Sentences with phrase «on shelter workers»

My interview with Auerbach touched on many issues that she cares about that we did not have time to discuss in depth, including the effect on shelter workers of carrying out euthanasia decisions, the need to attract and retain leaders in sheltering, and the importance of expanding the focus of sheltering to include animals outside the shelter.

Coming up in a special report, a heart wrenching look at excessive breeding, animal euthanasia, and the toll it takes on the shelter workers who have to put these animals down.

So much for objections of animal control officials that injections would have an adverse impact on shelter workers.

Lethal injections could have an adverse impact on shelter workers, he said.

Not exact matches

Ronald Southern built an empire centred on a single product — the movable trailer, which provided shelter for workers in remote areas.

While ordinary workers have strict limits on how much they can put in 401 (k) plans every year ($ 24,000 max for older workers), CEOs are allowed to shelter unlimited amounts from the IRS in these accounts.

On the federal level, while the wages of ordinary workers find no shelter from the Internal Revenue Service, exemptions and special preferences for landowners whittle down their taxes or turn real estate losses into profits.

In Cleveland, two shelters for battered women have been staffed by Catholic nuns and professional social workers; support has come from churches, private donations, block grants and a special surcharge on Ohio marriage licenses.

At the January 12th membership meeting the Village Independent Democrats endorsed a letter to Speaker Christine Quinn applauding her support of the Fair Wage For New Yorkers Act as a first step toward ensuring a living wage, but calling on her to move quickly to expand the act to cover the substantial number of minimum wage workers who remain unprotected and without enough of a weekly paycheck to afford food and shelter in our city.

Albanese, a lawyer, said the city often refused to indemnify public workers for actions taken «outside the scope of their employment,» and cited a case he handled on behalf of two security guards at an Upper Manhattan homeless shelter.

Cuomo reinforced the need for shelter reforms to reporters after a Wednesday announcement about a revitalization of Penn Station, which was held at the same time de Blasio was hosting a news conference downtown on his plan to pay 50,000 more workers in the city at least $ 15 per hour by 2018.

• Full deduction for disaster clean up expense • Relaxed retirement plan distribution rules — elimination of the 10 percent penalty tax that would otherwise apply on an early withdrawal from a retirement plan and permit individuals to withdraw up to $ 100,000 without penalty to cover storm - related expenses • Housing Exemptions for displaced individuals — would provide additional tax exemptions for individuals who provide free shelter for at least 60 days to anyone displaced by the storm ($ 500 exemption per person, maximum of four exemptions for the year) • Worker retention credit — would extend tax credits to business owners who continued paying wages while their businesses were forced to close.

According to WNBC, which first reported on the move, workers will subject people applying to stay in shelters to more questions about where they have lived recently and whether they have another place to stay.

Rather than spend money to house families in shelters, city and state agencies should instead spend money on resources to keep them in their homes, like social workers and housing attorneys, he said.

«These results raise difficult questions because shelter workers and veterinarians are expected to determine the breeds of dogs in their facilities on a daily basis.

Education reporting on the hurricane recovery efforts in Texas and Florida was steady and strong, including this Washington Post piece about kids returning to school and a Miami Herald piece about school workers doing double duty at 42 schools operating as shelters.

AFC Testifies on the Fiscal Year 2018 Executive Budget for New York City, May 25, 2017 AFC testified about the Fiscal Year 2018 city budget proposal, urging the Administration and City Council to increase funding for DOE social workers for students living in homeless shelters, Restorative Practices and other alternatives to school suspensions, and school accessibility.

Fallout Shelter is a worker placement game where players take on the role of the Overseer.

Based on real and imagined events set in the DNC and Uganda, this novel follows Sabine, a burned out aid worker who currently works in an animal shelter in Germany, Rose, a one armed Ugandan woman who was formerly abducted by the Lord's Resistance Army, and Lily, a young girl doing volunteer work in Uganda, and Sabine's niece.

These results raise difficult questions, because shelter workers and veterinarians are expected to determine the breed (s) of dogs in their facilities on a daily basis.

Shelter workers don't want owners or pets to suffer from a mismatch and with fewer shelters killing unwanted animals, it's easier on the conscience to return a pet that doesn't work out.

The dogs were part of a larger group of 110 dogs who were transported from Beijing to Toronto on December 22nd, where rescue workers greeted them at a temporary shelter in Cambridge, Ontario.

Standing on the rock of The Bond, with the steadfast knowledge of the importance of the human - animal health connection, my eyes are directed to a future where all of those who take care of animals — veterinarians, veterinary nurses, shelter workers, veterinary team members, groomers, trainers, staff at boarding facilities, zoo workers, lab animal techs, animal handlers (dairy barns, pork facilities, egg production, etc.) and end - of - life professionals — all look after the emotional well - being of animals.

In a Cliff Notes version of the story, G.H. was lifted up on the table at the Twin Falls Shelter by a shelter Shelter by a shelter shelter worker.

Orange County animal shelters place no restrictions on adoptions, but workers at the Orlando Humane Society and the Orange County Animal Services Department caution families that the holidays are not the best time to bring a puppy or kitten home.

Shelter workers are at risk from CO poisoning when they load and unload or clean the gas chamber, breathing in low levels of the gas on a regular basis.

On Tuesday, a group of Los Angeles shelter workers submitted a proposal to the City Council that seeks to remove Ed Boks as the head of animal control in Los Angeles.

At one shelter animals are loaded into the gas chamber the night before so the worker need only turn on the chamber in the morning.

This may help shelter workers feel that their euthanasia method is more humane for the animals in their care, and it may take less of an emotional toll on them.

For those who still insist on giving someone a pet for the holiday, here are tips from shelter workers:

He was taken to a local shelter to be euthanized, but the shelter worker on duty talked the family into releasing him to the shelter and they called GRRNT.

Dr. Yin is an internationally - acclaimed veterinarian and applied animal behaviorist who lectures and teaches workshops to dog trainers, shelter workers, and veterinary staff, and is the author of three books including a veterinary textbook and DVD set on behavior.

For instance, a recent article from The Veterinary Journal showed that many animal shelter workers are unable to correctly identify «pit pulls» based on appearance.

Did you know that when genetic test results are compared with breed labels put on dogs by experts (like veterinarians and shelter workers), the labels turn out to be wrong over 85 % of the time?

Dog owners dispute the breed designation that an animal control officer or shelter worker has placed on their dog

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An attached study based on North Carolina shelters proves EBI is less expensive and also doesn't carry the risk of danger to workers.

Will and Kelly Hotchkiss, Kuvasz owners and rescue workers who live near the shelter, spent hours on the road in what was then a new minivan, shuttling the remaining 8 dogs to Steve's farm.

Meanwhile, in Memphis, a worker mistakenly euthanized a dog last week that was set to be adopted — the second time that has happened since authorities raided the facility Oct. 27, and cameras were installed to allow the public to monitor the shelter on the Internet.

Study after study shows that even veterinarians and shelter workers have a terrible success rate at identifying breed in dogs based on their appearance.

Some reports suggest as many as 50 dogs had been shot and dumped in a landfill across the street from the shelter, and quote a former a former shelter worker as saying cats were euthanized by being beaten on the head with a pipe

In instances where a dog is a mixed breed, shelter workers have to rely on their best guess when it comes to determining genetic makeup.

At the ASPCA's temporary shelter established on the island in the aftermath of the storm, shelter workers cut the matting from her coat, and a month later, Winnie and her puppies were airlifted to Florida, where Bryan first caught sight of her.

Involved with rabbit rescue since 1982, she speaks and writes frequently on rabbit - related topics, addressing owners, veterinary professionals and shelter workers.

But even determining a dog's breed is an imperfect science and one that shelter workers and vets can't always agree on.

Shelter and rescue workers are often working on their own donated time, so taking some of the busy work of asking for donations off of their plates will allow them to spend more time placing less adoptable kitties in homes.

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Such a worker would cut down on the cost of caring for animals and improve morale for those who already work at the shelter, they argue.

Workers spent Thursday scrubbing down and disinfecting kennels at Lake County's animal shelter located on County Road 561 south of Tavares.

There was a lack of training for shelter workers and animal - control officers on issues such as animal nutrition and how to properly clean shelters.