Sentences with phrase «shelter than any other year»

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A 403 (b) plan is a tax - sheltered annuity (an annuity is a series of regular payments made for more than a year) that is offered to employees by non-profit groups, public schools, and other tax - exempt organizations.

The organization saves and shelters thousands of animals each year through its famed Red Star ® Rescue program, ensures the welfare of more than one billion farm animals, researches new ways to help children with cancer, veterans and others through animal - assisted therapy, and protects some 100,000 animal actors on television and movie production sets each year through its well well - known «No Animals Were Harmed ®» program.

As the largest No Kill animal shelter in Kansas City, we care for more than 10,000 animals a year and work collaboratively with Animal Control and other animal welfare organizations to increase the number of homeless pets adopted, and focus on lifesaving programs promoting pet retention, identification, lost pet reunions, and pet ownership education throughout the community.

More dogs and cats die each year as a result of homelessness than any other cause of death, but shelter medicine can turn the tide for homeless pets.

I told Scott I wan na donate to animal shelters this year for Xmas, rather than gifts for each other????

The 4th of July is just around the corner and it's during this time that more pets find themselves in animal shelters than any other time of the year.

This news comes after four dogs died (three were euthanized) and more than 30 others caught the same sickness at a local Maricopa, Arizona animal shelter in January of this year, according to ABC 15.

From neonatal kittens, puppies with ringworm, or pets with injuries and medical conditions — to small companion pets like rabbits and rats, and adult dogs and cats needing an environment other than the shelter — hundreds of foster families opened their hearts and homes to thousands of pets from our shelter this past year.

Sacramento is joining more than 200 other cities, including San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston and Austin by passing the new legislation which was designed to target puppy mills and backyard breeders, and also to cut down on the vast number of animals that are euthanized in area shelters every year.

The pet - adoption rate is up more than 20 percent in King County, Washington, animal shelters in a year, thanks to cat cafes, creative and dedicated volunteers, foundation grants, and physical and other changes at area shelters, the Seattle Times reported recently.

In 1999, I founded Emancipet with the hope of reducing the number of animals coming into the shelter in the first place by providing low - or no - cost spay / neuter and other health services, and yet the fact remained that by 2008 more than 14,000 animals were being killed every year.

Upgrade the current commercial dog breeder law, requiring larger enclosures that have solid flooring and are not stacked Require that commercial breeders provide basic care, including constant access to exercise areas, nutritious food and potable water, socialization with humans and other dogs, regular and proper veterinary care, and more Require those selling 15 or more dogs in Ohio each year, regardless of where they are located, to also adhere to Ohio's humane standards Hobby breeders (defined as breeders with fewer than 8 female breeding dogs) as well as animal shelters and rescue groups are exempt from coverage.

Other than those who will adopt from a shelter as a matter of course (those saved above), how many people in the U.S. are looking to bring a new dog or cat into their home next year but have not decided where they will get the animal and can be influenced to adopt from a shelter?

This year alone, they have responded to nearly 7,200 animal - related complaints, transported more than 2,000 dogs, cats and other critters to animal shelters and recorded about 15 bite cases each month.

Tragically, for yet another year, officials at that agency who are tasked with oversight of the Virginia shelters continued to look the other way while PETA killed the vast majority of animals it took in and sought out, including 1,213 cats out of 1,487 cats, 596 out of 956 dogs, almost all the chickens, and more than half of all wild animals it took in.

This year, One Tail at a Time will save more than 500 dogs from overcrowded shelters and keep hundreds of others from entering the shelter system in the first place.

Each year, the Mayor's Alliance for NYC's Animals» fleet of transport vans known as Wheels of Hope carries more than 13,000 dogs and cats from Animal Care Centers of NYC (ACC) to other Alliance Participating Organizations — no - kill, non-profit shelters and rescue groups with the resources to find them new homes.

According to the Humane Society, more than 200 localities have passed «puppy mill» laws in the past two years that sometimes make it illegal for pet stores to source dogs anywhere other than shelters and rescuers.

A survey run by the site this year showed that 28 percent of shelters and rescues considered senior pets to be the hardest to place in homes, more than any other group.

3 years ago we acquired her sister Drea back into our lives as we were her 5th owners and her only choice other than a shelter.

In fact, several studies have shown that even years of high - volume, low - cost sterilization within a community have less of an impact on shelter death rates than other programs of the No Kill Equation.

The Milwaukee Area Domestic Animal Control Commission (MADACC) currently rescues and assures safe, temporary shelter, veterinary, and humane care for more than 10,000 stray, unwanted, abandoned, mistreated, and injured animals each year — more than any other animal control shelter in Wisconsin.

Each year, more than 6,000 homeless dogs, cats, rabbits, and other animals are matched with loving families through our shelter.

We found homes for over 500 more cats in 2017 than 2016, and were able to transfer 314 cats IN to the shelter this past year from other local shelters and municipalities that were full.

PHOENIX, AZ, JULY 4, 2011 — On Thursday, July 7 at 5:00 a.m. in the morning, the Washington County SPCA (WCSPCA) in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, can officially say they have transferred more than 1,000 dogs and puppies through PetSmart Charities ® Rescue Waggin» ® Program — reaching this milestone in just two years — one year before any other shelter partner in the national transport program, according to PetSmart Charities.

WSPCA beats previous record set by other animal shelters in Rescue Waggin» ® Program by more than a year

Within two years, Elmore said, no animal organization in South Carolina should be more than an hour's drive from one of these centers, usually larger, better - funded shelters that can offer assistance to other groups who want to reduce euthanasia rates.

Her group took in 9,295 animals last year, more than any other local shelter, and 64 percent of them were released alive.

Through organized events such as the MREA President's Charity Golf Classic, the Realtors Care Fishing Derby, the WinnipegRealtors Gim me Shelter Event and individual donations, the foundation raised more money in 2010 than it has in any other year since it began.

More than 4,500 dogs, cats and other animals receive life - saving shelter, food and veterinary care each year from the Regina Humane Society.