Sentences with phrase «unadoptable because»

We want to save everything, but that can be a very difficult challenge in a shelter environment where a dog may be considered unadoptable because of some issue ranging from behavioral problems to a medical condition like hip dysplasia.

SFARR Refuge provides a permanent safe - haven for animals considered unadoptable because of behavioral and health problems.

This facility will also be home to animals who are considered unadoptable because they do not fit into a traditional home setting, however we believe they deserve to live and this facility will be designed to provide them that opportunity.

«I was a volunteer at Oakland Animal Services — Oakland's municipal shelter — and there wasn't a rescue organization who helped cats who appear unadoptable because they are scared in a shelter environment,» Founder Ann Dunn told iHeartCats.

The sad truth is that only a few of these animals are sick, injured or unadoptable because of temperament problems.

Dams stated that the animals destroyed were all unadoptable because they were either sick or vicious.

Some people in the audience questioned her negative evaluation of a Rottweiler - hound mix as unadoptable because the dog was agitated, suspicious, and highly distracted with people and aggressive with another dog.

A substantial number of the cats euthanized in animal shelters are considered unadoptable because they are feral.

Consider Peaches, who was deemed unadoptable because she was diabetic.

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We will not keep an «unadoptable aggressive» dog at the ITV Rescue Center for the rest of its life because it risks the safety of ITV volunteers and kennel techs and we believe it is an injustice to all the other dogs who are dying every day in shelters.

Second, it takes money; many animals are deemed «unadoptable» because of something as insignificant as an easily - treatable medical condition.

I think now that President Obama missed an opportunity not only to save a life, but also to draw national attention to the tragedy of the millions of shelter animals, dogs, cats and other pets, that are euthanized every year simply because they are homeless, unwanted, or declared «unadoptable» for some arbitrary reason. If you have ever loved an animal, you know how heartbreaking, how gut wrenching this tragedy is.Â

Most animal shelters across the United States kill virtually all feral cats who come through their doors, because they are considered unadoptable.

Animal control's outdated approach to community cats has been to catch cats and bring them to a shelter where they will be killed because they are not socialized to people and therefore unadoptable.

This rescue is unique because we foster many animals deemed «unadoptable» like bonded pairs, special needs, and seniors.

Because feral cats are not socialized to people, they are unadoptable as pets.

This is a death sentence because these cats are not socialized to people and are unadoptable.

We believe that the word «unadoptable» is a relative term and to label a dog unadoptable simply because of its age is wrong.

He had been deemed «unadoptable» because he had been returned twice to the rescue and, was a 5 - year old alpha male who needed to be an only dog.

There are tens of millions of community cats in the US and millions of these cats are killed in shelters each year because they are unadoptable.

Consequently, feral feline communities too frequently are rounded up, and because they are deemed unadoptable, they are euthanized.

Ghost, a pitbull mix, was deemed «unadoptable» by animal control officials in Florida because he is deaf.

Most of new intakes are killed because they are too big, too old, have health or behavior problems (the shelter does not want to be sued for selling defective merchandise) or they are just shy, ugly, or otherwise considered unadoptable, i.e. not saleable.

TNR also keeps cats from being killed simply because they are unsocialized to humans and therefore unadoptable.

The majority of our animals come from shelters where they are deemed «unadoptable» for medical or behavioral reasons or sometimes simply because the shelter is too full.

Because we choose to rescue those dogs that need us the most and thought to be «unadoptable,» many of our dogs are being treated or have been treated for pneumonia, kennel cough, coccidia, giardia, and other serious conditions.

Because community cats are generally not socialized to humans, they are unadoptable — which means most of them are killed.

By her own admission, seven out of ten dogs fail the test, are labeled «unadoptable» and destroyed because of it without adversely affecting the shelters «no - kill» status (her methods are currently under scrutiny and will hopefully be discarded by shelters nation - wide).

The majority of the dogs we foster are pulled from high - kill shelters and we are asked to take them because they are deemed «unadoptable» for a variety of reasons - illness, injury, because they are scared, and unfortunately, because of their breed.

Our mission is to give shelters and owners a safe placement for blind cats because most open admission or animal control shelters deem a blind cat unadoptable and they are destroyed.

Blind Cat Rescue & Sanctuary, Inc. built their first sanctuary to care for cats that other shelters had deemed unadoptable and were going to be euthanized just because they were blind.

That is not the case unfortunately and instead of stating the root of the problem, shelters are now able to label animals as «unadoptable» because of temperament or health concerns but in the end, they are still destroyed.

Because of their lack of socialization with people they are unadoptable and if taken to a shelter face certain death.

He had been deemed unadoptable by his rescue group (because he'd been returned twice by two different families).

For a dog that was deemed «unadoptable» by his «rescue» group because he'd been returned by 2 different families.

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.

Emma was deemed «unadoptable» because of her paralyzing fear and a myriad of physical ailments.

Even California's often - touted Hayden Law still allows shelter pets under eight weeks old to be killed because they are deemed «unadoptable.»

Animal shelters rarely accept them because they can not be touched by people and are thus «unadoptable.»

I've seen many rescue dogs who were deemed «unadoptable» because of either severe anxiety or inappropriate behavior do extremely well with both these drugs.

Because I have generally taken in only unadoptable rabbits, some have been quite old and most arrived with health issues.

Humane societies, animal shelters and other animal organizations rarely accept them for adoption because they can not be touched or held by people and are thus «unadoptable».

The cats we help in large numbers are those that are considered «unadoptable» by many rescue organizations, because they appear in a shelter to be difficult.

Long - term warehousing or hoarding of unadoptable animals because a shelter or rescue simply opposes euthanasia is irresponsible and cruel, but that's the extreme end of no - kill done wrong.

Ferals are the unadoptables of the world, the pests who wander neighbourhoods and reproduce year - round — and if humans catch them they're labelled «aggressive» and often euthanized because they will claw and bite their way out of human grip.

Because old pets, especially those with health issues, are often deemed unadoptable and euthanized in traditional shelters, Hospice Hearts provides a safe place for them, placing them in foster care until they find forever homes.

Rocket Dog Rescue's ultimate goal is to create a world where all companion animals have loving and permanent homes and where no good natured dogs, no matter what their age, are killed in shelters because they are considered to be surplus or unadoptable.