Sentences with phrase «shelter euthanasia»

For that reason, a method to determine immune status in exposed dogs could save their lives by preventing shelter euthanasia of all exposed dogs.

Now considered one of the safest places in the country for homeless animals, the community has reduced shelter euthanasia by 87 % in the past eight years.

The city claims shelter euthanasia rates have been cut in half.

Recent returns are straining our resources and causing a great deal of frustration, since we have not been able to pull many dogs from shelter euthanasia lists.

Rescue, adoption, and transport efforts can certainly be part of a successful plan for ending unnecessary shelter euthanasia, and can make significant short - term reductions in shelter intake and euthanasia.

We can not solve the problem of shelter euthanasia while ignoring the other problems in our communities, because euthanasia rates are a symptom of something much bigger.

We are a well - funded start - up organization that takes pride in bringing together great minds from diverse backgrounds in our mission to reduce shelter euthanasia.

During the first six years after the programs were established, shelter euthanasia rates dropped by 75 percent and have been maintained at that level since that time.

From the very beginning, LifeLine has worked to assess the needs of Atlanta's animal welfare community and provide innovative, strategic resources in support of its mission to end shelter euthanasia of homeless animals.

Dr. McCobb said she has «seen a dramatic decrease in shelter euthanasia over the last ten years and HQHVSN practice has been an essential factor.»

We are working to reduce animal shelter euthanasia in Los Angeles and we are proud to have achieved the benchmark of 150,000 dogs and cats spayed and neutered since opening our doors in 2007.

Largely rural, the region has been plagued by high shelter euthanasia rates and a lack of lifesaving programs, notes FHAS board president Brenda Mitchell.

Feral Freedom is an innovative program that has decreased feline shelter euthanasia between 25 % and 50 % in every shelter it has been fully implemented.

Feral Freedom is an innovative program that has decreased feline shelter euthanasia between 25 % and 50 % in every shelter in which it has been fully implemented.

Her experience running a nonprofit rescue organization and at FCNMHP focusing on ending shelter euthanasia give her a unique perspective into the Target Zero mission.

Claremore, Lawton, Sapulpa and other cities in Oklahoma have passed spay / neuter ordinances in order to place the responsibility for preventing shelter euthanasias back on citizens.

Efforts by shelters and welfare groups have helped to reduce annual shelter euthanasia to just over 700,000 dogs.

Those concerned with shelter euthanasias and animal neglect should be alarmed that the animals most likely to suffer are the unplanned puppies and kittens that are passed between family members, friends and neighbors, or given away in parking lots or through newspaper ads and websites like Craigslist.

«Neither untargeted shelter euthanasia nor TNR is well - supported as a method to protect wildlife by eradicating or significantly reducing cat populations on a broad scale.

We believe that addressing puppy mill cruelty is essential to alleviating many of the other problems in the animal welfare community, including shelter euthanasia rates, animal abandonment, and owner relinquishment.

(APA) changed the face of shelter euthanasia at the city shelter by tackling difficult shelter medical issues.

After two years, per capita shelter intake was 3.5 times higher and per capita shelter euthanasia was 17.5 times higher in the nontarget area than in the target area.

By focusing on shelter euthanasia lists, we have identified the following groups as most at risk:

This presentation explores innovative approaches to saving cats» lives, particularly in communities where shelter euthanasia rates are high.

There are basically two schools of thought about shelter euthanasia: people tend to believe either that society is to blame for the deaths and therefore society must be punished with restrictive laws or they believe in education, compromise, and reason to bring about the desired goal.

«We know that high volume spay - neuter is the most effective way to reduce shelter euthanasia due to the overpopulation of cats and dogs,» said Dr. Emily McCobb, DVM, MS, DACVAA, Director of the Shelter Medicine Program at the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University, and an author of the guidelines.

In the process, they end up sending potential adopters to buy pets because they weren't able to adopt, and the keep pets from finding permanent homes and end up clogging up the shelter / rescue system and needlessly increasing shelter euthanasia.

Oklahoma has a severe pet overpopulation crisis that costs state taxpayers literally millions of dollars every year in shelter euthanasia costs.

They can not provide a truly humane (pain - and stress - free) euthanasia for any animal; they are more expensive than the humane alternative, euthanasia by injection; they pose risk of injury and even death to shelter staff; and they have been condemned for routine shelter euthanasia by the AVMA, as well as by The HSUS, NACA and every other national animal welfare organization.

Shelter euthanasia caused by overpopulation is the leading cause of death for companion animals.

One of the loudest defenders of traditional shelter euthanasia is PeTA, a group that identifies itself as a leading animal «protection» organization, yet seems to have no problem condoning and participating in the senseless murder of healthy and treatable companion animals simply because they're homeless.

«If conducted responsibly between contiguous states within the Continental US, these services can reduce needless shelter euthanasia of adoptable pets,» said NAIA President, Patti Strand, «but when managed irresponsibly, these programs operate as unregulated pet stores and place the public at risk.»

The founding goal of SPI is the reduction of pet overpopulation and animal shelter euthanasia by promoting affordable spay and neuter services.

Wonder Cat Rescue is a San Francisco - based non-profit organization devoted to rescuing needy kittens and cats from shelter euthanasia and abandonment.

The premise of their attack is based on the belief that pet stores are responsible for (1) local pet overpopulation, (2) increased population at shelters, (3) the high shelter euthanasia rates and (4) the sale of sick dogs from «puppy mills» to unsuspected consumers.

Her experience running a nonprofit rescue organization and at FCNMHP focusing on ending shelter euthanasia give her a unique perspective achieving the Target Zero mission.

AnimalKind considers targeted spay / neuter assistance to be the most critical element of a plan to end unnecessary shelter euthanasia.

This ensures that all cats in a colony are humanely managed and prevents shelter euthanasia of cats who are part of managed colonies.

The statistics show a big decline in shelter euthanasia, from 118,369 in 2007 to 27,250 in 2015.

Myth # 1: Pet stores are responsible for U.S. pet overpopulation, shelter overpopulation, and high shelter euthanasia rates: Fact: Not a single scientifically based study has been found that supports this myth.

The ultimate goal of MPG and the Found Animals Foundation is «to end shelter euthanasia of healthy, adoptable animals.»

PAWS writes thoughtfully about their comprehensive model for reducing shelter euthanasia in Chicago and acknowledges the high returns to spay / neuter surgeries, so we believe the reason that program is now so consistent in size is serving most of the need in their area.

The 2007 passage of a strong spay / neuter ordinance in Lawton has resulted in reduced shelter intakes, reduced shelter euthanasias and an increase in owner reclaims as well.

Thank you for putting faces to this terrible tragedy of shelter euthanasia.

As New England pet demographics evolve, CHS is seeing less of a prevalence of shelter euthanasia and overcrowding and a dramatic rise of pets in need of extra care such as dentistry, injury treatment, or other illnesses.

Lastly, TNR saves taxpayer's money by reducing shelter intake, shelter euthanasia, and calls of concern to animal control.

TNR reduces shelter intake, shelter euthanasia, and calls to animal control — all of which saves taxpayer dollars.