September 8, 2009Comments are closed.No Kill, shelter procedure
From the latest Pet Rescuer newsletter… Letter from the editor It’s not often that you get to be a part of history, but on the 30th of September every rescuer in the country has a chance to get involved in a grassroots revolution set to change the face of animal rescue in Australia. There are […]
Continue readingAugust 31, 2009Comments are closed.attitude, shelter procedure
Want to get people to change their behavior? Take away the excuses. Andy Sernovitz The Red Cross wants people to donate blood. They let me register online, picked me up from work and took me to the clinic, and dropped me back when I was done. What do we want the public to do? Desex? […]
Continue readingAugust 11, 2009Comments are closed.attitude, shelter procedure
Some of the best of the web today; Shelters acting as shelters; helping the homeless and their pets; . Each year, more than 40,000 animals enter Animal Care & Control of NYC, said Patrick Kwan, the New York State director for the Humane Society. “In almost all cases, it is cheaper to help people keep […]
Continue readingFebruary 14, 2009Comments are closed.attitude, shelter procedure
A fantastic piece from Christie @ PetConnection blog; .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-. As long as we define “success†as the literal end of a need for animal shelters, and insist that goal must be met before we stop killing healthy, treatable pets instead of finding them homes, or before we stop insisting that breeding is evil and that […]
Continue readingFebruary 8, 2009Comments are closed.No Kill, shelter procedure
Nathan Winograd’s latest blog post examines the problems created when animal rescue groups use their private, charitable dollars to perform animal control services for local councils. It also includes an excellent background on why this ‘merging’ of rescues and pounds occurred and how it has lead to high kill pounds running under the banner of ‘homes’ or ‘sanctuaries’ or […]
Continue readingFebruary 6, 2009Comments are closed.attitude, No Kill, shelter procedure
The final element of the No Kill equation is the most important of all, without which all other elements are thwarted—a hard working, compassionate animal control or shelter director not content to regurgitate tired clichés or hide behind the myth of “too many animals, not enough homes.†Unfortunately, this one is also often times the […]
Continue readingFebruary 5, 2009Comments are closed.attitude, shelter procedure
“There is always a better way.†Thomas Edison I wasn’t going to blog about this, as it’s US centric and just desperately sad, but I’ve reconsidered because I think it’s important. This poor lady has the job of animal euthanasia. No one wants to pick on a fragile individual but there is a particular internal […]
Continue readingJanuary 29, 2009Comments are closed.attitude, shelter procedure
When I spend time on rescue forums, I’m always astounded and saddened by the vitriol aimed at pet owners either looking for support during a crisis, or who are looking for temporary care for their pets rather than resorting to leaving them at the pound. This lack of sensitivity and ‘holier than thou attitude’, although exciting […]
Continue readingJanuary 27, 2009Comments are closed.attitude, mandatory desexing, shelter procedure
It seems like a solid argument; if we don’t stop the leak, then we’ll never be able to stop mopping the floor. And this is the justification used when animal welfare groups set about to develop regulations to help stamp out over-breeding by backyard breeders and puppy farms. Of course everyone wants to see an […]
Continue readingNovember 30, 2008Comments are closed.attitude, shelter procedure
Like virtually all living things, they will suffer any hardship, endure any insult, for a moment’s additional existence. Life, in short, just wants to be.” Bill Bryson As rescuers, working to save the lives of pets, you would expect that we’d be driving the charge to overhaul the animal sheltering process should it be failing […]
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