The quantity and quality of shelter adoptions is in the hands of shelter management, making life - saving a direct function
of shelter policies and practice.
Depending
on shelter policy, puppies are usually available for adoption after about 7 weeks of age.
Per shelter policy, minors must be accompanied by an adult guardian while visiting animals.
Current animal control and
shelter policies result in millions of healthy cats being killed each year, year after year.
Even with open -
admission shelter policies that encourage the public to turn in cats at any time without restriction, few shelters take in more than 10 % of the community's free - roaming cats each year.
We have a live release rate of over 90 %, and are very proud of our excellent volunteer and foster programs, compassionate staff,
progressive sheltering policies and practices, and the wonderful animal - loving community we're a part of!
By contrast, no -
kill sheltering policies prioritize shelter staff positions that focus on saving lives (via improved animal care, good customer service, free spay / neuter services, innovative adoption promotions, etc.) over beefed - up enforcement.
The Coalition for the Homeless has attacked the city's
emergency shelter policies, and reported in November that the number of children living in shelters has reached record levels, jumping from 16,000 per night in shelters in 2011 to 20,000 per night staying in shelters in 2012.
The sponsors of the resolution are convinced that the early - age approach will reduce euthanasia of unwanted pets by preventing unwanted litters and by
making shelter policies of spay / neuter before adoption more effective.
I do support rescue and
shelter policies which require that animals adopted FROM them be returned TO them for rehoming.
More and more shelters are coming to the realization that traditional
cat sheltering policies have failed cats miserably, and progressive new models are emerging that better connect with the behavior of real - life cats and their people.
Laurie Routhier is responsible for the development and implementation of best practices and processes to support Muttville's strategic goals, and ensure the effective and efficient running of programs by
guiding shelter policy, operations and strategy.
Key Message: Public and
Shelter Policies lay the foundation for successful programs that decrease intake and increase the number of animals saved.
Let your city council know that progressive,
lifesaving shelter policies are important to you, and that it's one of the boxes you check when deciding whom to vote for.
Because shelter policies don't permit putting pets up for adoption that have not been sterilized, kittens that are too young and light — less than 4 weeks old and under 2 pounds — for the surgery and necessary vaccinations often are euthanized if foster homes can't be found.
At the same time,
shelter policies regarding the appropriate disposition of animals should reflect the best interests of the animals as well as the need to maintain the public's trust in the shelter system.
MOAS is solely responsible for running the shelter and relies on a volunteer Board of Directors to
set shelter policy and to raise necessary funds.
Surely, such a dramatic reduction warrants a second look — especially when it's being used in an attempt to
shape sheltering policy for all of Los Angeles.
Assuring all other employees are adhering to
shelter policies at all times and completing all tasks in a timely manner.
CITY HALL — A judge has blocked the city from implementing a new
homeless shelter policy that would have forced men and women seeking shelter to prove they have nowhere else to go — marking a major win for City Council Speaker Christine Quinn.
Also acts as the face of MEOW, providing excellent customer service to all shelter visitors and educating them
on shelter policies and animal care.
Even with open -
admission shelter policies that encourage the public to turn in cats at any time without restriction, few shelters take in more than 10 % of the community's free - roaming cats each year [9].
This type of informed legislation, along with programs like the Community Cats Projects, which are operating in four cities, not only facilitate the establishment of no -
kill sheltering policies, they directly address the long - term objective of creating sustainable no - kill communities, where the community as a whole is an extension of a lifesaving shelter system, and the public is a partner in ensuring the safety of all animals.
Bloomberg and NYC Council Speaker Chris Quinn are still tight despite the council's lawsuit challenging his homeless
shelter policy.
The city should move to vacate Callaghan and work with the Cuomo administration to devise
a shelter policy that is rational, cost - effective and serves the truly needy.
City Council members slammed the Bloomberg administration Wednesday for a new homeless
shelter policy that forces those seeking help to prove they have nowhere else to go.
Rose Wilson, Animal Welfare supervisor for the City of Lawton for 25 years, said that
shelter policies, or a lack of them, affects the most at - risk animals in addition to placing a huge burden on the communities and rescue organizations.
Fewer than one fourth of cities have procedures that actually support compliance with the 1986 Oklahoma Dog and Cat Sterilization Act, a law intended to keep shelter animals from giving birth to more unwanted animals; many do not keep records of the number of animals handled and 28 shelters refused to return calls or told us they would not discuss
their shelter policies with the public.
While the rest of us work to save the lives of individual animals, Commissioner Riordan has fought to see
that shelter policy in defense of animals was imposed within the LA Shelter System.
Such changes to
shelter policy are one of the biggest recommendations Target Zero makes when they come to a city and assess how to get the shelter to a 90 percent save rate.
In our position statement on the responsibilities of shelters (Responsibilities of Animal Shelters), we make clear that
shelter policies should treat potential adopters respectfully and should never discriminate against them based on race, ethnicity, sexual orientation or identification or financial circumstances.