Sentences with phrase «shelters in a number of countries»

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Pantries, shelters and soup kitchens across the country have been reporting similar surges in the numbers of people needing food.

Spay / neuter laws have had a major impact on the number of «oops pets,» and shelters in many parts of the country are importing dogs to satisfy demand for adoptable animals.

I won't go into my full rant as you've all heard it before but credit crunch has resulted in an unbelievably large number of animals being dumped and abandoned at rescue shelters up and down the country.

Over 30 years later, they have inspired others throughout the country to take up the mantle of no kill and have helped to reduce the number of animals being killed in shelters by 91 percent.

Animal shelter statistics across the country demonstrated a constant increase in the number of animals dropped off at shelters because of treatable medical conditions.

In addition, as part of our 2025 Save Them All initiative that started last year, we launched an enormous data collection effort to examine the country's shelter numbers county by county.

When our shelters are empty because all of the unwanted, unloved dogs in this country have been adopted, and when the companies who manufacture gas chambers for animal shelters have gone out of business due to lack of customers, then I would say maybe we could consider limited numbers of dogs not being spayed, until then, it is the most absurd, downright stupid idea anybody who claims to love dogs, could possibly propose.

With the overpopulation in shelters around the country and the high numbers of euthanization — 4.5 million pets a year according to the Human Society — adopting a dog is one of the best things you can do to help this problem.

Why do these volunteers commit themselves day after day, week after week, to a public open admissions shelter where the number of homeless animals exceeds the number that can be adopted locally or transferred to no - kill shelter partners in other parts of the country?

«Everyone... looks forward to the day when the number of shelter killings for adoptable dogs or cats in Los Angeles, and around the country, is zero.»

«The number one reason that pets are returned to shelters and rescues in our country is because of behavior problems,» she says.

As the temperature plummets in many parts of the country, The Humane Society of the United States sees a marked increase in the number of complaints about dogs and cats who have been left outside with no food or shelter.

If all the animals adopted from shelters, including puppies and kittens, are neutered prior to adoption, there should be a corresponding decrease in the numbers of animals euthanized each year in this country.

Besides, even if you are able to find a home for your puppies, that means an equal number of dogs are put down or waiting in shelters across the country.

Although few studies about the numbers of animals entering shelters and the numbers of healthy animals euthanized in shelters have been done and those that are available depend on a limited number of survey responses, all indications are that fewer dogs are entering animal shelters, more of the dogs that are entering shelters are leaving for new homes, and there is actually a shortage of puppies and small dogs in some areas of the country.

One consequence of this remarkable development is a steep decline in the number of shelter dogs available for adoption in many parts of the country.

The number one documented cause of death of cats in this country is animal pounds and shelters.

The program has works in hundreds of cities across the country: Waco, TX; Jacksonville, FL; Indianapolis, IN; San Antonio, TX; Huntsville, AL to name a few... Did you know that San Antonio was number one in the entire nation for killing animals in their shelters just a few years agin hundreds of cities across the country: Waco, TX; Jacksonville, FL; Indianapolis, IN; San Antonio, TX; Huntsville, AL to name a few... Did you know that San Antonio was number one in the entire nation for killing animals in their shelters just a few years agIN; San Antonio, TX; Huntsville, AL to name a few... Did you know that San Antonio was number one in the entire nation for killing animals in their shelters just a few years agin the entire nation for killing animals in their shelters just a few years agin their shelters just a few years ago?

In less than two generations, these practices have produced astounding results: we are caring for more than twice as many dogs today as in the 1970's, yet the number of dogs entering shelters in most parts of the country is just a fraction of what it was 40 years agIn less than two generations, these practices have produced astounding results: we are caring for more than twice as many dogs today as in the 1970's, yet the number of dogs entering shelters in most parts of the country is just a fraction of what it was 40 years agin the 1970's, yet the number of dogs entering shelters in most parts of the country is just a fraction of what it was 40 years agin most parts of the country is just a fraction of what it was 40 years ago.

Each shelter competes against their own numbers from June, July and August of the previous year and hundreds of thousands of dollars are given out in prize money including prizes for Most Improved and Best Community Engagement as well as grants for the top shelters in each designated region of the country.

Sheltering teams from other parts of the country, however, may see a familiar pattern in the numbers King shared with us in a recent interview.

GAR was founded in 1989 and works to alleviate the suffering of animals in Greece by supporting a number of animal shelters, sterilising as many dogs & cats as funds allow and finding homes for the lucky few in the UK and several other EU countries.

If we have an APTP number high enough to represent 80 % of IPTP, we will have enough adoptive homes for every healthy and treatable animal who comes into the shelter, in pretty much any community in the country.

It's the first time we've been given scientific research on the number of shelters in our country — more than 7,000 — the number of dogs entering shelters annually and where they go from there.

The PLC also commissioned a separate study to accurately determine the number of dogs in the country — outside of what's in the shelters — as well as where they come from, because there are various numbers reported in this regard as well.

Maybe it's just where I live (my part of the country lacks enough shelter dogs from the local area to meet demand, so rescues routinely bring in hundreds of dogs from outside the area), but between the groups who are adopting out dogs rescued from fighting rings and those importing semi-feral street dogs, it seems to me that there is perhaps a mismatch between the heartfelt desire to help and the number of owners who, realistically, can be expected to have the extreme expertise and commitment needed to safely integrate these special - circumstance dogs into social situations.

Determining a shelter's Capacity for Care number is as vital in the drive to excellence as knowing the amount of gas in the tank before taking a drive across the country.

Some were active members of the armed forces, having volunteered or been conscripted into service; others were interned in labor or refugee camps; more were forced to flee, taking shelter in neutral countries, hiding in mountainous or rural areas, or relocating to New York, as was the case with a number of European artists in exile.

The number of homeless children in the country has increased 33 percent since 2007, and one in 45 children in the country are homeless — either living on the street or in a homeless shelter or doubling up with other families, according to a new report out by the National Center on Family Homelessness.