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Elle, 6-year-old boxer mix, arrived at Austin Pets Alive! in December 2021 from a local city shelter as a behavior support case. Elle a 'perfect addition' at new forever home after 1,000-plus days ...
To account for these cases, animal rescue organization Best Friends considers a shelter “no-kill” when it consistently euthanizes no more than 10% of all the animals that come in the door.
From 1998 to 2011, the euthanasia rate of animals that entered the Austin, TX, city shelter went from 85% to less than 10%, and as of 2011 Austin is the largest no-kill city in the United States. [35] In August 2011, the City celebrated its highest save-rate month ever, in which the shelter saved 96% of all impounded animals. [36]
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The No Kill Advocacy Center held its first annual No Kill Conference in 2005, with Winograd as the only speaker, [10] and less than two dozen in attendance. [1] The 2012 conference had 33 speakers, including shelter directors with save rates as high as 98%. [10]
This category contains animal shelters that save all healthy and treatable animals, including feral cats. Euthanasia is only used for animals who are irremediably suffering, in which medical treatment cannot alleviate their condition, or in the case of dogs, a threat to public safety with a poor prognosis for rehabilitation.
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By November 1988, Operation Kindness moved the shelter to a storefront location at 1029 Trend in Carrollton. In 1999, we moved the shelter to 3201 Earhart Drive in Carrollton where we remain today. To impact more pets, the shelter broke ground on the renovation and expansion of our adoption center and animal hospital in April 2018.