Pasco Co Animal Services in FL kills approximately 60% of the dogs and 85% of the cats in their care. Now a group of area Veterinarians is trying to reduce the kill numbers by providing shelter management software, supplies and volunteering to perform surgeries and hold off-site adoption events. In addition, the group intends to … Continue reading FL Kill Shelter Receives Needed Aid, Says Meh
Category: animal shelter
Hell, Alaska
Warning: If you click the below link to read the full story at the Anchorage Daily News, you will see a photo of a dead dog.We need animal shelters to care for our communities' lost and homeless pets until they can be reunited with their owners or adopted to new ones. The city of Dillingham, … Continue reading Hell, Alaska
Garland Animal Shelter Gives Up Gas Chamber
Garland, Texas has an animal "shelter" that kills a lot of pets. Sometimes they admit pets directly into the gas chamber which is the killing method they prefer, since it saves 4 pennies per dead pet. There has been a struggle between the shelter and community to get rid of the gas chamber. The community … Continue reading Garland Animal Shelter Gives Up Gas Chamber
No Kill Action Alert for MN Residents
From my inbox, sent by the Animal Ark Online Community:Following a report that the Animal Humane Society is violating Minnesota law by failing to hold all stray animals for the required 5 day period, Minnesota residents are being asked to contact members of their city councils to demand they enforce the law. The Animal Humane … Continue reading No Kill Action Alert for MN Residents
Vet Laments Loss of "Rational Euthanasia Policy" after Shelter Embraces No Kill
The Porter Co Animal Shelter in IN has made a number of changes over the past 18 months in an effort to implement a no kill policy:While the effort has already resulted in a noticeable decrease in the number of cats at the shelter, she [the shelter director] predicted the problem will really start coming … Continue reading Vet Laments Loss of "Rational Euthanasia Policy" after Shelter Embraces No Kill
Blue Light Special on Shelter Pets
In OH, infamous dog killer Tom Skeldon has resigned as Lucas Co dog warden. A PETA representative wrote a Letter to the Editor at the Toledo Blade praising Skeldon's killing:No one wants to end the need for euthanasia more than the brave people who hold the syringe, but pushing dogs out the door like clearance … Continue reading Blue Light Special on Shelter Pets
Two Pieces from ‘USA Today’ on Oreo
USA Today has an interview with Dr. Stephen Zawistowski, a behaviorist with the ASPCA who worked with Oreo. He is asked about the opposition to releasing her to a sanctuary instead of killing her: "Unless she was put in virtually complete isolation," she'd live a "life of constant stress," he said. She was so reactive … Continue reading Two Pieces from ‘USA Today’ on Oreo
Bad Animal Control Ideas, Nebraska Edition
In summary:The Gothenburg Animal Hospital serves as Gothenburg’s city pound. Now, because of a new state law that changes how animals are handled at city pounds statewide, it will be more expensive to adopt a dog or cat. “It will be much more costly,” said Gothenburg Animal Hospital owner and veterinarian Roger Dudley. Under a … Continue reading Bad Animal Control Ideas, Nebraska Edition
What if We All Neutered Our Pets Today?
I no longer believe in the concept of "pet overpopulation" in this country. That myth has been debunked to my satisfaction by Nathan Winograd. But setting that aside, let's say for the sake of discussion that there are - if not a surplus of pets, at least way too many being killed in animal shelters. … Continue reading What if We All Neutered Our Pets Today?
Garland Shelter to Kill More Pets by Injection vs. Gas Chamber
The Garland animal shelter has been dragged, kicking and screaming, into the 21st century and its modern methods of killing pets:Garland’s animal shelter will shift from carbon monoxide gassing to lethal injection as its main means of euthanization by the end of the year according to a memo from City Manager Bill Dollar. Before we … Continue reading Garland Shelter to Kill More Pets by Injection vs. Gas Chamber
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