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Rescue Groups 5 average
5 posted by PosForceHouston, on 2014-01-23 12:45:35
I rescued 5 puppies and 2 adult dogs from Pasadena during the polar vortex that came through Houston in December. I knew I couldn't keep the dogs myself but I had to make sure they were in a safe place. I contacted Special Pals and asked if they could help. They not only said yes, but offered to stay open late so that I could drop off the dogs after I came back from Pasadena to get them. I met a wonderful vet tech around 9 p.m. that night and we got the dogs into a safe, warm place. They had everything ready for the dogs when I got there. I was relieved to know that these little ones have a safe place to be until they can be adopted into a new home. Thanks to Special Pals for all they do for the animals in our community!
High-Volume, Low-Cost Spay/Neuter 5 average
5 posted by Sarah, on 2013-08-06 21:06:09
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Hello nokillnetwork, I'm not really sure how I can contact you but I would really like to do so, so you could send urgent aler to all shelters and clinics in Houston TX. I lost my chihuahua named Taffy and the day he was last seen, he was not wearing a collar and has no microship. My phone number is 281 508 8507.A nice lady told me to contact you so you could sent urgent alerts. I would really be grateful if you sent urgent alerts.The last day I saw him on the 25th of this month.
posted by Creatix Paint, on 2023-01-28 22:55:56
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Hey Anyone That Lives In Pasadena Especially Shaver/ Spencer Hwy Area Please Let Me Know If You See My Dogs. A Medium sized husky with one blue eye and one brown eye. The other dog is brown with white fur on his chest and paws also two different colored eyes Last seen 10/05/22 Theyre very friendly My Husky Is More Timid So He Wont Approach So Easily. 8325710393 They Both Males.
posted by Thais Pacheco, on 2022-10-07 17:57:14
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I lost my Lil dog name Stitch. He’s black with a white chest and half paws white. Short and shy. I took him and his sister . The misses him .. he got lost around wayside and Ave E… Please msg me if you find him. We really want him home and safe…
posted by [email protected], on 2022-09-08 01:09:13
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LOST DOG SINCE 12/25/21 Hi my dogs name is Malcolm he was last seen in the spring area between 1960 and imperial valley dr before getting to richey rd. He is a Labrador retriever mix with German shepherd. He is a golden brown color with a white chest spot. He’s 3 yrs old. On Christmas afternoon he was hit by a truck and ran away really scared if anyone has any information on him please contact me at 832-508-6928!!! Has a green collar and chain on!! Please contact me at 832-508-6928!!
posted by [email protected], on 2021-12-26 16:04:24
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Hi, my name is Michelle. Our beloved indoor/outdoor cat, Peaches, is missing. She went out Sunday night but has not come back, which is very unusual. She is 13 years old, and is a dainty, friendly, orange and white tabby. She usually sticks around our house or the neighbors' houses on each side of us but we're concerned the storms may have scared her and she sought shelter. She has a tag with her name and our number on it. We live around Willowbend and Rampart, close to Maplewood pool and Westbury Baptist.
posted by [email protected], on 2020-08-02 17:26:17
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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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