As someone who is acutely aware of the impact unaltered pets have
on shelter intake, you probably have a clear answer.
Prior to joining the ASPCA in 2008, Dr. Slater taught epidemiology at Texas A & M's College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, and today her emphasis is on research, including assessing fee - waived cat programs and the impact of spay / neuter
on shelter intake.
Anika Moje, Senior Program Manager of the Animal Shelter Alliance of Portland (ASAP) and Spay & Save program, proposed the idea of a transfer partnership when she noticed the positive impact of local spay / neuter programs
on shelter intake.
Targeting these particular groups in addition to low income pet owners will make the greatest impact
on shelter intake.
Several previous studies have examined the impact of spay / neuter
on shelter intake [2]- [5].
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 intervention area in Portland was approximately five square miles in size, was determined based
on shelter intake, and was compared to control areas of the same size within the same county.
Not exact matches
Besides guzzling water like a high school wrestler, there are some other precautions you can take to help prevent dehydration when pregnant, like staying away from caffeine, taking shady
shelter on hot days, and upping water
intake on exercise days.
Unless the animal is being released to a research facility, there is no mandatory record keeping
on the
intakes, hold times and disposal of
sheltered animals in Oklahoma.
Veterinarians and
shelter staff are often the first to recognize signs of abuse during
intake examinations, and investigations are usually conducted by officers of the
shelter or local law enforcement, depending
on the jurisdiction.
These statistics provide staff with feedback
on shelter programs designed to reduce disease, decrease the length of stay, increase live releases (i.e. adoption and rescues), and decrease the number of
shelter intakes.
While the focus remains
on saving dogs from California's high -
intake shelters, some of the dogs come into rescue as owner surrenders or homeless strays.
However, at large public
shelters in the southern climes like the Aiken County Animal
Shelter,
intake skyrockets during the spring and summer months every year, creating the same strain
on resources, funds and manpower as an extraordinary weather event.
Our
Shelter (
Intake) Committee maintains the BIN Spreadsheet and we post the BINs
on our website so that our volunteers / foster homes and other rescue groups can see which dogs are in need.
By providing access to subsidized spay / neuter services to owners and caregivers of certain populations of animals, and by working
on free - roaming cat colonies,
shelter intake rates decrease.
In striving towards their mission, ASAP had a history of collaboration
on various community projects including those aimed at reducing
shelter intake of cats and dogs.
Emergency Animal
shelter training includes four hours of tabletop and interactive exercises for the ASAR responder, Humane or Animal Control Officer
on the development of co-located and
intake facility development for displaced animals.
Target Zero's professionals work
on - site with, and mentor,
shelter staff and government officials,
on a pro-bono basis (i.e. no cost to the community or
shelter) in communities around the country to implement progressive, proven measures to achieve the twin goals of reducing
shelter intake and euthanasia rates.
Target Zero was able to educate both organizations
on the communities» needs and the lifesaving impact that spay / neuter funding would achieve due to the proven correlation between targeted spay / neuter and decreased
shelter intake.
This research expands
on previous studies by first relying
on the capabilities of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to precisely and scientifically identify an appropriate intervention area with high
shelter intake.
This study, conducted in Portland, Oregon, relied
on the capabilities of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to precisely and scientifically identify an intervention area (with high
shelter intake) and to identify control areas to compare the project results with community - wide trends.
For the animal
sheltering field and communities interested in reducing
shelter intake and euthanasia risk, this research emphasizes the potential that lies in developing programs focused
on the areas with the most at - risk animals.
Intake: A team of intake volunteers continually monitors all GSPs in shelters throughout northern California, and keeps tabs on GSPs in private homes that might need our assis
Intake: A team of
intake volunteers continually monitors all GSPs in shelters throughout northern California, and keeps tabs on GSPs in private homes that might need our assis
intake volunteers continually monitors all GSPs in
shelters throughout northern California, and keeps tabs
on GSPs in private homes that might need our assistance.
The ASAP organizations (both animal
shelters and spay / neuter providers) were engaged to help select an intervention area to focus
on reducing
intake of cats and Pit Bull - type dogs into the community's
shelters.
For neonatal kittens that were transferred to partners, over half left the
shelter on the day of
intake (versus about one week for weaned kittens), and three quarters left by day four.
According to reports, their live - release rate has risen to 80 %, a part - time rescue coordinator has come
on board and rescue partners pull half the
shelter's
intakes.
The FSDI began as a small pilot program in 2016 to help our local Suwannee county
shelters, and focuses
on diverting cat
intake from local
shelters or removing adoptable cats if they go to the
shelter first.
It effectively and humanely manages the community cat population, reduces
shelter intake and «euthanasia» numbers, and reduces calls to animal control agencies so they can focus
on life - saving work such as adoptions, which also saves taxpayer dollars in the process.
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.
Ann was first exposed to
shelter medicine during final year rotations in vet school and was hooked
on shelter medicine after completing rotations and several placements at a cat
shelter with an annual
intake of 10,000 cats / kittens.
by focusing
on partnerships between
shelters, veterinarians and the community to decrease
shelter intake and improve health, welfare and positive outcomes for homeless animals.
Our
intakes are dependent
on available space at our
shelter or in our foster homes.
Dr. Enright was first exposed to
shelter medicine during final year rotations in vet school and was hooked
on shelter medicine after completing rotations and several placements at a cat
shelter with an
intake of 10,000 cats / kittens a year.
«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.»
For
shelters transferring in animals from very high risk locations / source
shelters,
intake quarantine may be justified to avoid animals breaking with severe illness
on the adoption floor or after adoption.
TNR Reduces Cat Numbers TNR Reduces Nuisance Behaviors and Complaints TNR Adoption and Return - to - Field Programs Reduce
Shelter Intake and Euthanasia TNR's Effects
on Community Cats and Disease Public Perceptions
on Community Cats Community Cats and Wildlife Predation
Roughly half of
shelter intake on average is owner surrenders, and some pet retention programs have claimed high rates of success.
Effect of high - impact targeted trap - neuter - return and adoption of community cats
on cat
intake to a
shelter.
Michigan's
shelter intake in 2015 was about 14 animals per 1000 people, which puts it
on the low end of the average range of
intake.
Shelter vets have developed protocols
on infection control, including vaccinating
on intake.
Managed
intake refers to a thoughtful process whereby admission to the
shelter is scheduled based
on the
shelter's capacity to provide care and in some cases, assure a live outcome for each animal admitted.
Approaches to preventive measures as simple as vaccination varied widely between — and, in many cases, within —
shelters, depending
on who was tasked with
intake of animals
on a particular day.
All dogs are held and observed in the
shelter's
intake wing for anyplace from 5 to 15 days, and a dog that displays aggression it is not placed
on the adoption floor.
Villa Michelle has an
intake of around 8,500 animals per year, making it one of the largest
shelters on the island.
Many pet owners have become wary of giving their pets unnecessary vaccinations at the same time
shelter medicine researchers are demonstrating the value of vaccination
on intake to prevent disease in pets entering animal
shelters.
Though they have been trying very hard to place her, like every
shelter animal, high
intake numbers mean that dogs like Zoe have a very small window during the week to stretch their legs, get much needed playtime or roll
on a sunny patch of grass.
In animal
shelters, of greatest concern is keeping pets from contracting diseases while in the
shelter, or introducing them to the existing
shelter population
on intake, or bringing infectious disease out into the community.
The observed numbers of
shelter intakes between 1994 and 2005, during which the spay / neuter program was in place, were compared with projected numbers based
on varying the proportion of cats in the voucher program that were owned versus unowned to assess the program's effect (i.e., change in numbers of
shelter intakes).
Here are ways your
shelter or rescue can get the word out
on post-holiday
intakes you may receive, and prevent resurrenders2:
These high - volume, three - year programs focus
on specific zip codes and / or neighborhoods (generally those known to be the source of highest
shelter intake) in the community, and have proven highly successful at reducing both
shelter intake and
shelter deaths of cats and kittens.