Sentences with phrase «removing breed labels»

«Removing breed labels is a relatively low - cost strategy that will likely improve outcomes for dogs in animal shelters,» the authors conclude

Similar efforts locally are being made at Lollipop Farms, but spokeswoman Ashley Zeh said the facility has not yet gone to removing breed labels entirely.

«Removing the breed labels is more of an industry - wide shift, to focus on the dogs as individuals and less as some sort of label,» Fitzgerald said.

Some commissioners believe that removing the breed labels would help more dogs get adopted, as the public would have to as past the breed, and get to know the dog.

I am very excited by the innovation in the field and the movement to remove breed labels for adopters in their initial view of a pet.

Here's where I worry about the shift to fully remove breed labels: We then can potentially lose proper tracking on the back end to help ensure that we can identify what types are most at risk and then support them.

Cheryl Schneider, Williamson County animal services director, explained, «When you remove breed labels, you open the door to possibility.

It's why some shelters are choosing to remove breed labels altogether, in hopes that people will focus on personality instead.

The proposal is to remove breed labels from shelter kennel cards, forcing adopters to base their decisions on more important factors like the dog's personality, size, and training.

This action has garnered some negative feedback stating that removing the breed label would be a safety issue, deceiving the public, and put the city at risk of liability.

Not exact matches

For example: «Please place dog hair in a zip - locked plastic bag... Label each plastic bag of hair with the breed... Do not remove dog hair from the vacuum cleaner.

WCRAS has removed the use of breed labels at their shelter.

MISSION HILLS, CA (FOX 11)- The city of Los Angeles Board of Animal Services met Tuesday night to discuss the possibility of removing dog breed labels from city shelters and adoption forms.

There are a number of organizations that aim to combat breed discrimination, and while they are doing great work, change needs to happen at all levels, which is why one shelter in Florida has stepped up to the plate and removed all of its breed identification labels from kennel cards and their website.

Four groundbreaking case studies show that removing labels is a low - cost intervention that could improve outcomes for many, perhaps all, breeds - including pit bulls.

Advocates of the breed would like to see the «Pit Bull» label removed from their dogs in favor of «Bulldog»