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5A's, Alton Area Animal Aid Association (Godfrey) Reviews


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Feral Cat TNR Program 1 average
1 posted by DanielYoung, on 2016-06-23 05:47:29
The 5A'so thrift store in Wood River really disappointed me. The wanted in charge is so very rude! She didn't care or want to hear about the dogs that I rescued. She complained the whole team I was there spending my hard earned dollars there to support the cause I really wonder what she does with the money from the store sales. I also witnessed her refusing donations from several people. She wasn't interested in taking the items. She was only taking what she wanted to take and refused the rest of the stuff. Why would someone refuse things that could be sold to support these animals. Makeso me wonder about her true intentions. I know I will not be going there again! I will go elsewhere to give my support.
A Compassionate Director 1 average
1 posted by (empty name), on 2015-11-23 18:21:41
I cannot say enough about how bad this organization is. Not only does it put animals and people in danger, it gives a bad name to no kill shelters in general. They should be shut down.
Public Relations/Community Involvement 1 average
1 posted by (empty name), on 2015-11-23 18:20:09
Lying to the public about dogs being friendly and sweet when they know that they have attacked children is horrible PR
Medical and Behavior Programs 1 average
1 posted by (empty name), on 2015-11-23 18:19:14
They continue to house at least one dog who attacks children. And they do not warn prospective adoptive homes about it.
Pet Retention 1 average
1 posted by (empty name), on 2015-11-23 18:18:26
Keeping a dog who attacks children while turning away dogs that could feasibly be adopted is outrageous.
Comprehensive Adoption Programs 1 average
1 posted by (empty name), on 2015-11-23 18:17:34
These people have lied about at least one dog saying that it is very friendly and very sweet even after it attacked a boy whose family was there to meet him and maybe adopt. There hasn't been an update on the website that the dog will attack children even though this happened months ago.
Rescue Groups 1 average
1 posted by (empty name), on 2015-11-23 18:15:59
The people that run this organization are dishonest to the detriment of the animals and prospective adoptive homes.
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1. Feral Cat TNR Program

Many communities are embracing Trap, Neuter, Release programs (TNR) to improve animal welfare, reduce death rates, and meet obligations to public welfare.


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2. High-Volume, Low-Cost Spay/Neuter

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.


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3. Rescue Groups

An adoption or transfer to a rescue group frees up scarce cage and kennel space, reduces expenses for feeding, cleaning, killing, and improves a community's rate of lifesaving. In an environment of millions of dogs and cats killed in shelters annually, rare is the circumstance in which a rescue group should be denied an animal.


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4. Foster Care

Volunteer foster care is crucial to No Kill. Without it, saving lives is compromised. It is a low cost, and often no cost, way of increasing a shelter's capacity, improving public relations, increasing a shelter's public image, rehabilitating sick and injured or behaviorally challenged animals, and saving lives.


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5. 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. In fact, studies show people get their animals from shelters only 20% of the time. If shelters better promoted their animals and had adoption programs responsive to the needs of the community, including public access hours for working people, offsite adoptions, adoption incentives, and effective marketing, they could increase the number of homes available and replace killing with adoptions. Contrary to conventional wisdom, shelters can adopt their way out of killing.


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6. Pet Retention

While some of the reasons animals are surrendered to shelters are unavoidable, others can be prevented-but only if shelters are willing to work with people to help them solve their problems. Saving animals requires communities to develop innovative strategies for keeping people and their companion animals together. And the more a community sees its shelters as a place to turn for advice and assistance, the easier this job will be.


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7. Medical and Behavior Programs

In order to meet its commitment to a lifesaving guarantee for all savable animals, shelters need to keep animals happy and healthy and keep animals moving through the system. To do this, shelters must put in place comprehensive vaccination, handling, cleaning, socialization, and care policies before animals get sick and rehabilitative efforts for those who come in sick, injured, unweaned, or traumatized.


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8. Public Relations/Community Involvement

Increasing adoptions, maximizing donations, recruiting volunteers and partnering with community agencies comes down to one thing: increasing the shelter's exposure. And that means consistent marketing and public relations. Public relations and marketing are the foundation of all a shelter's activities and their success. To do all these things well, the shelter must be in the public eye.


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9. 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. That is where volunteers come in and make the difference between success and failure and, for the animals, life and death.


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10. Proactive Redemptions

One of the most overlooked areas for reducing killing in animal control shelters are lost animal reclaims. Sadly, besides having pet owners fill out a lost pet report, very little effort is made in this area of shelter operations. This is unfortunate because doing so-primarily shifting from passive to a more proactive approach-has proven to have a significant impact on lifesaving and allow shelters to return a large percentage of lost animals to their families.


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11. A Compassionate Director

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 cliches or hide behind the myth of "too many animals, not enough homes." Unfortunately, this one is also oftentimes the hardest one to demand and find.


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