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<br />Orange Gounty Discussion on Sheltering Practices <br />Kate Pullen <br />RSPCA <br />What Are the Gaals of Sheltering ? <br />^ To move animals through the facility, longer holds (even with extra programs) results in <br />behavior and health issues- the act of holding that animal does not guarantee adoption <br />^ Reduced euthanasia of healthy behaviorally sound animals (What is adoptable?) <br />^ Put more time and money info (hose animals that have the best success for adoption into the <br />average adoptive home <br />^ Understand there will always be animals who should not be re-homed <br />^ Programs can grow as resources expand that allow us to broaden our definition of adoptable <br />^ Understand that reduced relinquishment is the solution to the problem <br />^ We will never adopt our way out of euthanasia <br />^ Understand thaf the shelter alone cannot solve the problem <br />Can't We Just be No Kill? <br />^ Achieving a no-kill community is everyone's universal goal, but how? <br />^ Not as simple as "nq not, never" has to be "sometimes" <br />^ Many agencies/communities tried <br />^ Maricopa County <br />^ City of Austin <br />^ San Francisco SPCA - 500,000 populationl$15 million budget (w/AC) <br />^ Created programs based an a phrase with no definitions or honest examples to the <br />community. <br />^ Makes for flashy headlines but impossible to achieve and then the criticism starts <br />^ Communities that switched from open admission to no kill and then switched back <br />