Sentences with phrase «return of adopted pets»

Identifying Future Trends Due to campaigns by local governments advising citizens to take all animal - safety precautions and efforts by shelters to prevent the return of adopted pets into the system, public conscientiousness is driving the demand for innovative identification options.

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The vast majority (more than 90 percent) of registered greyhounds are adopted or returned to the farm as pets or breeders when they retire.

Pet Care of Silver Spring will also share its love of companion animals by holding a fundraising silent auction of pet care products and services for Your Dog's Friend, a nonprofit organization whose goal is to help keep adopted dogs from being returned to shelters by educating and supporting their humans.

Thanks to unprecedented cooperation and communication between greyhound racing and hundreds of dedicated adoption organizations coast to coast, more than 90 percent of all registered greyhounds are adopted or returned to the farm as pets or breeders when they retire.

Plus, when she returns to her house at the end of the day, she gets a boisterous welcome from her growing gang of adopted pets.

The Ottawa City Council adopted a by - law that restricts the sale of commercially bred cats and dogs in pet stores, requiring new pet stores to offer only cats and dogs from legitimate shelters, humane societies or rescues organizations; all stores will also have to include a 48 hours return policy, as well as provide a certificate that indicates the source of the pet that is being sold.

• Total number of nationwide animal shelters 5,000 • Number of companion animals that enter into animal shelters nationwide annually 5 million • Average annual number of companion animals that are euthinized at shelters 3.5 million • Percent of dogs in animals shelters that are euthanized 60 % • Percent of cats in animal shelters that are euthanized 70 % • Percent of cats that are returned to their owners 2 % • Percent of dogs returned to their owners 15 % • Total percentage of dogs claimed to be spayed or neutered 78 % • Total percentage of cats that are claimed to be spayed or neutered 88 % • Total number of animals that end up in a shelter that are spayed or neutered 10 % • Percent of dogs brought to shelters that were adopted by a shelter 20 % • Percent of dogs and cats that are adopted from shelters 25 % • Total number of dogs and cats that are bought at pet stores 6 % • Percentage of people that get their pets free or at low cost 65 % • Cost of taxpayer money annually to round up, house, kill and dispose of homeless animals $ 2 billion • Total percentage of dogs in shelters that are purebred 25 % • Total percentage of U.S. homes who own at least 1 companion animal 63 % • Total number of homes that own at least 1 companion animal 70 million • Tags:

We see examples every day of the powerful connection that exists between pet owners and their companions, between returning Veterans and their waiting friends, between Veterinarians and their patients, so we knew we had to help define a more rigorous scientific foundation for this bond to be adopted in health care and therapy,» said Vanessa Mariani, Director Academic & Professional Affairs for Zoetis.

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After visiting four rescue centers in Connecticut — all of which would not allow us to see a single dog, much less adopt one, until we filled out lengthy paperwork and made an appointment to return at a later date — we stopped by a local pet shop just to become acquainted with some of the breeds (we were planning to adopt a German Shepherd to join our pack, which included at the time a Pug and a Toy Fox Terrier).

Though many shelters encourage adopted pets to be returned if the match does not work, adopters may choose avenues other than return to the shelter if they give up the new pet; thus the actual number of pets remaining in their homes six months after adoption is likely less than what is reported by animal shelters.

In return for your donation, you will get: a picture of the pet you are sponsoring, their history of how they arrived and the status on when your pet has been adopted.

Animal organizations want to reduce the odds of a pet being returned once adopted.

License fees support the return of more than 2,500 lost pets to their homes and help adopt 5,000 homeless pets to new families every year.

If, within those 60 days, you determine your recently adopted pet isn't a good fit or you find yourself unable to provide necessary medical care, you may return the animal to AHS and receive an adoption credit certificate that can be used toward the adoption of another animal or purchase of pet supplies.

Though she's content as a lapcat — and her soft fur lends itself to pets — she's been in and out of our shelter since her first arrival, having been adopted and returned to us four times.

By implementing spay / neuter and trap / neuter / return (TNR) programs to reduce the number of animals entering shelters, and increasing the number of people who adopt pets, we've reduced that number to around four million deaths annually.

But too many others are adopted and returned because their guardians were unprepared for the responsibilities of pet adoption.

Hall of Fame manager and Chief Baseball Analyst and Advisor of the Arizona Diamondbacks, Tony La Russa, returns as the program's official Bark at the Park Ambassador and will help promote the program through a public service campaign at participating ballparks reminding fans of the win - win nature of having a pet and encouraging people to adopt a new pet or a pal for their current pet.

And from that day forward at the end of every single day, 365 days a year, Kansas City Pet Project posts the name of every single pet that is adopted, returned to its home or sent to another rescue organization.

We would love to see our rate of owner reclaims increase so more pets are returned to their families, and we can then free kennel space for pets that don't have homes and need a loving family to adopt them.»

This foster program will allow you to spend a weekend with a great dog, who will be so happy to be in a home and you will be able to see if you have what it takes to become a pet parent and best of all, if you fall in love you can adopt instead of returning the dog» she continued.

They adopt out of the service territory Requires a dog be returned if the owner can not keep Takes ownership of a dog upon intake They do not require a home visit before adoption approval except under special circumstances: to check a fence, meet family members and pets, etc..

If for any reason I can not keep the Adopted Animal, I agree to notify the Guardian of the availability of the pet and to return the Adopted Animal upon request.

He adds that data show that pets adopted as a result of a promotion are no more likely to return to shelters than those adopted otherwise.

If at any point during this time your newly adopted pet and your previous pet are not getting along, you may return your adopted pet to the rescue to exchange with a more suitable match, or request a refund of your adoption fee.

900 foster families housed 2,500 pets and 65 percent of these animals were adopted directly from foster, without having to return to the shelter.

Brent, do you have any statistic showing the percentage of adopted pets were returned back to the shelter / rescue organization within a year?

Some of these include Furburbia pet adoption centers in malls (taking pets out of the shelter to the public); pet super adoptions (adopting hundreds of animals at a time over a weekend), the first coalition - based effort to end the killing; the Big Fix statewide mobile clinic, serving every nook and cranny of the state and cranking out more surgeries than any other mobile clinic of its kind (around 100,000 surgeries during its time); creative corporate partnerships, including Squatters Chasing Tail Ale and Hooters for Neuter; the first statewide community cat trap / neuter / return (TNR) programs; and the first dedicated shelter program to save pit bull terriers (the Pit Crew).