We work with over-crowded, under - sourced and many times
rural shelters with high euthanasia rates to save dogs that would have little or no chance for adoption in their local geographic area.
half the way home is focused on the forgotten ones: the feral mommies and babies, the injured and sick, the seniors that deserved better than being left in animal control because they weren't wanted anymore, the itty bitty hissy spitties that with a little love will turn into the most wonderful kittens and of course, those in
rural shelters with little to no hope of rescue.
Abandoned at
the rural shelter with her litter of puppies, she was just starting her second heat when the rescue organization saved her.
Not exact matches
Just a few years ago, some
rural Christians expected a catastrophe, the coming of the Antichrist, and on the advice of their pastors stocked their Y2K
shelters with rice and beans, portable generators and ammunition.
Pre-Campaign Community Service / Activism: Worked extensively
with Family of Woodstock, Rip Van Winkle Council of Boy Scouts of America, establishing Ulster County Habitat for Humanity, Ralph Darmstadt Homeless
Shelter, Ulster County Board of Health and Ulster County Human Rights Commission, Caring Hands Soup Kitchen Board Member, Midtown Rising Board Member, Teacher at Woodbourne Prison, part of Rising Hope Program Platform At a Glance Economy: Supports farming subsidies, job creation through infrastructure investments in
rural broadband and sustainable technology, in favor of strong unions Healthcare: Medicare for All Women's Rights: Pro-choice, supports fully funding Planned Parenthood, birth control to be paid for employer, supports equal pay for equal work Racial Justice: Will work to prevent discrimination of all kind Immigration: Supports comprehensive immigration reform that includes path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants Foreign Policy: Supports increased pressure on North Korea but not military intervention Environment: Supports measures to stall climate change and create green jobs LGBTQ: Supports anti-discrimination of all people Gun Control: Will not take NRA money, supports common sense gun control and against Faso's vote to allow the mentally disabled to obtain firearms
Dignified, adequate infrastructure and services should be prioritized for
rural areas and poor parts of urban areas; the parasitic exploitation of villages by cities should be eliminated through measures for maximum urban self - sufficiency and sustainability; public transportation, walking and bicycling needs to be prioritized over private motorized transportation; adequate
shelter / housing
with land rights should be a high priority for urban slums.
Disturbingly, Focus Oklahoma research revealed that an estimated less than one fifth of
rural shelters comply
with the 1986 state law requiring sterilization of animals released from
shelters.
We estimate less than one fifth of
rural shelters comply
with the state law requiring sterilization of
shelter animals.
The counties
with the least access to affordable spay / neuter services are also the counties
with the least access to
shelters, and most
shelters that do exist in
rural counties continue to release intact.
Shelter access is the first line of defense against abandonment, and, in
rural areas
with chronic poverty, affordable spay / neuter services are the only line of defense against unwanted litters.
What's really mind - blowing is they, in turn, work
with more than 30
rural rescues /
shelters.
However,
rural areas
with the least access to spay / neuter clinics and the least access to
sheltering are also the ones in which intact animals are most likely to be released from the existing
shelters with no follow - up to ensure they were altered.
For two years I was Director of Operations and
Shelter Vet for Prairie's Edge Humane Society, a rural open door shelter with an annual intake of about
Shelter Vet for Prairie's Edge Humane Society, a
rural open door
shelter with an annual intake of about
shelter with an annual intake of about 8,000.
He has spoken nationally and internationally on animal
sheltering issues, has written animal protection legislation at the state and national levels, has created successful no - kill programs in both urban and
rural communities, and has consulted
with a wide range of animal protection groups, including some of the largest and best known in the nation.
I can't believe you are comparing the animal
shelters (
rural or not)
with this type of dog breeder!
Some of the dogs were strays... others no longer could live
with their families and still more have been pulled from
rural animal
shelters where they were considered «too old» to be adoptable.
Financial assistance from one or more of RADAR's funds, together
with the participation of a rescue group, saves the lives of dogs who otherwise would most likely be put to sleep in
rural shelters: older dogs, black dogs, special - needs dogs and medical - needs dogs, regardless of breed.
In the small
rural city of Winterset in Madison County,
with a population of just over 5,000, there is no city - funded
shelter facility.
In addition to her passion for
shelter medicine and animal advocacy, every summer she can be found volunteering
with HSVMA Field Services (formerly known as RAVS), providing free veterinary care and education to under - served,
rural communities.
She trained McGrady using hand signs, and now he's an amazing dog
with a foundation that raises money for
rural shelters in North Carolina.
To that end, in addition to
sheltered animals, we provide animal control services in
rural Walla Walla County, including cruelty and neglect investigations to ensure that animals have homes
with responsible, committed caregivers.
We are not able to assess dogs
with cats since we are a small,
rural shelter set up for dog intake only.
Many
shelters are under financial constraints themselves and, especially in
rural areas
with low rates of spaying and neutering, often have high kill rates.
When launched in 2009, Project Fetch, our transfer program, largely focused on relocating dogs from
rural shelters and tribal lands
with limited resources and, in some cases, hoarding situations.
Animal Lifeline is a support organization for rescues,
shelters and municipal groups that partners
with the Petfinder.com Foundation to take groups of student volunteers and animal care professionals to provide education and resources to
rural shelters in great need.
If you are interested in this program and want to know more about how we help
rural areas / farms
with breeding cats contact the
shelter for more information or an application.
The ASPCA, at the request of the Monroe County Humane Investigator and the Monroe County Sherriff's Office, is assisting
with the removal and
sheltering of 15 dogs and a parakeet found living in an overcrowded mobile home in
rural Kendall, Wisconsin.
Nathan J. Winograd is a graduate of Stanford Law School, a former criminal prosecutor and corporate attorney, has spoken nationally and internationally on animal
sheltering issues, has written animal protection legislation at the state and national level, has created successful No Kill programs in both urban and
rural communities, and has consulted
with a wide range of animal protection groups including some of the largest and best known in the nation.
Baby was one of the dogs we rescued from that euthanasia list from a
rural shelter we often partner
with and upon intake, it became clear that Baby was about to have babies of her own.
It is our second largest event of the year and provides Badass Brooklyn Animal Rescue
with the support we need to continue the important work of rescuing dogs from high kill
shelters in the mostly
rural South.
Prior to her career
with VBSPCA, Jenny worked at a
shelter in
rural Louisiana where the intake of animals far outweighed the number of animals adopted, so she was able to relate to many of VHS's struggles.
The components include our Animal Wellness Center Program offering spay / neuter, vaccine and wellness services; our Mobile Program supporting small,
rural shelters and community groups where access to low - cost spay / neuter services is limited; and our Community Program partnering
with local veterinary clinics to provide subsidized spay / neuter options for clients in their communities.
Our friends over at Ruff Club have teamed up
with several LES restaurants to raise funds for Badass Brooklyn Animal Rescue, a nonprofit organization that rehomes dogs pulled from
rural shelters in the South.
Under my leadership, Tompkins County, New York, became the first No Kill community in the U.S. I have also spoken nationally and internationally on animal
sheltering issues, have written animal protection legislation at the state and national level, have created successful No Kill programs in both urban and
rural communities, and have consulted
with a wide range of animal protection groups, including some of the largest and best known in the nation.
They work
with shelter partners in low - income and
rural areas where hundreds of highly - adoptable dogs are euthanized each month due to overpopulation problems, lack of spay / neuter education and inadequate funding.
We found Cooper at a
rural shelter, an owner surrendered young mixed breed dog
with big soft chocolate brown eyes.
We fostered one dog from a
rural shelter in Kentucky who later went on to live
with my in - laws.
Just about a year old and left at a
rural shelter when his owner moved away, Jay had the unfortunate luck of being born
with severe bilateral hip dysplasia.
5) If the organization is a licensed
shelter in Michigan, they are REQUIRED to file an annual
shelter report
with Michigan's Department of Agriculture and
Rural Development (MDARD).
Last Chance Animal Rescue is a volunteer - based not - for - profit organization located out of Southampton which rescues animals from «kill» facilities — many of which are
rural shelters in southern states — and underwrites the costs of relocating them to «no - kill» facilities and foster homes
with the goal of adopting them into a forever family.
Additionally, most of
rural Oklahoma has limited or no access to
shelters to receive unwanted animals; the lack of
sheltering overlaps
with a lack of local affordable spay / neuter services to place thousands of unwanted animals at risk of terrible suffering.
My local county animal
shelter was looking into forming a veterinary service team and a spay / neuter clinic and I was asked to come in and get things off the ground because of my ties to the local community and experience
with animals of all species, which was important in a
rural area.
Some Asian temples will give
shelter to travelers in need, especially in remote areas where there's no other accommodation, such as mountains and
rural areas
with no towns.
Some were active members of the armed forces, having volunteered or been conscripted into service; others were interned in labor or refugee camps; more were forced to flee, taking
shelter in neutral countries, hiding in mountainous or
rural areas, or relocating to New York, as was the case
with a number of European artists in exile.
With grants from the National Science Foundation, the Environmental Protection Agency, the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance, and generous donations from private benefactors and small companies, students from all three schools in the Cooper Union continue to work on a range of projects that address energy, water and
shelter in remote,
rural regions in the less industrialized world.
She says she was shocked by the contrast of women's lives in the Fairtrade cooperative Swallows in
rural Bangladesh where women can work in a healthy environment, while their children go to school nearby, and the lives of women in the city slums who live in tiny
shelters separated from their children who live
with their grandparents.