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发帖数: 1272 | 1 Shelter 发来的好消息
Dallas Appoints No-Kill Task Force to Develop Plan For Ending Euthanasia of
Homeless Animals
DALLAS--Dallas has officially joined the ranks of cities and towns across
the country that have taken on the challenge of ultimately becoming “no
kill,” with the goal of ending the killing of homeless dogs and cats.
Following the lead of cities like San Francisco, Austin, New York and
Richmond, the City of Dallas has created an official task force, the Dallas
Companion Animal Project (Dallas CAP), charged with developing a blueprint
for ending the killing of adoptable animals.
“Our goal is to guide the community in identifying and increasing easily
accessible programs that will allow us to stop the killing of healthy,
treatable companion animals,” said Rebecca Poling, chair of the task force
and a member of the Animal Shelter Commission.
To do that, Dallas CAP will focus on getting the community more involved on
all levels: reducing the number of animals given up and abandoned by their
owners; making it easier and more affordable for owners to spay and neuter
their pets; increasing the number of stray and loose animals returned to
their owners; offering options to people considering giving up their pets;
and increasing the number of animals adopted and those transferred to other
shelters and humane organizations.
This past year, 20,684 dogs and cats—or 75 percent of the 28,392 companion
animals that ended up in the City’s shelter—were put to death simply
because there weren’t enough homes for them.
“Ending the killing of adoptable animals is not about any one shelter
becoming no kill,” said Poling. “It’s about the entire community coming
together and embracing all the components of a successful plan: spay/neuter
, education, adoption and rescue, owner retention, behavior hotlines,
responsible pet ownership.
“No single agency or organization can possibly be responsible for all the
components necessary to make Dallas no kill. We’re looking for individuals
, businesses, corporations, associations, nonprofits, advocacy groups and
animal-welfare organizations willing to be a part of this effort by lending
their names and encouraging others to do the same.”
The City of Dallas is ready to make the move towards no kill said Joey
Zapata, Interim Assistant City Manager. “We have a new Mayor who firmly
believes that Dallas should have the goal of becoming no kill; a City
Council committed to supporting the task force; and a new shelter manager,
Jody Jones, who played a leading role in making Richmond, VA, a no-kill
community.”
Jones knows from her experience in Richmond that in addition to saving lives
, reducing euthanasia rates community-wide would have other benefits as well.
“Working together to develop a successful no-kill plan will engage the
community in the welfare of our animals and make Dallas a more pet-friendly
place to live,” said Jones. “It will save taxpayer dollars and result in
a more educated and informed public. It also will encourage private/public
partnerships, and, most important, it will improve the quality of life for
companion animals and people in the City of Dallas.”
For more information about the Dallas Companion Animal Project or to get
involved, email d**************************[email protected] or visit www.
DallasCompanionAnimalProject.org. Find Dallas Companion Animal Project on
Facebook or follow on Twitter @DallasAnimals.
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More than 20,000 unwanted and abandoned dogs and cats were put to death in
Dallas last year.
A new task force has been appointed to develop a plan to make Dallas a no-
kill community. | z*****e
发帖数: 14786 | 2 唉，真好。
什么时候才能全国都是non kill啊。。 | t******g
发帖数: 3641 | 3 具体是什么样的plan呢？
钱啊，地方啊，volunteer啊，从哪里来呢？
如果经验成熟，希望多推广 | b******s
发帖数: 5365 | 4 真是好消息，什么时候能推广到我们这里呢？
有钱的城市就是好！ | w*********1
发帖数: 935 | | c*****a
发帖数: 5428 | 6 great news!
hope this plan can be spread to nationwide | y*********u
发帖数: 14561 | 7 真是个好消息，不过这个实现的过程会好艰苦，也可能会很漫长 |
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