP), Co-teaching, Special Education Identification
of ELs, WIDA and English Language Learning assessments and
data.
She possesses a vast level
of knowledge in
sheltered instruction and language acquisition, and is committed to involving her students in goal setting and
data study.»
We were also student safety coordinators, organizers
of school - wide
data, parent engagement specialists, and we dealt with many
of the compliance - related tasks that principals designated to us — everything from conducting fire and
shelter drills to checking little heads for lice.
Perhaps that's one reason why the Panama Papers — the massive
data leak detailing how the world's uber - wealthy use off - shore accounts to
shelter billions
of dollars from the tax man — is striking a nerve.
In addition to the collection
of the
data, our conversations with
shelter workers revealed that many cities have a part - time worker who cares for animals in the morning and then works at a different position thereafter.
We gathered
data on
shelter access,
shelter protocols, affordable spay / neuter programs, household incomes and population density in order to present a matrix that describes the lives
of at - risk pets.
Twenty - eight
shelters did not provide
data; eight
of those informed our team that they would not provide information, and the remainder simply did not return calls.
It is getting to be (or already is, depending upon where you live) kitten season — with the intake
of kittens rapidly rising to form what my friend and hero Dr. Sandra Newbury, DVM, UC Davis Koret
Shelter Medicine Program, calls a «
Data Kitten Mountain.»
My particular areas
of interest pertaining to
shelter medicine include protocol development,
shelter data analysis, sanitation, and spay - neuter techniques.
Not only does this ignore the
data, but the success
of communities that have become No Kill overnight when open admission
shelters embraced the philosophy and rigorously implemented the programs.
So ask yourself this: why don't 75 - 80 % more
of our pet owning public use the
shelter to get their new best friend: new best friend is 60 % likely to be ill / diseased; new best friend is likely to have an evaluation done by a non behavioral professional; new best friend may be covered in poo and his environment is not pleasant to the nose; new best friend lives in a place where my family and I can not talk or think and the counselor yelled at us the whole time trying to drown out the incessant barking;
shelter has collected very little
data on new best friend and does not have adequate staff to assist me with my adoption.
Most people might think
shelter medicine is mostly about spay / neuter, but a group
of progressive veterinarians are changing paradigms all over the United States as they develop innovative,
data - driven strategies for helping homeless pets.
Guinea pigs are one
of the most overpopulated animals and many
shelters do not have to keep
data that shows how many they are killing.
The busy schedules
of shelter workers and veterinary hospital staff make
data gathering even more difficult.
Although more than 400 dogs were adopted out, there is no
data on how many
of them may have been returned to local
shelters because
of entrenched behavioral issues.»
Recently released
data from a national animal
shelter study by the American Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty to Animals...
The most innovative part
of the new program is the targeting
of neighborhoods that, according to
shelter data, have high numbers
of stray pickups and owner surrenders.
Moving forward,
shelters can analyze their
data in this way for various types
of scenarios including:
The objectives
of this manuscript are to: 1) describe the use
of GIS technology in developing and tracking a
data - based target for decreasing
shelter intake; 2) discuss the types
of interventions used in the attempt to decrease intake and 3) document the efficacy
of this approach in decreasing
shelter intake.
Data collected from
shelters in 19 U.S. and Canadian cities (thanks to an amazing team
of volunteers!)
Shelter staff recorded data daily about their feline populations, such as how many of their cats had a URI and how long those cats had been at the s
Shelter staff recorded
data daily about their feline populations, such as how many
of their cats had a URI and how long those cats had been at the
sheltershelter.
The four primary ASAP animal
shelters (Humane Society for Southwest Washington, Multnomah County Animal Services, Oregon Humane Society, and Washington County Animal Services) pulled cat and dog intake
data for all
of 2010 from their
shelter software / database systems.
Using
data form an animal
sheltering organization, the number
of dogs and cats euthanized in 2002 was 7473.
A third article summarized
data from two different programs in different parts
of the country for the effect
of spay / neuter on
shelter intake and euthanasia [4].
The
data tracked included
shelter intake, spay / neuter, and
data points related to the type and amounts
of intervention outreach.
As well, we will consider the current
data in light
of the fundamental goal
of protecting the lives
of shelter animals.
But the truth is, without accurate
data about which animals are coming into your
shelter and why, which animals are making it out alive and which are not, you have no way
of knowing how to improve your performance.
So looking at the
data, the majority
of people are already leaning toward rescuing their next pet — with another 28 %
of people who are «swing voters» if you will — could or could not get their pet from a rescue or
shelter.
We also rely on our
shelter partners as priceless sources
of data from the front lines.
Canadian Animal
Shelter Statistics Humane Canada gathers
data on the number
of animals entering humane society and SPCA
shelters and the numbers adopted, returned to their owners or euthanized.
Millions
of animals are killed in animal
shelters annually, but many
shelters do not record or report
data on the intake and disposition
of the animals in their care.
On an annual basis, we publish this
data in the form
of the Animal
Shelter Statistics Report.
«Our goals are to bring together both researchers and animal welfare and control professionals, to offer a safe place for open dialogue, to translate the analyzed
data outcomes so that they can be used to improve or create
shelter programs, and to offer effective alternatives to continue on the path to save more lives,» said Pamela Burns, chair
of the NCPP board
of directors.