We have conducted a couple of surveys around lost pets and have also dug into a set of
shelter data for the past couple of years, and with those data sets we simply do not see strong evidence that the Fourth of July is the biggest day for pet loss.
Several leading national animal welfare organizations today announced the launch of Shelter Animals Count: The National Database Project, a first - of - its - kind platform for the collection and reporting of animal
shelter data for organizations across the country.
Not exact matches
The number of homeless people in city
shelters has exceeded 60,000
for the first time in history, official
data revealed Wednesday.
The number of homeless people in city
shelters has exceeded 60,000
for the first time in history, official
data revealed.
For the latest audit, the state Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance, the agency tasked with overseeing state - sanctioned
shelters, provided
data that showed nearly 3,900 violations statewide outside of the city.
The Institute
for Children, Poverty and Homelessness has added the number of students living in
shelters to its online interactive
data tool, which is available at http://tinyurl.com/zpt9s64.
«He sure knows his
data because I've been in plenty of meetings with him where we've gone over the
data, and the fact that 22,000 people are moved out of the
shelter — he gets a lot of credit
for,» de Blasio said.
Researchers focused their study on 100 municipalities in Colorado, the only state to compile public
data for animal
shelter surrenders and other statistics.
When they plugged individual species
data for vertebrates that depend on the tropical forest
for food and
shelter and deforestation patterns from 1970 to 2008 into their model, it projected that 80 — 90 % of extinctions caused by previous rainforest loss are yet to come.
Her professional passions and expertise include best practice and programming
for ELs,
Sheltered Instruction (SIOP), Co-teaching, Special Education Identification of ELs, WIDA and English Language Learning assessments and
data.
We were also student safety coordinators, organizers of school - wide
data, parent engagement specialists, and we dealt with many of the compliance - related tasks that principals designated to us — everything from conducting fire and
shelter drills to checking little heads
for lice.
Six years ago, the consumer advocacy group, Canadians
for Tax Fairness, released
data that showed how firms and individuals were
sheltering as much as $ 170 billion in offshore tax havens in 10 locations across the globe.
In addition to the collection of the
data, our conversations with
shelter workers revealed that many cities have a part - time worker who cares
for animals in the morning and then works at a different position thereafter.
Most people might think
shelter medicine is mostly about spay / neuter, but a group of progressive veterinarians are changing paradigms all over the United States as they develop innovative,
data - driven strategies
for helping homeless pets.
The
data we used
for this analysis is from
shelters that submit their
data to our ASPCA database.
In the coming days, we'll also have a guest post from DNA My Dog's founder, Mindy Tenenbaum, about how the easy - to - use cheek swab DNA test is helpful
for shelter staff who can use the
data to help place their furry adoptees into their perfect forever homes!
Recently released
data from a national animal
shelter study by the American Society
for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals...
Moving forward,
shelters can analyze their
data in this way
for various types of scenarios including:
I looked at
data for another
shelter like mine: Medium - sized, open - admissions
shelter, and in a large city.
Continuing our look into the animal
shelter open
data for the city
shelters in Austin and Sacramento, we see how to wrangle the
data so that it can be analyzed using R, the popular software environment
for statistical computing and graphics.
The objectives of this manuscript are to: 1) describe the use of GIS technology in developing and tracking a
data - based target
for decreasing
shelter intake; 2) discuss the types of interventions used in the attempt to decrease intake and 3) document the efficacy of this approach in decreasing
shelter intake.
The four primary ASAP animal
shelters (Humane Society
for Southwest Washington, Multnomah County Animal Services, Oregon Humane Society, and Washington County Animal Services) pulled cat and dog intake
data for all of 2010 from their
shelter software / database systems.
One recent study examined two adjacent counties in CA
for shelter intake trends using
data from 1993 to 2005 [2].
A third article summarized
data from two different programs in different parts of the country
for the effect of spay / neuter on
shelter intake and euthanasia [4].
Although the software varied by
shelter, they all were able to provide intake
data in an Excel format that included individual records
for all cats and dogs that entered their
shelters in 2010.
The
shelters that value and capitalize on the
data they collect will no doubt distinguish themselves as they become ever more proficient and sophisticated at lifesaving, setting new performance levels
for other
shelters to match.
Here is some
data which shows before and after save rates
for shelters Target Zero has worked with:
The
shelter data provides us a marker
for how well we, as an animal welfare field, are doing at saving lives.
«Our goals are to bring together both researchers and animal welfare and control professionals, to offer a safe place
for open dialogue, to translate the analyzed
data outcomes so that they can be used to improve or create
shelter programs, and to offer effective alternatives to continue on the path to save more lives,» said Pamela Burns, chair of the NCPP board of directors.
Michael has a gift
for data and keeps up with statistics and reporting that is required of all Virginia animal
shelters.
In South Carolina, we have some
data that indicates live release rate at SC
shelters may be about 65 - 75 % but currently there is no way to know
for sure.
Tracks designed
for veterinarians,
shelter administrators, veterinary technicians, veterinary students and volunteers will present research
data, insights and proven strategies
for saving lives in animal
shelters.
iShelters means no need to install expensive software,
data backed up securely
for you, and a virtual IT department
for your
shelter - large or small.
Before using the calculator, obtain the approximate human population of your community using U.S. census
data, as well as intake and outcome
data for the
shelters that serve the community.
Presentations covered resent research
data, insights and proven strategies
for saving lives in animal
shelters.
If you have several different sites
for adoptions, ideally run it separately
for each one if the
data is available (do not include off - site adoptions when calculating
shelter ADC).
While the position of the campaign is that the first and best place to look
for a new pet is an animal
shelter or rescue organization, this compelling
data underlines an important path to ending the high - volume commercial breeding of puppies
for the pet store trade.
Since the Asilomar Accords were established, many of those same organizations and others put their heads together and created the Basic
Data Matrix, which serves as a basis for the minimum data shelters should be collecting and report
Data Matrix, which serves as a basis
for the minimum
data shelters should be collecting and report
data shelters should be collecting and reporting.
For many years FIREPAW's primary research focus was conducting program evaluations, data analyses and strategic planning of ongoing programs for no - kill shelters and animal welfare organizations across the U.
For many years FIREPAW's primary research focus was conducting program evaluations,
data analyses and strategic planning of ongoing programs
for no - kill shelters and animal welfare organizations across the U.
for no - kill
shelters and animal welfare organizations across the U.S..
It's important
for shelters to closely track their own
data and also view that work in the context of what other
shelters are doing and what pet owners are thinking.
A variety of efforts have been undertaken over the past few decades to create a platform
for shelter data reporting, yet no national or centralized system exists
for consolidated
shelter data until now.
In collaboration with the Lead Pet Caregiver and Admissions Specialist, perform intake exams
for verification of health and behavior wellness, as well as
data entry of animals» history in the
shelter software.
These two counties account
for 21 percent of all statewide
shelter deaths, according to 2014
data.
The Placer SPCA is proud to follow the Asilomar Accords, the national standard on
data collection and transparency
for animal
shelters.
«This is kind of a remarkable age
for sheltering in that we have people working in
shelters who are not just dedicated animal lovers who are committed to homeless animals, but who are actually stepping back and looking at the
data and figuring out what's true and what's just anecdote,» Fricke says.
In the next post in this series, we'll explore the outcome
data for the Austin and Sacramento
shelters, and see what we can learn.
«We have tried at many different points in the history of animal
sheltering and our national movement to gather
data,» says Jodi Lytle Buckman, chair of the board of directors
for Shelter Animals Count and senior director of community outreach at the ASPCA.
Every year, the partners have reached their common goals, thanks to a new
shelter, ongoing meetings,
data and GIS map analysis and a well - developed strategic plan, completed through the ASPCA's Logic Model — all of which laid the framework
for their community initiatives.
Collecting
data is a complex process, especially
for shelters — not only are
shelter staff extremely busy, but some
shelters worry that
data could be misrepresented to make their organization look bad.
Eventually,
Shelter Animals Count hopes to provide
for sharing more specific
data, as long as groups continue to contribute their numbers monthly and work together.