Sentences with phrase «reduced shelter killing»

Best Friends is working to help reduce shelter killing from all angles, and we invite you to read more about our work (including our aggressive spay / neuter tactics) here: http://bestfriends.org/What-we-do/Our-Work/Spay—Neuter/.

Though the Hayden Act was never fully funded or implemented, Winograd credits it with a substantial role in reducing shelter killing in California from 588,000 in 1997 to circa 450,000 in recent years.

The apparent success of the Adoption Pact made San Francisco the most often emulated model for community efforts to reduce shelter killing nationwide.

3Decade of Adoption Focus Fails to Reduce Shelter Killing, by Merritt Clifton, Animal People, July / August 2009.

We are partnering with PetSmart Charities ®, and together we are committing a combined $ 1 million over the next three years to change the lives of community cats in Baltimore and dramatically reduce shelter killing.

This morning Hillsborough County commissioners voted 6 - to - 1 in favor of Hillsborough County Animal Services» recently announced TNR pilot program — part of director Ian Hallett's proposal for reducing shelter killing (PDF).

TNR programs may not change every community's cat population, but they can dramatically reduce shelter killing of cats.

I helped for decades, as a prolific and widely distributed journalist and statistician, to introduce the humane community to almost all of the now standard methods of reducing shelter killing.

Until all communities become No Kill, this is yet another means of reducing shelter killing.

Delaware Companion Animal Protection Act Proves a Resounding Success, Reducing Shelter Killing in That State by 78 %

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Since its founding, Best Friends has helped reduce the number of animals killed in America's shelters from 17 million per year to 4 million.

We have reduced euthanasia rates in many shelters, reducing some to no kill status itself.

Since the Michigan Pet Fund Alliance has been providing information on best practices and supporting advocacy, Michigan shelters have reduced the number of animals killed annually in shelters from 120,000 to 44,000.

The net effect of the Hayden Act in reducing the numbers of animals killed in California shelters remains difficult to measure.

White has also emphasized that the San Francisco model for lowering shelter killing worked primarily by promoting spay / neuter to further reduce intake, and that the Adoption Pact produced only a brief surge in adoptions city - wide.

Jacksonville, Florida, reduced shelter intake by 23 percent in four years, and New Hampshire reduced shelter intake by 33.6 percent in six years, with an accompanying reduction of animals killed annually from 11,494 to 2,575 between 1993 and 2000.

One of the most overlooked areas for reducing killing in animal control shelters are lost animal reclaim, commonly referred to as Return to Owner.

The traditional approach to reducing free - roaming cat numbers (trap - and - remove, aka trap and kill) achieves a temporary lowering of cat numbers, but other cats move in to take advantage of the now available sources of food and shelter.

Since its founding in 1984, Best Friends has helped reduce the number of animals killed in shelters nationwide from 17 million per year to about 2 million.

Our Mission The mission of the Maude Schiffley SPCA is to be a no - kill, non-profit adoption center, which provides care for sheltered dogs and cats: Facilitates placement of adoptive animals in nurturing, responsible homes; reduces pet overpopulation through spaying and neutering; and offers various educational opportunities to the public.

They wanted ARC to be part of a documentary they were creating and our emergency shelter would be their first stop on a five - thousand - mile journey around the U.S. as they would interview animal protection leaders, veterinarians, animal advocates, and other experts to learn what they are doing to reduce, and ultimately end the needless killing of 3 - 4 million homeless dogs and cats each year.

Today's society has a heightened awareness of the staggering euthanasia rates occurring in animal shelters, and there is more determination than ever to reduce the killing of healthy animals.

This further proves the point that «pet overpopulation» and the number of animals that are in our shelter system can be reduced and we can reach a no kill state.

Los Angeles reduces the amount of animals being killed in shelters by 50 percent.

Network partners receive opportunities to participate in fundraising and adoption events, marketing help, expert resources and more from Best Friends to help reduce the number of animals killed in their local shelters.

«This type of facility is critical for helping underserved communities keep their pets, reducing shelter intake and unnecessary euthanasia, and helping us work toward a no - kill nation,» said Shelly Thompson, Director of Grants at Maddie's Fund.

Los Angeles has reduced the number of animals being killed in shelters by 50 percent, and is on - track to become a no - kill city over the next two years.

Thanks to new data and working together to Save Them All, good progress has been made to reduce the number of cats and dogs killed in America's shelters every year.

Best Friends is able to determine that the number of dogs and cats killed in shelters nationwide has gradually been reduced to approximately 2 million annually, from 17 million in 1984.

It also reduces the threat of owned companion cats who wander outside being impounded and killed in shelters.

Spaying a cat is an important task to help reduce the number of homeless cats that are killed in animal shelters.

Studies show that TNR effectively stabilizes the community cat population, reduces the number of cats killed in shelters, and saves taxpayers money.

Save the lives of animals in need, while reducing the homeless population and decreasing the number of animals entering and being killed within the municipal shelter system.

Support TNR and help reduce the number of community cats, and ultimately the number of cats being killed in America's shelters.

the idea here is to do what you can to reduce the number of animals killed in shelters across the USA as well as getting a dog that will be healthy and the kind of pet you want.

We held our first No Kill SC summit on July 25th for leaders of shelters and animal control organizations, talking about ways to reduce euthanasia for feral & free - roaming cats.

Over 30 years later, they have inspired others throughout the country to take up the mantle of no kill and have helped to reduce the number of animals being killed in shelters by 91 percent.

Elder Paws Senior Dog Foundation is a 501 (c)(3) non profit California organization (EIN # 45-5291667) founded by Cathie Garnier, and dedicated to reducing the number of senior dogs entering the overcrowded kill shelters where they often do not make it out alive.

Getting community cats spayed and neutered is vital in reducing overcrowding at shelters and moving Los Angeles towards being a No Kill city.

While rescues and no kill shelters are critical to addressing the problem once an animal enters the shelter environment pet retention programs, like those in Riverside, Carson, San Bernardino and Santa Barbara, are one of the most effective ways to save lives by reducing the number of pets entering the shelter system to begin with.

The organization opened a cageless shelter with a no - kill mandate and also became well known for its expertise in cat behaviour as well as its evidence - based humane programs to reduce cat overpopulation.

While rescues and no - kill shelters are critical to addressing the problem once an animal enters the shelter environment pet retention programs, like those in Riverside, Carson, San Bernardino, and Santa Barbara are one of the most effective ways to save lives by reducing the number of pets entering the shelter system, to begin with.

In 1999, I founded Emancipet with the hope of reducing the number of animals coming into the shelter in the first place by providing low - or no - cost spay / neuter and other health services, and yet the fact remained that by 2008 more than 14,000 animals were being killed every year.

When I think of companion animals, I think of reducing euthanasia and addressing this terrible tragedy of 3 and a half or 4 million dogs and cats killed in shelters, but then also look at the industries that are exploiting dogs.

But Avanzino stuck to his guns, and within five years, his organization not only reduced the SPCA's killing of healthy dogs and cats to zero, it began taking adoptable animals from government and private shelters as well.

And while much work remains to be done, and more lives need to be saved, we're inspired by our success in reducing the killing of healthy and treatable dogs and cats at AC&C shelters for the sixth year in a row.

Restrictive breeding ordinances, possession limits, burdensome cat licensing and breeder permit laws, as well as restraints on the display / exhibition of animals, have been presented as a means to reduce the number of animals being killed by shelters or to alleviate animal suffering.

Its goal is to reduce and eventually eliminate the killing of healthy and treatable dogs and cats at NYC shelters simply because they do not have homes.

To reduce the number of unwanted pit bulls in America's high kill shelters through a program of love, healthy feeding and positive training.

We will continue to work with other shelters to reduce the amount of animals killed in overcrowded shelters each day.