Sentences with phrase «shelter euthanasia rates»

This morning, The Washington Post published my article about a new study from Mississippi State University showing that shelter euthanasia rates for dogs have dipped to the lowest level in modern history, with fewer than 780,000 dogs per year now dying in U.S. shelters.

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.

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.

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

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.

Given that pit bulls are so often «othered» by society, their shelter euthanasia rate is extremely high, hovering at a staggering 93 percent.

Not exact matches

Some longtime animal welfare professionals can remember the days of tiny cinderblock shelters hidden away from the community, bare concrete kennels and unthinkable euthanasia rates.

Palfrey: Yes, he is absolutely an animal lover, and he has offered all [that] money towards what we think is a really great plan for lowering the euthanasia rates in shelters.

While there seems to be hope on the horizon for the future of many Tulsa animals, Jenkins and all those at the Animal Shelter are already doing everything within their power to reduce euthanasia rates and the production of homeless pets, based on the results of a 2007 audit under Mayor Kathy Taylor's administration.

The foundation of that philosophy, in many cases, supports hoarders; legitimate organizations have unknowingly supplied hoarders with pets to get them out of their shelters in order to lower their euthanasia rates.»

Dogs we bring in from high - euthanasia rate shelters often have heartworm disease.

The shelter has ventilation issues and no quarantine area, which causes sickness, and ultimately leads to increased euthanasia rates.

According to Wikipedia, Black Dog Syndrome is defined as «the low adoption and high euthanasia rate of black dogs in shelters.

Contributing factors to pet euthanasia rates at overcrowded U.S. shelters include irresponsible breeding, pets not being spayed or neutered, pet homelessness, and surrendering because a person can no longer afford to care for a pet.

We strive to reduce the overpopulation of stray animals and euthanasia rates at our local shelters by educating our community about adoption, rescue, Spay and Neuter.

If you really cared about homeless pets you would have gone to the shelter, since you clearly knew that was an option and are well informed of the euthanasia rates in this country.

We have reduced euthanasia rates in many shelters, reducing some to no kill status itself.

She attended the University of Georgia, where she began honing her training skills while helping improve the behavior of local shelter dogs to reduce euthanasia rates.

We want to reward open admission shelters which have demonstrated large strides in decreasing euthanasia rates by promoting adoptable animals regardless of breed, working with rescue partners, and building animal welfare programs in the community.

While it is true that euthanasia is a fact of animal pound and shelter operations in Victoria, the question this audit is answering is not whether euthanasia is ever appropriate, but whether the LDH kill rate is higher than acceptable, measured against similar organisations.

Our goal is to assist these organizations in their mission to: * Increase the number of animals spayed / neutered * Increase the adoption rate of homeless animals * Decrease the euthanasia rate at local animal shelters

Every day, hundreds of animals are taken in trucks, vans and cars from overcrowded Southern shelters where euthanasia rates sometimes reach 70 percent to states in the North, where puppies and kittens are not as plentiful.

Many shelters report that over half their adoptions come from Petfinder and that their euthanasia rates have dropped substantially since they began using the site.

Since then, the euthanasia rate for shelter animals in the City has dropped dramatically, from 74 % in 2002 to 33 % in 2009.

While the MPP focuses on both cats and dogs, the issue of lost pets is particularly relevant to cats, given their low reclaim rates in shelters; high euthanasia rates; decreased likelihood of having collars, tags or microchips; and propensity to hide when frightened.

In this Friday, March 4, 2011 photo, dogs fill a kennel at the Lenoir County Animal Shelter in Kinston, N.C. Animals routinely go from overloaded Southern shelters like this where euthanasia rates sometimes reach 70 percent to the puppy and kitten - starved states of the North.

Target Zero's professionals work on - site with, and mentor, shelter staff and government officials, on a pro-bono basis (i.e. no cost to the community or shelter) in communities around the country to implement progressive, proven measures to achieve the twin goals of reducing shelter intake and euthanasia rates.

So far this year, euthanasia rates for dogs are up 31 % in the Los Angeles Animal Shelter system.

These rescues also free up additional local shelter space, lowering euthanasia rates in our communities.

According to the staffers, in an effort to achieve no - kill status, the shelter has been warehousing dogs in order to decrease their euthanasia rates.

Today's society has a heightened awareness of the staggering euthanasia rates occurring in animal shelters, and there is more determination than ever to reduce the killing of healthy animals.

Spay / neuter could have become a household word as citizens began looking for the free or low cost services needed to lower shelter intake and euthanasia rates.

«In a shelter system, that leaves the cats open to a higher rate of euthanasia.

«The Vet Pets program places them in view of the public at about five weeks old, so it not only takes them out of the shelter and decreases our euthanasia rate, but it also gets them adopted more quickly once they do reach eight weeks.»

As the managing organization for DeKalb County Animal Services and Fulton County Animal Services, LifeLine has dramatically increased adoption rates and decreased euthanasia rates by more than half at both shelters.

TNR stabilizes cat populations, greatly reduces the number of calls of concern about cats that municipalities receive, decreases euthanasia rates at shelters, and saves municipalities money.

The truth is that TNR stabilizes cat populations, greatly reduces the number of calls of concern about cats, decreases euthanasia rates at shelters, and saves municipalities money.

Increase adoption rates, keep animals together with their owners, and reduce euthanasia rates for your shelter using this easy to use service.

They claim that pet stores are adding to the euthanasia rate of shelter animals.

Before Hurricane Harvey, the Baytown, TX, shelter's euthanasia rate was above 50 percent.

Prior to the clinic's launch, there had already been a decline in intake of dog's to the county's only animal shelter and the rate of decline did not change after the clinic opened, nor did the euthanasia rate for dogs change significantly.

Striving to decrease our shelter intake, increase our live release rates and to reserve euthanasia for animals that have serious medical conditions with great suffering, or behavior issues that pose a threat to the public's health and safety and the animal's well - being.

More animal control agencies and shelters have begun to embrace humane changes that decrease intake numbers, decrease euthanasia rates, and increase live releases.

Officials with the city's Bureau of Animal Regulation and Care hope the program puts a dent in the shelter's euthanasia rate.

One state interested in Houston's pet surplus, Perini and Carlock said, is New Hampshire, where a landmark 1994 law gave the state the lowest euthanasia rate in the nation, thanks to a state - subsidized spay / neuter program for pets of owners on public assistance and for animals adopted from shelters.

Kerry had rescued one puppy at a time from a shelter in Lake County that had a high euthanasia rate and no rescue organizations to assist them.

Around this time, he also realized the critical need for intensive spay and neuter efforts to help lower the euthanasia rates in South Florida shelters.

The care provided by the center's 19 - person medical team is a major reason why OHS has maintained a near - zero euthanasia rate for pets who arrive at the shelter in need of the level of medical care a typical owner would want for their own pet.

With FCRC, Felines & Canines will be able to pull animals from facilities with high euthanasia rates and get them cared for and ready for transport to receiving rescues (their Chicago shelter included).

The city came to this resolution largely because of the huge expenses associated with its overcrowded shelter system and its euthanasia rate of approximately 4000 unwanted dogs and cats PER MONTH.