Sentences with phrase «people at the animal shelters»

And, if the people at the animal shelter are going to kill you, why would they take the time to pull the quills out first?

«The people at the animal shelter told me they really gravitated toward each other, that they played together all the time,» says Dunne.

By the way, people at the animal shelters will cut up queen sized linens, blankets, etc. into appropriate sized pieces for those dear animals to use.

Not exact matches

From those working to save more animals» lives at the shelter to those helping prevent pets from being there in the first place, we're covering the people and organizations that are making a difference.

How about voluteering at a homeless shelter; animal rescuer, Meals on Wheels driver, or any of the endless charities that need people who have some time to kill.

I use local suppliers and recycle everything we can reuse from our greenhouse plastics, to office materials, refilled ink cartridges, repurposed furniture from Habitat Restore, recycled materials for the animal shelters and beverage 6 packs for easily transportable plant containers for people picking up plants at the greenhouse or Farmers Market.

Many people offer their services as a foster for cats and kittens at Cat House on the Kings, taking care of animals at home on a temporary basis, but you can also get more involved with the day - to - day work of the shelter by becoming a general volunteer.

According to their appeal, Cat Town Cafe plans to «provide a fun and social environment for adoptable cats (and people), while relieving some pressure and freeing up some much needed space at Oakland Animal Services, Oakland's municipal animal shelter, and bringing a brand new experience to the people of Oakland and the rest of the Bay Area.&Animal Services, Oakland's municipal animal shelter, and bringing a brand new experience to the people of Oakland and the rest of the Bay Area.&animal shelter, and bringing a brand new experience to the people of Oakland and the rest of the Bay Area.»

Animal cruelty (OK Title 21 § 1685), a felony in Oklahoma, includes «any person who shall willfully or maliciously torture, destroy or kill, or cruelly beat or injure, maim or mutilate any animal in subjugation or captivity, whether wild or tame, and whether belonging to the person or to another, or deprived of necessary food, drink, shelter, or veterinary care to prevent suffering...» When an officer arrives on the scene, if the animals are found to be at risk, but the situation is not critical enough to warrant felony charges, any Oklahoma peace officer or animal control officer may describe the problems and give the owner or caregiver a certain number of days to correct the situAnimal cruelty (OK Title 21 § 1685), a felony in Oklahoma, includes «any person who shall willfully or maliciously torture, destroy or kill, or cruelly beat or injure, maim or mutilate any animal in subjugation or captivity, whether wild or tame, and whether belonging to the person or to another, or deprived of necessary food, drink, shelter, or veterinary care to prevent suffering...» When an officer arrives on the scene, if the animals are found to be at risk, but the situation is not critical enough to warrant felony charges, any Oklahoma peace officer or animal control officer may describe the problems and give the owner or caregiver a certain number of days to correct the situanimal in subjugation or captivity, whether wild or tame, and whether belonging to the person or to another, or deprived of necessary food, drink, shelter, or veterinary care to prevent suffering...» When an officer arrives on the scene, if the animals are found to be at risk, but the situation is not critical enough to warrant felony charges, any Oklahoma peace officer or animal control officer may describe the problems and give the owner or caregiver a certain number of days to correct the situanimal control officer may describe the problems and give the owner or caregiver a certain number of days to correct the situation.

A small number of shelters regularly shoot at least some of the animals; shooting was earlier deemed a humane method of killing and to be acceptable for Oklahoma towns and cities with populations under 10,000 people.

Even a few hours a week holding and petting animals at a shelter increases their chance of being adopted by making them more people friendly.

I volunteer at a dog and cat rescue and know that there are people feverishly pulling animals from shelters on their last day and fostering them.

Also, it would be nice if people were required to pay a certain amount at a shelter if they had to give up their pet for whatever reason to help fund the shelter better hopefully providing better care to the animals.

As movements and activists urge potential pet parents to «adopt don't shop,» working to minimize the wasteful death of innocent animals, caring people everywhere have opted to find their furry friends at shelters and rescues rather than pet stores and breeders.

If you have lost your pet, it is your responsibility to check for it, in person, at the Santa Barbara County Animal Shelter.

Renton Animal Control is only 2 people for a whole city and they are attempting to do handoffs to rescues without an actual shelter except for short - term 3 - day holds which is outside even in the winter weather only at this point.

(4) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (7), a contract entered into pursuant to subsection (1) shall require the adopting person to leave with the animal control shelter or animal protection shelter, or a designee of the animal control shelter or animal protection shelter, a good faith deposit of at least $ 25.00 that indicates the person's intention to have the adopted dog, cat, or ferret altered within the time provided pursuant to subsection (2).

It currently has more than 400 cats — including about 70 kittens — and officials therefore discourage people who have unwanted cats or kittens from trying to drop off the animals at their shelter.

Of course, we strongly urge people to consider adopting a homeless pet at any of the area rescue organizations such as the Humane Society of St Joseph County, South Bend Animal Control, Michiana Humane Society, LaPorte County Small Animal Shelter, Pet Refuge, Independent Cat Society, and others.

The howls of animated dogs and meows of curious kittens bounce off of shelter walls, each animal hoping the next person will pick him, each animal retreating to her bed at the end of the day.

Chiang mentioned «Pressure from her superiors and pressure from the fact that people keep dumping animals at shelters, causing the shelter to be always over capacity.

They muck cages, change litter, tackle a mountain of laundry, answer phones, tally statistics, write grants, take photographs, write up animal stories, build kitty trees, fix the roof, schlep «stuff», paint the building, plan and produce fundraisers, walk in parades, work at events to promote the Shelter, make signs, decorate and clean our facility, take animals to and from the veterinarian, take complaints about animal abuse, make visits to talk with people about humane animal care, and pretty much anything else we need to keep this operation running.

American Humane Association is challenging 1 million people to take the Kindness 100 Pledge online at www.Kindness100.org to protect and better the lives of animals in four distinct areas, including 10 billion farm animals by seeking out humanely raised foods, the 6 - 8 million animals abandoned each year by adopting from a shelter, the more than 100,000 animal actors who entertain, educate and charm us in film and television each year by looking for the «No Animals Were Harmed ®» end - credit, and the many endangered and disappearing species of the world by cultivating caring and understanding of magnificent creatures by taking their children to accredited zoos, aquariums, and conservation canimals in four distinct areas, including 10 billion farm animals by seeking out humanely raised foods, the 6 - 8 million animals abandoned each year by adopting from a shelter, the more than 100,000 animal actors who entertain, educate and charm us in film and television each year by looking for the «No Animals Were Harmed ®» end - credit, and the many endangered and disappearing species of the world by cultivating caring and understanding of magnificent creatures by taking their children to accredited zoos, aquariums, and conservation canimals by seeking out humanely raised foods, the 6 - 8 million animals abandoned each year by adopting from a shelter, the more than 100,000 animal actors who entertain, educate and charm us in film and television each year by looking for the «No Animals Were Harmed ®» end - credit, and the many endangered and disappearing species of the world by cultivating caring and understanding of magnificent creatures by taking their children to accredited zoos, aquariums, and conservation canimals abandoned each year by adopting from a shelter, the more than 100,000 animal actors who entertain, educate and charm us in film and television each year by looking for the «No Animals Were Harmed ®» end - credit, and the many endangered and disappearing species of the world by cultivating caring and understanding of magnificent creatures by taking their children to accredited zoos, aquariums, and conservation cAnimals Were Harmed ®» end - credit, and the many endangered and disappearing species of the world by cultivating caring and understanding of magnificent creatures by taking their children to accredited zoos, aquariums, and conservation centers.

At the end of the night, volunteers from of Friends of Homeless Animals had a chance to speak to over 150 people about the fate of dogs in rescue as well as those that are in shelters just waiting for their second chance.

We formed in 2010 when a small group of people saw a need to help animals at regional shelters.

Employees and animals at the Orlando Humane Society have two reasons to celebrate: The agency is breaking ground on a new shelter and is marking its 50th year of service to pets and people.

The reason for many people shying away from adoption is because either the shelter they looked at didn't have the type of animal they wanted or they desired a purebred one.

The main goal of the program is to keep beloved animals from ending up at a shelter by matching the pets of people who are hospitalized with foster families that can ensure they're well taken care of until the owner can resume care.

In the summer months, however, the number of citizen - surrendered animals doubles between the people who surrender their pets to the Shelter when they go on vacation and the people who didn't fix their pets and dump the puppies or kittens at the Shelter for the rest of us to take care of.

«We got an anonymous call Thursday saying the dogs were at their owners» house,» said Jerry Swanger, Deltona Animal Control manager.The dogs - which a Volusia circuit judge sentenced to death last month because of their aggression toward people and because they have killed five cats - disappeared Oct. 31 from the shelter, where workers found a lock cut and a kennel door pried open.

Adopt - a-Shelter-Cat Month When: Wednesday, June 1 to Thursday, June 30, Where: The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) is celebrating June as Adopt A Shelter Cat Month to educate people about the wonderful cats and kittens available for adoption at shelters.

We are working hard to find adoptive homes, foster homes, and rescue placement for animals currently at the shelter; we are also encouraging people who would like to surrender animals to wait to do so until after this work is complete, or try to find rescue placement for their animal.

But there are at least as many dogs and cats at the shelter who are more than a year old - animals who were obtained by people who didn't think through the responsibilities of pet ownership before they adopted the animal.

Too many animals are abruptly dumped at shelters when people move and can not take them.

The Friends of the Burlington County Animals Shelter is hosting a feral cat advocacy workshop, with Brian Hackett, NJ director for the HSUS as a speaker, and featuring representatives from People for Animals and Pet Savers, on May 17, 5:30 - 8:30 p.m. at the Burlington County Library in Westampton.

Animal Friends of the Valleys in Lake Elsinore, which also screens out that type of prospective adopter, even stops pet adoptions at the shelter for the week leading up to Christmas, partly to avoid people adopting dogs and cats to give as Christmas presents, director Anne Washington said.

In fact, many animals end up in shelters where they are at risk of being killed when space is needed simply because the person who cared for them neglected to plan ahead to make sure that they would always be cared for.

When animal lovers learn about the cruelty and killing that are rampant in U.S. shelters, and that national animal protection organizations such as the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) defend these shelters and thwart efforts at reform, the first and the most logical question they ask is: Why?

She has also trained both dogs and people in animal shelters, lectured on dog behaviour at the Society of Veterinary Behavior Technicians conference and is the NW Coordinator and presenter for Doggone Safe, which teaches dog bite prevention classes to school aged children.

At least 100 people showed up early for the adoption event and were waiting in the parking lot for the animal shelter to open.

Because of increasing numbers of fatal attacks by the breed and potential liability problems, allowing people to adopt pit bulls from shelters is like «taking a crap shoot,» said Randall Lockwood, an animal behaviorist at the Humane Society of the United States in Washington, D.C.

The sponsorship opportunities consist of a 2» X 3» color sign with a sponsor logo and lettering on the fencing of the play yard that will be visible to the 1000's of people that visit the animal shelter at Tallahassee Animal Services eachanimal shelter at Tallahassee Animal Services eachAnimal Services each year.

Pit bulls awaiting authanasia at the Humboldt County Animal shelter for biting three people in Manila in September.

People can become acquainted and help a good cause at the same time by helping out at a local animal shelter.

(In fact, if a business can pay for an ad in a sports stadium, why don't some of them support an ad for adopting at their local shelter??? And isn't it true that many of the people who can't even AFFORD a decent ticket to that staidum — are still the ones who donate to their local animal shelter?!)

To address your point about offering assistance and helping people plan, we do just that via our No More Homeless Pets Network partner program (which includes a list of more than 1,000 rescues and shelters across the nation), our annual conference aimed to help educate animal lovers looking to make a difference in their communities, and numerous workshops held at the Sanctuary throughout the year.

Dr. Ellen Jefferson (pictured) and Ryan Clinton came at the same problem from very different angles but with the shared goal of ending the killing of Austin's shelter animals, a city of just over 790,000 people.

Veterinarians and technicians from the Syracuse area, a team of veterinarians from the Cornell University Veterinary College Shelter Medicine program and a group of dedicated animal loving volunteers dedicate their time to helping pets and people at the Clinics.

Efforts have included reuniting people with displaced pets at Baytown Animal Shelter and in the community; providing pet food and supplies to help keep people and their pets together; assisting with adoptions at the shelter and through large - scale adoption events; recruiting new foster families to rescue pets from the shelter; expanding our roster of rescue partners and transporting pets to reputable organizations within a 200 - mile radius of Baytown; and working with veterinarian partners to provide low - cost and free services to rescued and owneShelter and in the community; providing pet food and supplies to help keep people and their pets together; assisting with adoptions at the shelter and through large - scale adoption events; recruiting new foster families to rescue pets from the shelter; expanding our roster of rescue partners and transporting pets to reputable organizations within a 200 - mile radius of Baytown; and working with veterinarian partners to provide low - cost and free services to rescued and owneshelter and through large - scale adoption events; recruiting new foster families to rescue pets from the shelter; expanding our roster of rescue partners and transporting pets to reputable organizations within a 200 - mile radius of Baytown; and working with veterinarian partners to provide low - cost and free services to rescued and owneshelter; expanding our roster of rescue partners and transporting pets to reputable organizations within a 200 - mile radius of Baytown; and working with veterinarian partners to provide low - cost and free services to rescued and owned pets.

Witnessing the strength of that bond, there was obvious potential to reach these young people through their love of animals and, at the same time, help chronically understaffed animal shelters through bringing in these young people as volunteers.