ANIMAL SURRENDER AND SHELTER INTAKE FACTS

HEY GUYS! 🐾

MY MOM WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU THE RESEARCH THAT SHE FOUND REGARDING PET ADOPTION STATISTICS FOR ANIMAL SURRENDER AND SHELTER INTAKE.

-  6.3 MILLION ANIMALS (CATS AND DOGS) ENTER THE SHELTERS EACH YEAR. THAT'S AROUND 17,260 ANIMALS THAT ENTER A SHELTER ON A DAILY BASIS.

-  JUST OVER 4 MILLION (CATS AND DOGS) ARE ADOPTED EACH YEAR.

-  SADLY, 920,000 ANIMALS THAT ARE SURRENDERED ANNUALLY ARE EUTHANIZED, OF WHICH 670,000 ARE DOGS,

-  THE MOST COMMON DOG BREED IN A SHELTER ARE PITBULLS, FOLLOWED BY LABRADOR RETRIEVERS, GERMAN SHEPHERDS, DASCHHUNDS, CHIHUAHUAS AND BOXERS.

-  SOME OF THE COMMON REASONS THAT ANIMALS ARE SURRENDERED: DEATH OF AN OWNER, HOUSING ISSUES, FINANCES, AND AGRESSIVE BEHAVIOUR.

-  THE RATE OF ADOPTION IS HIGHER FOR PUPPIES THAT ADULT DOGS.

-  THERE ARE OVER 70 MILLION PETS (DOGS OR CATS) THAT CURRENTLY LIVE AS STRAYS IN THE UNITED STATES. 

-  STATISTICS SHOW THAT OVER 10 MILLION ANIMALS DIE EACH YEAR AS A RESULT OF ABUSE AND DOGS MAKE UP 65% OF THIS FIGURE. 

-  THE TIME AN ANIMAL STAYS IN A SHELTER BEFORE BEING EUTHAIZED DEPENDS ON THE LOCATION AND TYPE OF SHELTER. SOME SHELTERS HAVE A 5-DAY HOLD POLICY WITH EUTHANIZATION ON THE SIXTH DAY AND OTHERS HAVE 3 DAY HOLD POLICY. THE NO-KILL SHELTERS OFFER A PERMANENT SHELTER FOR THEIR ANIMALS. 

-  CALIFORNIA, TEXAS, NORTH CAROLINA, FLORIDA, AND LOUISIANA KILL MORE THAN 50% OF ALL DOGS AND CATS IN THE UNITED STATES.

- THE MAIN REASON ANIMALS IN SHELTERS ARE BEING EUTHANIZED IS DUE TO OVERCROWDING AND SHELTERS CANNOT SUSTAIN THESE ANIMIALS. SADLY, THEY ARE PUT TO SLEEP.

THESE STATISTICS ARE SOME OF THE EYE OPENING REASONS THAT THERE IS A PET CRISIS IN OUR COUNTRY TODAY. MORE ANIMALS ARE BEING SURRENDERED THAN ADOPTED. UNFORTANELY, MANY OF THESE ANIMALS THAT ARE EUTHANIZED IN OUR SHELTERS, COULD HAVE BEEN PLACED IN FOSTER CARE OR A FOREVER HOME. EVEN WITH AN INCREASE OF NO-KILL SHELTERS, CHANGES STILL NEED TO BE MADE. WE CAN DO THIS BY FOSTERING OR ADOPTING. IF THIS IS NOT AN OPTION, THAN CONSIDER VOLUNTEERING AT YOUR LOCAL SHELTER AS THEY CAN USE THE HELP. SHELTERS ALWAYS NEED DONATIONS, OR FOOD AND PET SUPPLIES. BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY...GET THE WORD OUT AND SHARE ON SOCIAL MEDIA THE SHELTER PETS IN NEED OF RESCUE OR ADOPTION, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO ARE DUE TO BE EUTHANIZED.  

 {Source: https://worldanimalfoundation.org/advocate/pet-adoption-statistics/}

CHEWY MAN AND FAMILY 🐶

BE A HERO AS ROSIE AND HAZEL STILL NEED YOUR HELP!

 HEY GUYS, 🐾

NORTHERN OCEAN COUNTY ANIMAL FACILITY NEEDS YOUR HELP!

ROSIE, HOW CAN WE FORGET HER!  SHE IS THE LAST REMAINING DOG FROM THE BRICK HOARDING SITUATION. SHE WAS LIVING IN A CRATE THERE FOR WHO KNOWS HOW LONG AND NOW SHE HAS BEEN IN THE SHELTER FOR 8 LONG MONTHS. SHE IS IN NEED OF RESCUE AS SHE GUARDS HER FOOD. THIS BEHAVIOR MAY HAVE RESULTED FROM HER BEING IN THAT TERRIBLE SITUATION. ROSIE IS 3 YRS OLD, WEIGHS 40 POUNDS, IS SPAYED, UP TO DATE ON HER SHOTS, HEARTWORM NEGATIVE, AND MICROCHIPPED. LET'S HELP ROSIE AND SHARE HER STORY AND FIND AN APPROVED 501(c)3 RESCUE TO PULL HER FROM THE SHELTER. ANY RESCUE THAT CAN HELP CAN EMAIL: kathleenfrett1@gmail.com.AT NORTHERN OCEAN COUNTY ANIMAL FACILITY. HASN'T ROSIE SUFFERED LONG ENOUGH AND PAID THE PRICE? FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ROSIE, PLEASE REFER TO FRIENDS OF NORTHERN OCEAN COUNTY'S FACEBOOK PAGE.

HAZEL IS ANOTHER PUP WHO HAS BEEN IN THE NORTHERN OCEAN COUNTY ANIMAL FACILITY FOR 8 LONG MONTHS. THE SHELTER HAS A RESCUE WHO CAN PULL HAZEL, BUT THEY ARE IN URGENT NEED OF A FOSTER. THE SHELTER NOTES ON THEIR FACEBOOK PAGE THAT HAZEL HAS PASSED ALL HER TEMPERAMENT TESTS, BUT SHE IS STILL SHY WITH MEN AND NEEDS TO BE THE ONLY PET IN THE HOME. CAN'T SOMEONE STEP UP AND FOSTER HAZEL? IF YOU CAN BE HAZEL'S HERO AND FOSTER HER, PLEASE CONTACT THE SHELTER MANAGEMENT OR EMAIL: kathleenfrett1@gmail.com. AT NORTHERN OCEAN COUNTY ANIMAL FACILITY.  FOR MORE INFORMATION ON HAZEL PLEASE REFER TO FRIENDS OF NORTHERN OCEAN COUNTY'S FACEBOOK PAGE.

**THE OCEAN COUNTY ANIMAL FACILITY NORTH IS LOCATED AT 615 FREEMONT AVENUE IN JACKSON AND IS OPEN EVERY DAY FROM 1 TO 4 PM.**

 LET'S MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND GET THESE TWO YOUNG PUPS INTO A HOME! AFTER ALL....AUGUST IS CLEAR THE SHELTERS MONTH!!!

  CHEWY MAN AND FAMILY 🐶

*Author not affiliated with this shelter, just a concerned animal advocate*

  

 

 

STAN LEE - URGENT NEED OF A RESCUE!

 

HEY GUYS! 🐾

FRIENDS OF NORTHERN OCEAN COUNTY ANIMAL FACILITY POSTED ON THEIR FACEBOOK PAGE TODAY AND ON PRIOR POSTS, AN URGENT NEED FOR THE RESCUE OF STAN LEE. HE IS A 10-YEAR-OLD BLACK/BRINDLE PITTIE MIX WHO WAS SURRENDERED TO THEIR SHELTER. SADLY, THE SHELTER NOTES THAT HE HAS BECOME EXTREMELY STRESSED AND HAS BEEN HURTING HIMSELF. THE SHELTER DESCRIBES HIM AS A GENTLEMAN WHO WALKS WELL ON A LEASH, LISTENS WELL, KNOWS BASIC COMMANDS, AND WANTS TO PLEASE. HE HAS PASSED ALL HIS TEMPERAMENT TESTS, BUT HE NEEDS TO BE THE ONLY PET. DUE TO HIS HIGH PLAY DRIVE WITH TOYS, HE NEEDS A 501(C)3 RESCUE. THE SHELTER POSTED THAT THEY HAVE A RESCUE WHO WANTS TO HELP HIM, BUT THEY ARE IN NEED OF A FOSTER HOME. STAN LEE HAS BEEN WAITING SO LONG IN THIS OVERCROWDED SHELTER TO BE RESCUED, THAT IT IS THOUROUGHLY HEATBREAKING. PLEASE SOMEONE STEP UP AND BE A FOSTER FOR THIS SENIOR PUP! IF YOU HAVE AN INTEREST AND CAN HELP THIS GUY, PLEASE CONTACT kathleenfrett1@gmail.com. REMEMBER THIS IS CLEAR THE SHELTER MONTH, SO LET'S MAKE IT HAPPEN FOR STAN LEE AND OTHERS. (OCEAN COUNTY ANIMAL FACILITY NORTH IS LOCATED AT 615 FREEMONT AVENUE IN JACKSON)

"RESCUE: IT'S NOT JUST A VERB. IT'S A PROMISE" ~ Anonymous 

CHEWY MAN AND FAMILY! 🐶

*Author not affiliated with this shelter, just a concerned animal advocate*

CLEAR THE SHELTERS STARTS TODAY!!

 

 

HEY GUYS, 🐾

TODAY STARTS "CLEAR THE SHELTERS", AND IT RUNS FROM AUGUST 1ST TO AUGUST 31ST. THIS IS THE 9TH CONSECUTIVE YEAR THAT NBC-UNIVERSAL IN PARTNERSHIP WITH TELEMUNDO AND AFFILIATED STATIONS ACROSS OUT COUNTRY INCLUDING PUERTO RICO ARE TEAMING UP WITH LOCAL SHELTERS AND RESCUES TO PROMOTE ANIMAL ADOPATIONS AND HELP RAISE FUNDS FOR ANIMAL WELFARE. THIS MONTH-LONG EVENT SUPPORTS MANY SHELTERS AND RESCUES THAT CARE FOR OUR VULNERABLE ANIMALS. IT IS INTERESTING TO NOTE: "SINCE 2015, CLEAR THE SHELTERS HAS HELPED MORE THAN 860,000 PETS FIND NEW HOMES. LAST YEAR'S CAMPAIGN SET A NEW SINGLE-YEAR RECORD WITH MORE THAN 161,000 ADOPTIONS, WHILE RAISING MORE THAN $540,000."

SO, IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A LOYAL COMPANION, VISIT YOUR LOCAL SHELTERS AND BE PART OF THIS WONDERFUL EVENT. SO MANY ANIMALS ARE IN NEED OF A FOREVER HOME. IN YOUR SEARCH FOR YOUR BEST BUDDY, YOU MAY WANT TO CONSIDER ADOPTING A SENIOR PET. THEY HAVE SEVERAL ADVANTAGES, THEY ARE TYPICALLY HOUSEBROKEN, CALMER, AND LESS DESTRUCTIVE THAT PUPPIES. SADLY, THEY ARE OFTEN OVERLOOKED IN THE SHELTER AS THEY HAVE AN ADOPTIONS RATE OF 25% COMPARED TO 60% ADOPTION RATE FOR PUPPIES PER THE ASPCA. BUT WHATEVER YOU CHOOSE, SENIOR, ADULT, OR PUPPY, REMEMBER YOU ARE MAKING A COMMITIMENT TO PROVIDE YOUR COMPANION WITH THE BEST LIFE POSSIBLE!

P.S. IF YOU CAN'T ADOPT, PLEASE FOSTER, VOLUNTEER, OR DONATE, THE SHELTERS AND RESCUES CAN ALWAYS USE YOUR HELP! THANK YOU!

CHEWY MAN AND FAMILY! 🐶

TODAY IS NATIONAL MUTT DAY!!!

 HEY GUYS!🐾

Today is National Mutt Day! It's an unofficial holiday that is celebrated not only today, but also on December 2nd. This day calls to our attention that mutts are as good as a pure-bred and deserve the same attention, love, and respect. This special day was created in 2005, by Colleen Paige, an Animal Welfare Advocate. Her intent is to raise awareness of the unfortunate situation that mixed breeds face in our nation’s shelters as approximately 80% of the dogs in the shelters are mixed breeds. The pure breeds that end up in the shelters are generally rescued quickly by individuals who purchase these dogs for considerably less or they are rescued by a pure breed rescue organization.

As noted by the ASPCA, “approximately 3.3 million dogs enter shelters every year”. Many of the dogs that enter the shelters are often abandoned or abused, but each one deserves a forever home. Sadly, a large percentage of dogs that are euthanized are due to illegal breeding and the continual over-breeding and the sale of pure-bred puppies by puppy mills to pet stores that are ill or neglected. Many people are unaware that mixed breeds possess unique characteristics that result from the mix of their breeds. Mixed breeds tend to be healthier and live longer lives and their behavior is often better. They learn and obey commands just as easily as a pure-bred. They are just as competent at performing the tasks of search and rescue, bomb and drug sniffing, and therapy/guide dogs. Also, let’s not forget the health benefits that all canine companions provide us with such as daily walks and social interaction with our neighbors.

To celebrate National Mutt Day, you may want to visit your local shelter and find your perfect companion. There are many healthy and loving mixed breeds desperately waiting for their forever home. If you are unable to adopt, the shelters appreciate your financial donation for every dollar-counts. Or you may want to volunteer your time at a shelter or donate food and other supplies.

If you need more convincing to adopt a mix breed, just remember Benji, a mixed breed Terrier famous for several films from 1974 through the 2000’s and Spike, a Labrador Retriever/Mastiff mix who was best known as Old Yeller and the list goes on.

“In every heart, there is a hole. In every shelter, there is love in which to fill it.” ~Colleen Paige

CHEWY MAN AND FAMILY!!🐶

BE A HERO....CHANGE A DOG'S LIFE!

 HEY GUYS, 🐾

HAVE YOU EVER CONSIDERED FOSTERING A DOG?  IT CAN BE A REWARDING EXPERIENCE! BY FOSTERING A DOG, YOU GIVE THEM A TEMPORARY HOME WITH LOVE AND CARE UNTIL THEY CAN BE ADOPTED. THIS HELPS THE SHELTERS FREE UP SPACE SO OTHER DOGS CAN BE RESCUED. ALSO, FOSTERS AIDE THE SHELTERS BY LEARNING ABOUT A DOGS’ BEHAVIOR, SO THEY CAN BE PLACED IN THE BEST HOME POSSIBLE. FOSTERS ARE A VALUABLE RESOURCE AS SHELTERS ARE OVERCROWDED AND TOO MANY DOGS ARE BEING EUTHANIZED FOR SPACE. RESCUES OFTEN LACK FACILITIES TO HOUSE THESE DOGS SO FOSTER HOMES ARE DESPARATELY NEEDED. WHY DO WE FOSTER, WELL HERE A FEW REASONS:

-          FOSTERING A DOG IS A GOOD WAY TO FIND OUT IF OWNERSHIP IS RIGHT FOR YOU.

-          FOSTERING ALLOWS PUPPIES TO BE SAFE UNTIL THEY ARE OLD ENOUGH TO BE ADOPTED.

-          FOSTERING A DOG WHO IS INJURED OR ILL ALLOWS THEM TIME TO RECUPERATE.

-          FOSTERING GIVES A DOG NEAR THE END OF THEIR LIFE THE COMFORT AND LOVE THEY NEED.

-          FOSTERING A DOG WHO IS STRESSED IN THE SHELTER GIVES THE DOG TIME TO DECOMPRESS IN A HOME.

RESCUES AND SHELTERS NOT ONLY PROVIDE FOSTERS WITH GUIDENCE AND TRAINING, BUT MANY PROVIDE FOOD, PET SUPPLIES, MEDICINE, AND VETERINARY CARE. SO, IF YOU DECIDE TO FOSTER, GO ONLINE AND CHECK YOUR LOCAL RESCUES AND SHELTERS.  FILL OUT AN APPLICATION ONLINE AND IF YOU ARE APPROVED, THE SHELTER OR RESCUE WILL WORK WITH YOU TO PLACE THE RIGHT DOG IN YOUR HOME. BUT BEWARE YOU MAY BE A FOSTER FAIL AND ADOPT YOUR BEAUTIFUL FOSTER DOG!!!

YOU CAN'T CHANGE A DOG'S PAST, BUT YOU CAN REWRITE THE FUTURE ~ Agnes Carass

💕CHEWY MAN AND FAMILY💕

PLEASE HELP OUR SHELTERS!

 HEY GUYS, 🐾

HERE'S A COMMENTARY FROM MY MOM!

WHAT DOES EUTHANASIA MEAN? WELL, IT'S DERIVED FROM THE GREEK LANGUAGE MEANING "GOOD DEATH".  IT MEANS TO DELIBERATELY END A LIFE DUE TO PAIN AND SUFFERING. BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT'S ALWAYS HAPPENING IN OUR SHELTERS TODAY. DUE TO THE OVERCROWDING, TOO MANY HEALTHY ANIMALS ARE BEING EUTHANIZED JUST FOR SPACE. THESE ANIMALS DO NOT DESERVE TO DIE! THEY SHOULD BE IN THEIR FOREVER HOMES, LOVED AND CARED FOR TILL THEIR END. 

HERE ARE SOME OF THE REASONS THAT OUR SHELTERS ARE OVERCROWDED:

- PUPPIES AND KITTENS BORN WHO ARE UNWANTED AND HAVE LITTLE CHANCE OF FINDING A HOME. THAT'S WHY IT IS IMPORTANT TO SPAY OR NEUTER YOUR PET.

- TOO MANY UNREGULATED BREEDERS. 

- AS FAMILIES ADJUST TO POST PANDEMIC LIFE, THEY ARE FINDING IT DIFFICUTLT TO CARE FOR THEIR PETS OR THEY NO LONGER WANT THEM.

- HOUSING CHALLENGES, AS PETS ARE NOT ACCEPTED OR THERE ARE WEIGHT OR BREED RESTRICTIONS.

- LACK OF ADOPTERS OR FOSTERS. 

I WILL NOT DISAGREE THAT THERE ARE REASONS TO EUTHANIZE AN ANIMAL, AS IN THE CASE OF PAIN AND SUFFERING. BUT OUR SHELTERS ARE IN CRISIS WITH TOO MANY HEALTHY ANIMALS IN NEED OF A HOME AND THE SHELTERS HAVE NO MORE SPACE TO ACCOMODATE THEM, THEREFORE, MANY ARE EUTHANIZED, THIS IS A SAD REALITY, BUT WE NEED TO MAKE CHANGES. SUPPORT THE RESCUES THROUGH FOSTERING OR ADOPTING A PET. CONTACT OUR POLITICIANS TO MAKE CHANGES TO IMPROVE OUR SHELTERS. SO, HERE'S A THOUGHT.......

 

"THEY ALWAYS SAY TIME CHANGES THINGS, BUT YOU ACTUALLY HAVE TO CHANGE THEM YOURSELF" ~ Andy Warhol

CHEWY MAN 'S MOM 👩

TRUE COMPANIONS!

 HEY GUYS,🐾

 

I WROTE THIS POEM FOR ALL MY FRIENDS. PLEASE DON'T GIVE UP ON US! PLEASE ADOPT, RESCUE/FOSTER, OR VOLUNTEER! YOU WILL GET BACK SO MUCH MORE THAN YOU CAN GIVE!

 

TRUE COMPANIONS 

WE ARE YOUR COMPANIONS, WE ARE LOYAL AND TRUE,

DIDN’T YOU KNOW THAT’S WHY GOD GAVE US TO YOU!

TO HAVE AND TO HOLD, TO TEACH AND TO LOVE,

TO SIT WITH YOU IN THE GRASS AND WATCH THE CLOUDS ABOVE.

WE WILL COMFORT YOU WHEN YOU FEEL SAD,

WE ARE EMPATHETIC CREATURES, WE'RE NOT REALLY BAD.

WE DELIGHT IN YOUR HAPPINESS WHEN WE DANCE TO A SONG,

WITH YOU IS WHERE WE TRULY BELONG.

THE LOVE THAT YOU GIVE US WILL BE RETURNED TEN-FOLD,

EVEN AS YEARS PASS AND WE GROW OLD.

SO PLEASE NEVER LEAVE US OR GIVE US AWAY,

WE WOULD NEVER SURVIVE WITHOUT YOU ON ANY GIVEN DAY.

💕

CHEWY MAN! 🐶

SURRENDER.....WHAT DOES IT MEAN??

 HEY GUYS, 🐾

MY MOM'S COMMENTARY!

WHAT DOES SURRENDER MEAN? ONE DEFINITION IS “TO GIVE UP COMPLETELY”!  I BELIEVE THAT WHEN WE SURRENDER OUR DOGS THAT IS WHAT HAPPENS! SADLY, HERE ARE FEW REASONS:

MOVING AND NOT TAKING DOGS WITH THEM, HOUSING ISSUES, DOGS ARE NOT ALLOWED, OWNER PASSES AWAY AND FAMILY MEMBERS SURRENDER THE DOG, A DOG IS SURRENDERED DUE TO THEIR AGE, A NEW RELATIONSHIP /FAMILY MEMBER AND THE UNWANTED DOG IS SURRENDERED, AND A DOG IS SURRENDERED FOR BEHAVIORAL REASONS. 

FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, I DISAGREE WITH THOSE REASONS AND HERE’S WHY:

WHENEVER WE MOVED (IN STATE OR OUT OF STATE) OUR DOGS ALWAYS WENT WITH US. IT HAS TAKEN TIME AND EFFORT, BUT WE HAVE ALWAYS MANAGED TO FIND HOUSING THAT ACCEPTS OUR DOGS. WE HAVE MADE PROVISIONS IN THE EVENT OF OUR DEATH TO HAVE A FAMILY MEMBER CARE FOR OUR DOGS. WE HAVE SPENT TIME IN TRAINING AND SOCIALIZING OUR DOGS TO REDUCE OR ELIMINATE BEHAVIORAL ISSUES. OUR DOGS ARE SENIORS NOW AND WE WOULD NEVER CONSIDER SURRENDING THEM BECAUSE OF AGE OR ILLNESS. WE WILL ALWAYS COMFORT THEM TILL THE END, FOR AFTER ALL THEY ARE FAMILY. 

I BELIEVE THAT WHEN YOU HAVE A DOG OR ANY PET FOR THAT FACT, THAT YOU HAVE MADE A COMMITMENT FOR THE LENGTH OF THEIR LIVES. THEY ARE NOT MATERIAL OBJECTS THAT CAN BE DISCARDED AT ANY TIME BECAUSE "THEY ARE NOT A FIT"!! WHEN YOU SURRENDER YOUR DOG, THEY ARE LEFT ALONE AND AFRAID AND OFTEN TIMES DESTROYED. YES, IT TAKES WORK IN CARING FOR YOUR DOG, BUT THE REWARDS ARE SO MUCH GREATER! DOGS ARE OUR COMPANIONS, THEY ARE LOVING, LOYAL AND ALWAYS FORGIVING. MAYBE IF WE DIDN’T “GIVE UP COMPLETELY” ON OUR DOGS, THERE WOULD BE LESS IN OUR SHELTERS!

   “Pets are humanizing. They remind us we have an obligation and responsibility to preserve and nurture and care for all life.”- James Cromwell.

CHEWY MAN'S MOM👩

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!!!

 HEY GUYS!🐾

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!

CIENA AND ME.....ARE RED, WHITE, AND BLUE ALL OVER.... CAUSE OUR FRIENDS, HAZEL, ROSIE, CHEVY, DIAMOND, KYLO AND STAN LEE ARE STILL IN NEED OF RESCUE AT NORTHERN OCEAN COUNTY ANIMAL FACILITY! THE SHELTER IS SEEKING HELP FROM 501c3 RESCUES, CURRENT AS WELL AS NEW SHELTER PARTNERS. REMEMBER RESCUES ALWAYS NEED FOSTERS TOO. OH AND DON'T FORGET THEIR ADOPTABLE DOGS, SO MANY SWEET FACES! 

SO, PLEASE CHECK OUT "FRIENDS OF NORTHERN OCEAN COUNTY ANIMAL FACILITY" FACEBOOK PAGE TO ADOPT, RESCUE OR FOSTER! YOU CAN BE THE LIGHT OF THEIR LIVES!

THANK YOU,

CHEWY MAN AND FAMILY! 🐶

Author is not affiliated with any shelter, just a concerned animal advocate!