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<br />HSUS Professional Animal Services Consultation Program Proposal <br />BACKGROUND AND QUALIFICATIONS <br />The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) is the nations largest animal protection <br />organization, with more than seven million constituents. The HSUS was founded in 1954 to <br />promote the humane treatment of animals and to foster respect, understanding, and compassion <br />for all creatures. Today, our message of care and protection embraces not only the animal kingdom, <br />but also the Earth, its environment, and human inhabitants. <br />To achieve our goals, The HSUS works through legal, educational, legislative, and investigative <br />means. The HSUS's efforts in the United States are facilitated by our regional offices, and globally <br />through our international arm, Humane Society International (HSI). Our programs include those <br />in humane education, animal control and sheltering, wildlife and habitat protection, farm animals <br />and bioethics, and animal research issues. <br />The HSUS believes that the objective examination of shelter procedures and operations is best <br />accomplished through independent consultations. Recognizing the need for such a service, The <br />HSUS developed the professional Animal Services Consultation (ASC) program, designed to <br />provide animal care and control agencies with a standardized analyses of their programs, <br />recommendations for improvement, and assistance with implementation. <br />The HSUS has extensive experience in the performance of evaluations of both private and public <br />animal care and control agencies. For example, in late 1998, The HSUS performed a comprehensive <br />evaluation of the Center for Animal Care and Control (CACC) in New York, NY. The CACC is one <br />of the nation's largest sheltering agencies in the United States, serving a human population of 7.3 <br />million through the operation of five animal shelters in New York City's boroughs. <br />Numerous agencies have recently sought the help of, and have been greatly improved by, The <br />HSUS ASC program. Since June 1999, our expertise in animal services management has helped the <br />following animal care and control organizations in their desire to provide the most humane, <br />responsive, and cost-effective services possible: <br />• The City of Toronto's Animal Services Division and contractual relationships (Canada) <br />• City of Richmond (Virginia) Animal Control Division <br />• Placer County (California) Division of Animal Control Services <br />• City of Oklahoma City (Oklahoma) Animal Welfare Division <br />• Stillwater Humane Society (Oklahoma) and Stillwater Animal Control (Oklahoma) <br />• Baltimore City (Maryland) Bureau of Animal Control <br />• Albuquerque (New Mexico) Animal Services Division <br />• The Humane League of Lancaster County (Pennsylvania) <br />• City of Sacramento (California) Animal Care and Control Division <br />• Lycoming County (Pennsylvania) SPCA <br />• Ottawa Humane Society (Canada) <br />City of Austin (Texas) Animal Services Unit <br />