Bergen County Animal Shelter and Adoption Center

We are large municipal shelter and have adopted a nokill philosophy under the guidelines of the Asilomar Accords. We have a progressive TNR program, we TNR'd over 1800 last year and that number is growing. We have an annual intake of over 4,000 animals with a open door intake policy, we take the marginal dogs sent away by everyone else. We never euthanize for length of stay, age, treatable health conditions or space. We work hand in hand with SPCA on taking in and investigating animal cruelty and hoarding cases. We have progressive yet strict adoption policies in an effort to find permanent suitable for our beloved animals. Five years ago our live release rate was about 75%, it is currently 82% and we are striving to improve that every day. Our pitbull intake accounts for about 75% of our dog intake and we are always trying new ways of rehabilitating the dogs that come into our care that have not been properly taken care of or socialized. Please feel free to contact us if you need any further information or have questions. thank you for the consideration. I read your list of participants, and the one thing that stands out is most of them are rescues that do not have open door policies, It is easy to be no-kill if your intake is controlled. We take everything that walks though our front door, including dangerous and vicious.