Bad marriages ( those with ulterior motives ) never turn out well, some are bad from the gate. Just to speed things up, think Austin Pets Alive ! and The City Of Austin, or Washoe County and the Nevada Humane Society, toss Fresno and a few yet to be named ,and there is a mess. We have enjoyed sensible sheltering in Sac and it's driving the No Kill Zealots insane, they cannot stand our success.
The newest arrangement to be going down the tubes is Delaware and the Kent SPCA. Much like Fresno, Kent County SPCA wants to run the Animal Control contract in a professional manner and the zealots want to take over. So, the SPCA is going to be the bad guy and drop the contract if the zealots keep it up. Same with Fresno. Washoe County is no longer being paid to take from the public ( which they never did well ) so they will be crying poor mouth very quickly and trying to bail on their contract. In reality, NHS hasn't honored the contract since No Kill took over and that goes back to the decision by the BOD to intentioanlly create a breach by the leadership choices they made.
So how are these cities or counties going to do provide AC ? The Chap has an answer.
Build a facility, staff it with government employees and run it like a government agency. Leave the adoptions up to the private sector and forget the bloody save rate. If the rescues want to save animals, which is a good idea, let them come to the shelter and pull them. We can get by with much smaller holding facilities when we get back to our basic purpose. That is Animal Control, most animal control has been stolen by non-profits for the contract fee, which they then say is not enough to " follow their dream" I know there are exceptions to that thinking, but not many. Really is that such a difficult concept ? "Shoemaker, stick to thy lathe"
The euth rates will appear to go up, but only at the start when dogs that have never been adoptable are relieved of their imprisonment. Once the system is stabilized the herd health and the morale of all living things in that building will improve.
Go back to basics, set up an AC then let the rescues come or not, as they please and put the responsibility for their goal on them.
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Here in DE, non-profits have had animal control forever. The non-profit shelter that is giving up our largest city of Wilmington had their contract for 120 years. Now it appears Kent County SPCA may walk away from the county they are located in, although they'll still have another 6 months for our other 2 counties.
Here, the no-kill bunch wants it to transition to the government. I think their logic is that it looks a little less unsavory to talk bad about the big bad government than it does to talk bad about a fellow non-profit. That's why I just want to smack some smart into our commission. They don't understand that the complaints and games will only get worse against them.
The one consolation when my taxes go up, is that other states will get another dose of what not to do. Guess it's a good thing I got my collapsible baton and pepper spray a couple months ago, especially if we do end up without any animal control for a while.
There are rumors that now the county wants to partner with NNSPCA, same dog different day. Our county is lucky to own the building, and they should push that lead. Our SPCA does not have the space to hold all the animals the county takes in and should not even go there. What needs to happen is let WCRAS take part of the building back from NHS and handle their own adoptions. DO NOT GET INTO THE ADOPTION BUSINESS AC. If the community is really so concerned about a save rate they will show that by pulling animals. We have three agencies here that can pull, admittedly two are very small, but the County has been playing holdstation with them way to long. I say,5 day stray hold and then if the dog is adoptable 5 days on the floor. That will have given the rescues and the public 10 days to make up their mind.
As my lovely Spouse said above,the county needs to do it's own thing and get rid of the leeches.NHS received their last payment for taking from the publc last November and they had long quit taking public animals. We chose to pick and choose from AC and let them do the vetting. The persons in charge of a shelter have to come to terms with the damage being done by the NoKill activists or as I call them NKNJ's. They will not go away if you give them any response at all. Ignore the idiots and let your elected leaders know you are not impressed with their involvement with these groups
Most of you know how our partners are set up. The public surrenders at the muni shelter and we pull from them, Muni has first choice on adoptions and we take what is left over, then if we have room we will also take from the public. We seldom have room for many but we do handle a few.
By using firm guidelines we are able to get adoptable dogs placed in a timely fashion. You have to remove the unadoptables from the herd at once, they cannot be placed and they take up space for those that can. Partnerships can only work if there is a similar goal and attitude, The Reno non-profit has no sense of cooperation, nor do they seem to understand the danger they are putting these animals in by throwing them out the door.
If you get the chance to recreate AC, why not put it under control of Fire & Police? Just wondering your thoughts on that idea. When did AC become "rescue"? That is one point that drives me crazy with the NKNJ's. Animal Control is based out of the animal shelter. Their first priority is to protect. Adoptions, foster, etc are a byproduct of the system. Let Fire & Police take over. Maybe that would help.
I couldn't agree more Georgia, in Sac they are under the police and that drives the NKNJ's even crazier. Washoe County just got put under the Sheriff's dept and I am certain they are getting back on track too. We must reclaim our Animal Control.
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