Sentences with phrase «outcome of shelter animals»

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As explained, shelters are as unique as the animals within their walls; even organizations of the same type can have numerous differences in their missions and daily operations, particularly with the way they manage the flow (intake and outcome) of their animal population.

Instead of rewarding animal control officers for creating good outcomes for the owners and animals by offering assistance when needed or for scanning for microchips in the field so animals can get back home, the rewards system is now put in place to encourage animal control officers to bring animals back to the shelter where a large percentage of them end up dying.

«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.

Dr. Sandra Newbury, Extension Veterinarian for the Koret Shelter Medicine Program at University of California, Davis, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Shelter Medicine at the University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine and Chair of the Association of Shelter Veterinarians» Task Force, gives a state of the art presentation at the 2012 ASPCA / Maddie's ® Shelter Medicine Conference that reviews these ground - breaking guidelines which are based on the «Five Freedoms» and are designed to achieve outcomes that protect the health and well - being of sheltered animals regardless of the mission of the organization.

Animal shelters struggle to function at their «right size» in terms of physical, staffing and outcome capacity, especially with seasonal fluctuations in cat intake.

C4C is an operations and management model that helps shelters better meet the needs of the animals in their facility, which significantly improves outcomes.

Conversely, for any given outcome, shortening the length of stay to that outcome will reduce costs, lower risks for behavioral and health problems for each animal, and provide better conditions for shelter animals and people alike.

Rather, systematic efforts should be made to minimize length of stay to an appropriate outcome for every animal, whether that is return to owner, rescue, transfer, adoption, return to location of origin, or in the case of managed intake, perhaps never entering the shelter at all.

As Nathan Winograd writes in his book Redemption: The Myth of Pet Overpopulation and the No Kill Revolution in America, «there is no other animal entering a shelter whose prospects are so grim and outcome so certain.»

So if you have 89 % percent of your animals 89 % of your outcomes are live releases you are a kill shelter.

Historically, many shelters have taken pride in offering immediate intake for any stray or owner surrendered cat, regardless of the condition of the cat, the number of cats already in the shelter, or the capacity to assure a live outcome for these animals.

After groups sign up, they'll use a basic data matrix to report the minimum information Shelter Animals Count decided should be tracked monthly — beginning and ending animal count, type of live intake (like stray or owner relinquishment), species, age and outcome type (like adoption or euthanasia).

Although there is some variation in the effectiveness of different charities, and we have some uncertainty about the outcome of particular programs, we believe that by donating to an ACE recommended charity you can help many more animals than you would by donating to a conventional shelter.

My personal opinion is that Wisconsin SHOULD pass AB487 / SB450 — by decreasing the hold periods to a very reasonable 4 days, it will most definitely help compassionate shelter directors to decrease their length of stay to support their ability to save more lives.While I acknowledge that for a few very regressive shelter directors this may give them the ability to kill animals more quickly, it is imperative that these leaders be replaced with compassionate leaders regardless of the outcome of this bill.

** A shelter's «Live Release Rate» is the number of live outcomes (which includes beginning animal count as well as new intakes) divided by the number of total outcomes.

The evidence, she said, suggests it's time for shelters to consider radical solutions to the suffering, stress, illness and death that are the fate of so many cats in our nation's animal shelters, including an array of positive alternative approaches such as TNR or not taking them in at all if we can't offer a lifesaving outcome.

It's time, she says, for shelters to consider radical solutions to the suffering, stress, illness and death that are the fate of so many cats in our nation's animal shelters, including an array of positive alternative approaches such as TNR or not taking them in at all if we can't offer a lifesaving outcome.

Because we do not euthanize animals for lack of space or for the length of time they have been at our shelter, we ask local pet owners who no longer want or are unable to keep their pets to work with us to ensure the best possible outcome for their animals.

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The state of Virginia requires all animal shelters to report intakes and outcomes to the state, and it posts the reports online each year.

Understanding these variables and the relationship that they have to length of stay and live outcomes can support animal shelters in critically evaluating their policies and programs for older cats and dogs.

While the length of stay remains an important metric for assessing the potential for decreasing quality of life and / or non-live outcomes for sheltered animals, critically examining the additional factors such as resources allocated to these animals during that length of stay may support the goal of increasing live outcomes for this population, while also preserving the animal's quality of life.

These findings demonstrate that if shelters integrate practices that address the specific needs of ageing companion animals, the live outcomes for this population can increase.

In a study published in the May 2016 issue of The Veterinary Journal, researchers from the Maddie's Shelter Medicine Program, The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, IDEXX Laboratories, and the UF Department of Health Outcomes and Policy identified Babesia gibsoni, Candidatus Mycoplasma haemocanis, heartworm, and Ancylostoma as the most common infections.

C's requirement that shelters take all necessary steps to find placement for animals, many of the policies outlined here regarding shelter standards, live - release, return of owned animals, and transparency, also provide procedural safeguards for animals entering shelters that make euthanasia a less likely outcome.

It is beneficial for records to include specific categories of cats (stray, feral, socialized, etc.) and to also document the animal's original location; who brought her to the shelter and why; and the animal's outcome, including adoption, transfer, or death.

Our hundreds of volunteers dedicate their free time to improving the lives and the outcomes of our shelter's and our county's animals.