Ninety Percent Drop in the Killing of US Dogs and Cats in Shelters
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There has been a ninety percent drop in the killing of US dogs and cats in shelters since the 1970s. The reasons for this are discussed on this page. please continue reading
Tag Archives: animal shelters
Animal Shelter Criticized For Numerous Violations & Fined $4,800
Sampson County Animal Shelter in North Carolina has been fined a civil penalty of $4,800 for numerous violations including (1) unnecessarily euthanizing animals before the end of the minimum three day holding period (2) lack of proper veterinary care and … please continue reading
Cat Shelter Owner Frustrated with Cat Owners
A cat shelter owner, Susan McNair, living and working in Australia has become frustrated with cat owners because she’s been saving the lives of kittens for 20 years and has seen little change in the habits of a minority of … please continue reading
Executive director of large animal shelter network tried to gag workers and now faces multiple criminal charges
In October, Roseann Trezza, 70, the executive director of Associated Humane Societies (AHS) ordered volunteers to sign a gagging agreement to prevent them from discussing the Newark shelter on social media. If they refused they’d lose their job. Clearly she … please continue reading
‘Open Admittance Shelter’ is a euphemism for a kill shelter
Staff workers at open admittance shelters might be undervalued and incorrectly criticised for killing healthy pets when unadopted but these shelters do work that no-kill shelters don’t do. There are dangers though for both staff and animals. please continue reading
Methods to prevent the entry of infectious disease in cat shelters
Infectious disease is a major problem in cat shelters. The infection rate goes up 2 to 3 fold when a cat enters a rescue shelter. Some shelters at certain times may be worse places for a cat than being left … please continue reading
Greenville: Justifying the euthanasia of a cat within 72 hour holding period
Greenville Animal Protective Services have justified the killing of a cat within the 72-hour holding period. Midnight was a cat who escaped from his home on August 31st. He was returned to his family in a bag a few days … please continue reading
Florida animal shelter flies all its animals to California ahead of Hurricane Irma
Hurricane Irma is due to land in Florida on Saturday. Broward County shelter wanted to clear their facility entirely by shipping them up to California to make way for disaster victims. A well oiled machine lept into action. They called … please continue reading
Are free animal shelter adoptions a good or bad idea?
Overridingly, one would normally assume that free animal shelter adoptions are a good idea because a lot of people respond to this sort of incentive and adopt a cat or dog from a shelter when they would otherwise have put … please continue reading
The purpose behind the New York state registry for animal rescuers
New York is awaiting the signature of its governor to enact a bill into law which makes it obligatory for animal rescuers to register with the state. The reason for this new law is: The current law contains a troublesome … please continue reading