According to the January 2014 “Survey of Successful No-kill Facilities” Report by Franklin D. McMillan DVD of Best Friends Animal Society The greatest reason preventing the attainment of 100% save rate is medical disorders, followed closely by behavioral issues. It has long been my opinion that behavioral issues should be treated with the same scope as medical issues. Shelters …
Killing By The Numbers
When we look at how an animal shelter performs, we typically judge them by how many animals are adopted / rescued vs. how many animals are killed. These numbers may seem simple at the surface but are often skewed by a veil of deceit. Typically this should be a simple approach: The shelter took in 100 animals, 90 were adopted, …
Group Caging Dilemma
For those of you who have attended my workshops or read my books you know my feeling about group caging dogs. I think that in a shelter environment it is one of the most important tools to increase your live release numbers. Believe it or not there are countless shelters that kill dogs for space and do not opt to …
reply to “Slamming the System…”
After my recent blog post, I received the following email. I’d like to address it here. My comments are in italics: Thank you. Most of the kinds of people who would adopt the animals in the pounds — the kind who would give them good homes — say they “can’t” go into the pound. I feel it is because they …