We'll use the results to establish baseline information about current levels of care and determine the kinds of resources needed to better nurture, support and save the
lives of these vulnerable animals.
Facing closure, the shelter was unable to pay its debts and powerless to safeguard the future of the hundreds
of vulnerable animals in its care.
To educate, inspire and prepare veterinarians to better understand the unique
needs of vulnerable animals and the people who care for them while working towards broader social change.
We will use these results to establish baseline information about current levels of care and determine the kinds of resources needed to better nurture, support and save the
lives of these vulnerable animals.
Dr. Touroo's speech was followed up with a greeting from ASPCA President & CEO Matt Bershadker, who spoke about the ASPCA's commitment to veterinary forensics as a powerful tool in the rescue and
protection of vulnerable animals.
It appears the agency wants to abandon its responsibility for inspecting puppy mills, zoos, research laboratories and other animal facilities, and leave the
fate of those vulnerable animals in the hands of private groups often closely tied to the very industries being inspected.
But judging by the USDA's repeated actions against the
interests of vulnerable animals over the last year, it's time to recognize an alarming but obvious truth: Under the Trump administration, the USDA has not merely turned a blind eye to animal cruelty — it has become complicit in it.
Both are part of a larger trend over the past decade that has seen state and federal agencies collaborate with multiple stakeholders to forge innovative conservation plans, such as the much - lauded pact in Arizona that balances economic development with a landscape level safeguarding of biological diversity (including
hundreds of vulnerable animals and plants).
You may be familiar with that harrowing but well - known statistic — as well as the critical need for adoption and spay / neuter efforts to counter it — but you may not realize how
many of these vulnerable animals were once owned by people who loved them, and the circumstances that catapulted them into crisis.
Indeed, surging global demand for their precious fins and frequent bycatch incidents have already frittered away large
numbers of the vulnerable animals; Reuters» Timothy Gardner reports that a new report issued by the World Conservation Union, or IUCN, estimates that several species have witnessed declined of over 95 % in their populations since the 1970s.