Sentences with phrase «shelters because of their age»

Young At Heart Senior Pet Adoptions is a rescue group that focuses on rescuing senior cats and dogs that are often put first on the list of animals to be euthanized at shelters because of their age.

These dogs have long been present in shelters because of their age and are often not wanted by many, MANY new owners simply because they are old.

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Now at age 32, I think the point you present is important because as we constantly shelter our kids we are denying them of a lot of life lessons that are best learned naturally.

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Would they potentially end up in a shelter and put down because of their old age?

Our vision is a world where no animal with a quality of life remaining must be euthanized simply because of the length of time they've spent in a shelter, their age, or any special needs they may have.

Of the 7,600 cats and dogs killed in L.A. city shelters in 2016, more than 2,600 were underage kittens (two months of age or younger), simply because they didn't have safe places to call homOf the 7,600 cats and dogs killed in L.A. city shelters in 2016, more than 2,600 were underage kittens (two months of age or younger), simply because they didn't have safe places to call homof age or younger), simply because they didn't have safe places to call home.

Many older cats and dogs spend more time in shelters than others, simply because of their age.

To rescue from our local shelters dogs that we are contacted about because of specific medical needs regardless of age and breed.

Many of these very young kittens (under eight weeks of age) are brought to animal shelters simply because people don't know what else to do with them.

We do not have volunteers under the age of 18 working at the shelter because we can not be responsible for minors.

When I adopted little Felix (age 3) from a no - kill shelter, he was fed Science Diet dry food for cats with urinary tract issues (because of crystals found in his urine about a year earlier).

As it relates to the millions of animals that enter into animal shelters every year and don't make it out alive because of space, behavior, breed, or age, they are not euthanized, they are put to death.

They can be spayed at any age, as seen by the fact that the shelters spay kittens and puppies at 6 weeks of age - but this is simply because they want to ensure that the animals are sterilized prior to adoption.

Animals in foster care because they are too young to thrive in a shelter environment can be available for adoption at 8 weeks of age, if healthy.

While the puppies have a fighting chance of being adopted because they are cute, cuddly and irresistible, shelters may schedule an older dog for immediate euthanizing simply on the basis of age.

We are unable to accept pets under 8 weeks of age because of their susceptibility to disease and fragile condition, shelter life is not conducive for the little ones.

The Animal Orphanage, Voorhees, NJ Senior Dogs and cats tend to stay at this shelter longer than most other animals, simply because of their age.

At animal shelters, senior dogs are often euthanized because they aren't wanted but, with training, all dogs of any age or breed can be a great addition to the home.

Pittsburgh, PA — Animal Friends — Because this organization makes a commitment to every animal who enters the shelter, regardless of age or medical condition, they often have senior animals in need of a quiet, calm, mature home.

Gladys is 12 - years - old and is believed to have been dumped in the municipal shelter by her previous owners because of her failing health and advanced age, which makes her even more deserving of the nurturing care and pampering she is receiving at our Alex Lewyt Veterinary Medical Center.

Shelters also tend to lump together all shelter deaths regardless of the reason for euthanasia, even though their data would be of far greater statistical value if categorized, for example, as: 1) owner requested due to health, temperament or old age; 2) shelter mandated because the animal was judged too sick or too dangerous to be rehabilitated and placed; 3) and, shelter mandated because insufficient resources existed to continue maintaining an animal even though it was healthy and adoptable.

Unfortunately, limited - admission shelters are often forced to turn helpless animals away when they are considered «unadoptable» because of the animals» age, health or behavior.

«When my son could no longer afford his dog — a beautiful six year old golden retriever / chow mix named Bear — he called some shelters and was told that if he surrendered Bear, he would most likely be euthanized because of his age.

Approximately 2 - 5 % of stray cats (compared with approximately 15 - 20 % of stray dogs) in shelters are returned to their guardians and more than 70 % of cats (compared with about 56 % of dogs) are put to death in shelters each year, largely, shelters cite, because of a lack of adopters, no space, age, and spread of disease.

Most dogs find their way to shelters between the ages of 6 months and 1 year of age, because that is the worst behaved time of a dog's life — their adolescence; they WILL misbehave more during that time period.

Most of these dogs are elderly and sometimes ill and come from various shelters and animal rescues across the United States — places from which they are unlikely to be adopted because of their advanced age and thus where they face a high risk of euthanasia.