Skip to main content

Home/ Teleperra/ Group items tagged houston

Rss Feed Group items tagged

Filter: All | Bookmarks | Topics Simple Middle
pepa garcía

Does "free" adoptions equal bad homes? - Houston animal shelters | Examiner.com - 0 views

www.examiner.com/...free-adoptions-equal-bad-homes

free adopciones cuotas fees winograd riesgos maltrato desaprensivos policía_animal control_animal control_canino

shared by pepa garcía on 17 Mar 11 - No Cached
  • Given the free and anonymous supply of animals elsewhere, why would animal abusers make themselves known to the very agencies with enforcement powers against them? I might suggest, some screening, such as checking complaint lists, enforcement screens on Chameleon not just by name but address to see if there have been reported calls to that location.
  • Whether a person pays an adoption fee is not an accurate predictor of whether that person will be loving and responsible pet parent.
  • pepa garcía on 17 Mar 11
     
    Given the free and anonymous supply of animals elsewhere, why would animal abusers make themselves known to the very agencies with enforcement powers against them? I might suggest, some screening, such as checking complaint lists, enforcement screens on Chameleon not just by name but address to see if there have been reported calls to that location.
pepa garcía

Effects of Mandatory Spay/Neuter laws - Houston animal shelters | Examiner.com - 0 views

www.examiner.com/...-of-mandatory-spay-neuter-laws

obligatoriedad mandatory spay_neuter esterilización obligatoria

shared by pepa garcía on 17 Mar 11 - No Cached
  • When we research these communities, we find that while increased voluntary sterilization does help reduce the number of animals entering shelters, MSNL do not decrease the number of animals entering or being killed in shelters. MSNL have backfired. In fact, MSNL have resulted in more abandoned animals, higher shelter admissions, higher kill rates, lower compliance with licensing and rabies vaccination laws, and radically increased costs for animal control. People become afraid to get pet licenses because proof of sterilization is required. They are afraid to go to a veterinarian for rabies shots or medical care because veterinarians are required to report them. People abandon their pets because they fear fines and penalties.
  • erous studies have shown that the primary reason people do not sterilize their pets is costs
  • Some people simply cannot afford the costs and passing MSNL will not change this fact.
  • ...7 more annotations...
  • hen the result of not sterilizing is an unaffordable fine or confiscation/impoundment of the pet, animals die
  • 80 percent of owned cats in the US are already sterilized
  • the majority of unsterilized cats are unowned stray
  • MSNL would do nothing to increase the sterilization of unowned cats
  • and would not reduce their deaths in shelters
  • n fact, MSNL would increase the killing of unowned cats,
  • MSNL are a nightmare to enforce
pepa garcía

Effects of Mandatory Spay/Neuter laws - Houston animal shelters | Examiner.com - 0 views

www.examiner.com/...-of-mandatory-spay-neuter-laws

esterilización obligatoriedad perros gatos

shared by pepa garcía on 03 Sep 12 - No Cached
  • These laws are not having the desired effect i.e. a reduction in kill rates in local animal shelters.
  • One of the programs of the No Kill Equation is high volume, low cost spay/neuter services:  "Low cost, high volume spay/neuter will quickly lead to fewer animals entering the shelter system, allowing more resources to be allocated toward saving lives."  
  • increased voluntary sterilization does help reduce the number of animals entering shelters
  • ...19 more annotations...
  • MSNL do not decrease the number of animals entering or being killed in shelters.
  • MSNL have resulted in more abandoned animals, higher shelter admissions, higher kill rates, lower compliance with licensing and rabies vaccination laws, and radically increased costs for animal control. 
  • People become afraid to get pet licenses because proof of sterilization is required. 
  • They are afraid to go to a veterinarian for rabies shots or medical care because veterinarians are required to report them
  • People abandon their pets because they fear fines and penalties.
  • Numerous studies have shown that the primary reason people do not sterilize their pets is costs
  • When the result of not sterilizing is an unaffordable fine or confiscation/impoundment of the pet, animals die.
  • more than 80 percent of owned cats in the US are already sterilized
  • This means that the majority of unsterilized cats are unowned strays.
  • MSNL would do nothing to increase the sterilization of unowned cats and would not reduce their deaths in shelters.
  • Also, MSNL are a nightmare to enforce.
  • hey burden already underfunded, understaffed animal control departments with more responsibilities.
  • Each community must hire more animal control officers to enforce them so an enormous amount of additional money is spent to enforce a draconian law when a much better use of those funds would be to provide low cost or free spay/neuter services.
  • immediately after passing MSNL, kill rates began to rise in L.A.
  • after MSNL were passed, for the first time in a decade, impounds and killing increased;
  • successful no kill shelters have stopped the killing without these laws.
  • Even though the author claimed that the economic downturn has caused kill rates to rise in L.A., clearly this isn’t the correct explanation.
  • All of these shelters dropped their kill rates without MSNL.
  • It is obvious that Mandatory Spay/Neuter laws are not a factor that helps to stop the killing in shelters. 
1 - 10 of 10
Showing 20▼ items per page