In New Hampshire, HSUS is promoting House Bill 624 which would require owners charged with cruelty to pay for their seized animals' care while waiting for their day in court. If the accused can't afford to pay, they lose all rights to their animals, regardless of the outcome at trial. HB 624 would change the current … Continue reading Discussion: NH Bill Backed by HSUS
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Charleston City Council Considers Bill Allowing the City to Steal Owned Cats
In West Virginia, Charleston city council’s ordinance and rules committee passed a draconian cat bill this week and sent it to the full city council for consideration. How extreme is it, you ask? Assistant city attorney Mandi Carter said the ordinance is different from the city’s already-on-the-books animal nuisance ordinances in that it gives the … Continue reading Charleston City Council Considers Bill Allowing the City to Steal Owned Cats
You Can’t Find the Pet You Want at Your Shelter Because the Director Killed Him
Reliable data tells us that, of the people who will add a pet to the family within the next year, approximately 17 million of them have not yet decided on a source for that pet. We have approximately 3 million friendly, healthy pets - or pets with treatable conditions such as colds - being killed … Continue reading You Can’t Find the Pet You Want at Your Shelter Because the Director Killed Him
The Myth of Unadoptable Shelter Animals
When we talk about shelter animals being adoptable, we are talking about them being able to love and be loved by a family who would give them a home. By this definition, only those pets who have been deemed medically hopeless and suffering by a veterinarian or in rare cases, dogs who have been deemed … Continue reading The Myth of Unadoptable Shelter Animals
Proposed Legislation in MA Would Impact Shelters, Rescues and Fosters
Massachusetts is considering a set of state regulations that would subject foster homes to inspection by the Department of Agriculture, require rescue groups to register with the state every 12 months and establish minimum standards of care for shelters, rescues and foster homes. These standards of care include: Animals must be removed from cages during … Continue reading Proposed Legislation in MA Would Impact Shelters, Rescues and Fosters
TX ACO Gasses Pets to Death, Cries When Activists Demand Change
The Mathis Animal Shelter in TX appears to be a catch and kill facility that is not open to the public for adoptions. The police department oversees operations at the pound and Chief Byron Smith told an area TV news station that the kill rate is 99%. The solitary ACO for Mathis, Jesse Lerma, has … Continue reading TX ACO Gasses Pets to Death, Cries When Activists Demand Change
History Rewrite: Miami-Dade No Kill Funding Referendum No Longer Will of the People
In Miami-Dade Co, a shelter funding referendum was passed overwhelmingly by citizens last November. The initiative would have provided nearly $20 million in annual taxpayer funding for programs aimed at reducing shelter intake, such as low and no cost neuter, as well as programs aimed at increasing live release such as an expanded foster program. … Continue reading History Rewrite: Miami-Dade No Kill Funding Referendum No Longer Will of the People
Miami-Dade Commission Passes No Kill Measure
The Miami-Dade Co Commission voted unanimously yesterday to pass a no kill measure which was very popular with voters last year. But it doesn't mean an immediate end to the killing of healthy/treatable shelter pets. Rather, it's another yard gained in moving the ball down the field: Commissioner Jose “Pepe’’ Diaz, the measure’s sponsor, said … Continue reading Miami-Dade Commission Passes No Kill Measure
Alabama Animal PAC Pushing Bill Which Will Save Zero Shelter Pets
My view that animal shelters can and should stop killing pets immediately is regarded by some as extreme. There are many people who believe some period of time is required (months or years) in order to fully implement all the needed programs, personnel and funding which will secure no kill for the long term. During … Continue reading Alabama Animal PAC Pushing Bill Which Will Save Zero Shelter Pets
Why are shelter directors killing pets whom rescue groups are willing to save? Because they can.
Many pet lovers are shocked to learn that most municipal facilities that call themselves animal shelters do not actually shelter animals. In fact, these so-called shelters kill pets rescuers are willing to save, because they can. More still are astonished when they learn that some of the private non-profits calling themselves humane societies or societies … Continue reading Why are shelter directors killing pets whom rescue groups are willing to save? Because they can.