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The No Kill Equation Saving more than 90% of all homeless pets entering shelters Davyd Smith [email protected] http://www.rescueonedog.com http://www.facebook.com/rescueondog http://www.twitter.com/rescueonedog http://www.peoplefud.com

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The No Kill Equation. Saving more than 90% of all homeless pets entering shelters. Davyd Smith   [email protected] http://www.rescueonedog.com http://www.facebook.com/rescueondog http://www.twitter.com/rescueonedog http://www.peoplefud.com. An outdated strategy. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Page 1: The No Kill Equation

The No Kill EquationSaving more than 90% of

all homeless pets entering shelters

Davyd Smith  [email protected]://www.rescueonedog.comhttp://www.facebook.com/rescueondoghttp://www.twitter.com/rescueonedoghttp://www.peoplefud.com

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An outdated strategy• More than 3 million animals are

killed in shelters every year in the United States

• No Kill communities have surpassed 50 as of August 2012 (with over 200 cities and towns inside of them)*

• The only successful live release rates have been in No Kill communities

*http://www.no-killnews.com/?p=5242

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Pet Overpopulation• Every year there are six times

more people looking to acquire an animal than there are animals being killed in shelters.*

*No Kill 101 - No Kill Advocacy Center

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A new life affirming approach

• The No Kill Equation*

– TNR Program– High-Volume, Low-Cost Spay/Neuter– Rescue Groups– Foster Care– Comprehensive Adoption Programs– Pet Retention– Medical and Behavior Prevention & Rehabilitation– Public Relations/Community Involvement– Volunteers– Proactive Redemptions– A Compassionate Director

*http://www.nokilladvocacycenter.org/shelter-reform/no-kill-equation/

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Trap, neuter, release• TNR Program–No- and low-cost, high-volume

spay/neuter reduces the number of animals entering the shelter system, allowing more resources to be allocated toward saving lives.

http://www.alleycat.org

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High-Volume, Low-CostSpay/Neuter

• No- and low-cost, high-volume spay/neuter reduces the number of animals entering the shelter system

• Allows more resources to be allocated toward saving lives.

www.theamericandogmag.com/no-kill-movement/dr-ellen-jefferson-a-champion-for-austins-homeless-pets

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Rescue Groups• An adoption or transfer to a rescue

group – Frees up scarce cage and kennel space– Reduces expenses for feeding, cleaning,

and killing– Improves a community’s rate of lifesaving.–Millions of dogs and cats are killed in

shelters annually– Rare is the circumstance in which a rescue

group should be denied an animal.

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Foster Care• Volunteer foster care is a low-cost,

and often no-cost way of increasing a shelter’s capacity, caring for sick and injured or behaviorally challenged animals, and thus saving more lives.

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Comprehensive Adoption Programs

• Adoptions are vital to an agency’s lifesaving mission. The quantity and quality of shelter adoptions is in shelter management’s hands, making lifesaving a direct function of shelter policies and practice. If shelters better promoted their animals and had adoption programs responsive to community needs, including – public access hours for working people,– offsite adoptions– adoption incentives– effective marketing

• Shelters can increase the number of homes available and replace killing with adoptions. Contrary to conventional wisdom, shelters can adopt their way out of killing.

http://www.austinpetsalive.com/

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Pet Retention

• While some surrenders of animals to shelters are unavoidable, others can be prevented

• Only if shelters work with people to help them solve their problems.

• Saving animals requires shelters to develop innovative strategies for keeping people and their companion animals together.

• The more a community sees its shelters as a place to turn for advice and assistance, the easier this job will be.

http://www.nevadahumanesociety.org/

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Medical & Behavior Programs

• A commitment to a lifesaving guarantee for all savable animals

• Shelters need to keep animals happy and healthy and keep animals moving efficiently through the system.

• Shelters must put in place comprehensive vaccination, handling, cleaning, socialization, and care policies before animals get sick

• And put in place rehabilitative efforts for those who come in sick, injured, unweaned, or traumatized.

www.scribd.com/doc/103563663/Aimee-Sadler-seminar-Saving-98-of-Dogs-in-Shelters

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Public Relations/CommunityDevelopment

• Increasing adoptions, maximizing donations, recruiting volunteers and partnering with community agencies comes down to increasing the shelter’s public exposure.

• Consistent marketing and public relations. Public relations and marketing are the foundation of a shelter’s activities and success.

http://www.fixaustin.org

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Volunteers• Volunteers are a dedicated “army of

compassion” and the backbone of a successful No Kill effort.

• There is never enough staff, never enough dollars to hire more staff, and always more needs than paid human resources.

• Volunteers make the difference between success and failure and, for the animals, life and death.

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Proactive Redemptions• One of the most overlooked areas for

reducing killing in animal control shelters are lost animal reclaims.

• Shifting from a passive to a more proactive approach has allowed shelters to return a large percentage of lost animals to their families.

http://www.nevadahumanesociety.org/

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A Compassionate Director

• The final element of the No Kill Equation is the most important of all

• A hard working, compassionate animal control or shelter director not content to continue killing

• We cannot continue regurgitating tired clichés about “public irresponsibility” or hiding behind the myth of “too many animals, not enough homes.”

http://www.scribd.com/doc/93871000/Mitch-Schneider

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You can’t Pick and Choose

• No Kill is simply not achievable without rigorous implementation of ALL these programs.

• They provide the only model that ever created No Kill communities.

• It is up to us in the humane movement to demand them of our local shelters

• No longer to settle for the excuses that shelters often put up in order to avoid implementing them.