Substantial drop in shelter animal euthanasia in the USA
Best Friends Animal Society reported a 44.5% drop between 2019 and 2020 of euthanized shelter cats and dogs from 625,000 to 347,000.
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Can animal shelters refuse animals?
Somebody asked the question whether animal shelters can refuse animals. The answer must depend on the type of animal shelter we are referring to. There are a wide range of animal shelters. Two types are the no-kill rescue animal shelter … Continue reading →
Colorado law designed to ensure high standard, ‘socially conscious’ animal shelters
I like this law which is currently going through the Colorado legislature. Not everyone does who is involved in debating it but it appeals to me. I particularly like the concept of setting standards which create “socially conscious shelters”. I … Continue reading →
Governor wants California to be a no-kill animal shelter state
Governor Gavin Newsom has dedicated $50 million to the UC Davis Koret Shelter Medicine Program to give California’s animal shelters the training and resources that they need to meet the state’s no-kill goal in five years. This is the announcement … Continue reading →
Delaware is America’s first no-kill animal shelter state
It has been decided that in Delaware, as a whole, their animal shelters meet the standard of no-kill. In order to achieve this there must be at least a 90% save rate for all cats and dogs entering the shelters. … Continue reading →
North Carolina’s current poor record of killing cats and dogs at shelters
North Carolina (NC) currently has a relatively poor record of killing cats and dogs at their animal shelters. In other words their shelters have a higher kill rate than all other states bar two: California and Texas. This means that … Continue reading →
No-Kill shelters should be relabelled ‘Low-Kill’
“Zero killing of any pets..is just not realistic..” No-Kill shelters are allowed to euthanise up to 10% of animals if they are judged to be too old, too sick or too feral. I presume ‘too feral’ means or should mean … Continue reading →
Unusual: Phoenix police seize 45 cats and dogs from no-kill Phoenix animal shelter
It is very unusual – in fact I don’t think that I have read about it before – that the police move into an animal shelter to seize all the cats and dogs inside to protect them from what appears … Continue reading →
Ninety Percent Drop in the Killing of US Dogs and Cats in Shelters
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.
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.
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