Sentences with phrase «pet euthanasia rates»

Contributing factors to pet euthanasia rates at overcrowded U.S. shelters include irresponsible breeding, pets not being spayed or neutered, pet homelessness, and surrendering because a person can no longer afford to care for a pet.

What's more, TNR often directly reduces a community's pet euthanasia rate by lowering the number of births and reducing intake into already - crowded shelters.

Not exact matches

While there seems to be hope on the horizon for the future of many Tulsa animals, Jenkins and all those at the Animal Shelter are already doing everything within their power to reduce euthanasia rates and the production of homeless pets, based on the results of a 2007 audit under Mayor Kathy Taylor's administration.

The foundation of that philosophy, in many cases, supports hoarders; legitimate organizations have unknowingly supplied hoarders with pets to get them out of their shelters in order to lower their euthanasia rates.»

If you really cared about homeless pets you would have gone to the shelter, since you clearly knew that was an option and are well informed of the euthanasia rates in this country.

While we're pleased with these improvements, one of our main foci of research in the Canine Science Collaboratory at Arizona State University is to further increase adoptions and reduce euthanasia rates for pet dogs.

Considering the tragically high euthanasia rate for these dogs, members of pit bull advocacy groups, and other dog lovers, choose to adopt them as family pets.

While the MPP focuses on both cats and dogs, the issue of lost pets is particularly relevant to cats, given their low reclaim rates in shelters; high euthanasia rates; decreased likelihood of having collars, tags or microchips; and propensity to hide when frightened.

These discriminatory laws, however, continue to plague the breed leading to extremely high euthanasia rates across the U.S. Thousands of family pets have been euthanized due to BSL; today, there are at least 700 cities that have passed some level of BSL.

Friends of Strays, SPCA Tampa Bay, Humane Society of Pinellas, Pinellas County Animal Services, and Pet Pal have come together to decrease stray intakes, owner surrenders, and euthanasia rates, and increase pet adoptions,

While the possibility of adopting another pet may not be in the cards for you right now, becoming a foster parent is an excellent (and unbelievably rewarding) way to keep the population of unwanted and stray animals down, decrease euthanasia rates, and increase adoption rates.

This was no small task, given the existing dilapidated animal facility built in the 1970s, the 65 % euthanasia rate for the nearly 8,000 pets that had been entering the facility annually, and a very limited contract of $ 1.1 million to operate.

«By collaborating with strong animal - welfare organizations like Midland Humane Coalition, we are able to promote pet adoptions and reduce euthanasia rates in local communities.»

It's Friday morning and Dawn Kemper, co-founder of Young at Heart Senior Pet Adoptions in suburban Chicago, is running a mile a minute, multitasking, seeing to every detail as she readies the rollout of the rescue's new program, Club Grand Paw, the latest embodiment of the organization's mission «to rescue and rehome senior dogs and cats, to educate the public on the benefits of adopting older pets and their care, and to reduce the euthanasia rate for adoptable senior pets.»

They claim that pet stores are adding to the euthanasia rate of shelter animals.

One state interested in Houston's pet surplus, Perini and Carlock said, is New Hampshire, where a landmark 1994 law gave the state the lowest euthanasia rate in the nation, thanks to a state - subsidized spay / neuter program for pets of owners on public assistance and for animals adopted from shelters.

The care provided by the center's 19 - person medical team is a major reason why OHS has maintained a near - zero euthanasia rate for pets who arrive at the shelter in need of the level of medical care a typical owner would want for their own pet.

Our goal is to decrease euthanasia rates and pet surrender due to a pet owner's inability to afford care for their pet.

Our mission is to find a new home for every adoptable animal that comes through our door, to educate the public on the benefits of adopting older pets, and to decrease the euthanasia rate for older dogs and cats in Illinois.

The A.S.P.C.A. recently released updated euthanasia and adoption rates, which show both promise and that we still have far to go in lowering the homeless pet population.

AHS had recently launched a number of programs and initiatives that helped to keep pets in homes and prevent unwanted litters, contributing to a 57 percent decrease in their intake and an 84 percent decrease in their euthanasia rate — which allowed them to now focus on rescuing pets who desperately needed fostering.

Part of the requirement under the Act is for them to address how they will reduce high rates of euthanasia for pets.

Once registered, you're now part of the effort to drastically reduce the number of homeless pets and the rate of euthanasia for those unlucky enough to remain too long in a shelter.

Our focus is driven by the evolving realities for pets in the United States: Shelter intake and euthanasia rates continue to decline, but there are recognized trouble spots.

SA Amigo magazine, a non-profit bilingual pet magazine located in San Antonio whose goal is to help educate the community on animal wellness and decreasing euthanasia rates, has featured the Hierarchy of Dog Needs in their Fall issue.

Since its inception in 2008, its goal has been to thoughtfully reduce unnecessary euthanasia rates; improve Weber and Davis Counties» animal welfare with compassion and respect through community building and public education on the mutual benefits of responsible pet parenting; and enhance the quality of life of companion animals in need of a new beginning and a forever home.

Our goal is to thoughtfully reduce unnecessary euthanasia rates; help change the «throwaway» mentality and improve Weber and Davis Counties» animal welfare with compassion and respect through community building and public education on the mutual benefits of responsible pet parenting; importance of pet sterilization, and the humane treatment of animals.

Shelters and rescue groups across the country collectively experience «Black Cat / Dog Syndrome», characterized by low adoption and high euthanasia rates of black pets.

Young at Heart rescues 100 % of our senior pets from open - door shelters, reducing the euthanasia rate for adoptable senior pets at area shelters.

The goals of Community Pet Day are to decrease euthanasia rates by reducing animal shelters» intake numbers and encouraging responsible pet ownership and supporting the human - pet bond.

Founded on the philosophy that every animal deserves a loving home, and that euthanasia is neither an acceptable nor humane form of managing animal populations, the AWLFC has four core programs designed to reduce pet homelessness and euthanasia rates in the region:

After many years of working on Skid Row, Downtown Dog Rescue expanded to offer services in Compton, where living can be a challenge for residents, crime is eminent, and the euthanasia rate among pets is among the highest in Los Angeles.

By spaying or neutering your pet, you are doing your part to decrease the euthanasia rate.

«As efforts around the country have increased to reduce euthanasia rates of homeless pets, there is an increasing reliance upon foster homes to bridge the time between...

SNP LA has spayed and neutered over 150,000 cats and dogs — preventing millions of pets from being born into homelessness and helping to cut the euthanasia rate in half at L.A. city shelters.

The CanINE Express Transport Project humanely transports shelter dogs from south central Indiana — areas with extreme pet overpopulation and high euthanasia rates due to kennel overcrowding — to shelters in areas in our country where there is a need for well - socialized, healthy dogs.

Philadelphia shelters have a very high euthanasia rate due to overcrowding — during spring / summer, about 70 % of surrendered cats and kittens never leave the shelter, including pets surrendered by former owners.

Goals: to find a new home for every adoptable older animal that comes through our door, to educate the public on the benefits of adopting older pets, and to decrease the euthanasia rate for older, adoptable dogs and cats in Illinois.

While adorable puppies and kittens seem to have no problem finding new homes, senior pets often spend the longest amount of time at the shelter before being adopted — but many do not get adopted at all... Because of low adoption rates for senior pets, old dogs and cats have higher euthanasia rates or even live out their lives in a shelter kennel.»

Passing laws that strike at easy targets (the law - abiding, responsible pet owner) does little to solve the problems of noisy, abandoned or dangerous animals, euthanasia rates, and the like.

The Athens Area Humane Society is a donor supported no - kill, non-profit organization dedicated to lowering area euthanasia rates through rescue, adoption, spay / neuter, education, and pet retention programs.

AAHS is a donor supported no - kill 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization dedicated to lowering area euthanasia rates through adoption, spay / neuter, and pet retention programs.

Our goal is to help make our community kinder while empowering our children to be responsible pet owners, which, in turn, will lead to increased adoptions and lower euthanasia rates within our county shelters.

We should strive to bring the euthanasia rate of healthy pets in animal shelters down to zero so let's all raise the bar and improve the greatness of our nations through improving the lives of our animals!

To rescue and rehome senior dogs and cats, to educate the public on the benefits of adopting older pets and their care, and to reduce the euthanasia rate for adoptable senior pets.

OBOL donates nutritious food, blankets, pet beds, leashes, collars, harnesses, toys, pet clothes, and other critical supplies to keep pets of the homeless happy and healthy, thus allowing them to stay with their loving, human companions rather than being relinquished to overpopulated shelters with high euthanasia rates.

The move comes in response to pet overpopulation in LA and the rate of euthanasia in city - operated shelters.

Myth # 1: Pet stores are responsible for U.S. pet overpopulation, shelter overpopulation, and high shelter euthanasia rates: Fact: Not a single scientifically based study has been found that supports this myth.

In the Midlands municipal shelters, we have a 62 % euthanasia rate for companion pets.

She had been researching puppy mills, and as she looked at Chicago's euthanasia rates and the sales figures from pet stores, she realized that she had to take action.