Day: July 1, 2011

International animal control data

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE,  July/August 2011:



	Much of the international animal control data offered below 
was collected by the United Nations Food & Agricultural Organization 
during an online expert consultation conducted in mid-2010.  The 
United Kingdom data was collected by the eighth annual Dogs Trust 
survey of U.K. dog wardens,  and does not include dogs who are killed 
after surrender to nonprofit humane societies--probably about half of 
the actual total of dogs killed by U.K. shelters.  The remainder was 
collected by ANIMAL PEOPLE,  in the same manner as the accompanying 
U.S. data.  Only the Canadian and Japanese totals include cats,  who 
are not commonly impounded in the other nations whose data is 
presented.  Nepal officially no longer kills dogs for animal control 
purposes
	Many of the differences in the rates of animal control dog 
killing from nation to nation are attributable to differences in 
national ratios of dogs to humans.
	Known dogs-to-people ratios in the listed nations include: 
Canada 1/10;  Japan 1/13;  Ukraine 1/15;   United Kingdom 1/9.  The 
FAO believes the global ratio to be 1/16.
	Ratios of dogs killed for animal control to total dogs among 
the listed nations include:  Canada 1/237;  Japan 1/321;   Ukraine 
1/5;  U.K. 1/1,060;  U.S. 1/46.


Animals killed   YEAR   1,000s   Animals
per 1,000 people      of people  killed
________________________________________
Belgium     0.5  2008   10,414     5,447
Canada      4.2  2010   33,487   141,200
Ireland     1.6  2010    4,203     6,500
Japan       2.4  2009  129,357   310,457
Kyrgyzstan  1.8  2010    5,432    10,000
Nepal      10.9  2000   23,151   252,345
Pakistan    5.7  2010  175,578 1,000,795
Ukraine    13.2  2004   45,700   603,240
U.K.        0.1  2010   61,113     6,404

2011 U.S. shelter data update

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, July/August 2011:

 

The 18th annual ANIMAL PEOPLE analysis of U.S. shelter exit
data has confirmed that the encouraging findings of the 17th analysis
were no fluke: U.S. shelters are now killing fewer cats and dogs per
1,000 Americans than at any time since relevant data first was
published, early in the 20th century. The total numbers of cats and
dogs killed are the lowest in more than 50 years.
However, while the 2011 ANIMAL PEOPLE survey found that the
cat toll fell by about 207,700 from the 2010 survey data, a 10%
improvement, the dog toll increased by about 76,500.

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Shelter killing falls to 3.4 million dogs & cats per year, with new lows in all regions

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE,  July/August 2011:



           Animals killed  YEAR  1,000s   Animals
         per 1,000 people       of people  killed
________________________________________________
Brookhaven, NY        1.0  2009    500       475
Tompkins County, NY   1.3  2009    102       128
New York City         1.7  2009  8,300    14,027
NEW HAMPSHIRE         1.9  2009  1,325     2,495
Buffalo/Erie          6.5  2009    919     5,940
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NORTHEAST (32%)       2.1       34,876    72,800

New Castle/Sussex, DE 1.2  2009    727       880
Delaware County, PA   4.2  2009    558     2,321
NEW JERSEY            4.4  2008  8,866    37,673
Huntingdon Cty, PA    5.0  2008     46       231
Philadelphia         10.5  2008  1,611    15,286
Cumberland Cnty, NJ  15.4  2009    158     2,427
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MID-ATLANTIC (42%)    4.7       28,770   134,264

Broward County        7.3  2008  1,751    12,782
Dekalb County, GA     7.4  2009    737     5,462
Cobb County, GA       8.5  2009    698     5,958
Miami/Dade County     9.5  2009  2,297    21,896
Gwinnette Cty, GA     9.8  2009    776     7,608
Palm Beach County    10.8  2010  1,280    13,682
VIRGINIA             11.3  2009  7,883    88,730
Jacksonville, FL     11.7  2010    808     9,500
Pinellas Cty, FL     12.0  2010    917    11,000
Manatee County, FL   13.6  2008    316     4,294
Alachua Cty, FL      14.4  2009    240     3,459
Tampa region         16.5  2009  1,205    19,326
St. Lucie Cty, FL    17.4  2008    278     4,849
NORTH CAROLINA       19.9  2009  9,535   190,626
Clay County, FL      20.2  2010    187     3,778
Clayton County, GA   23.4  2009    272     6,257
Robeson Count, NC    34.6  2009    130     4,500
Macon, GA            46.0  2009     93     4,278
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SO. ATLANTIC (63%)   14.2       46,026   663,468

Louisville           13.0  2008    722     9,368
Nashville            16.0  2009    626    10,000
Grant County, KY     19.9  2009     22       438
Memphis              20.0  2008    671    13,416
Kanawha/Charleston   21.3  2010    304     6,474
Loudon/Monroe, TN    70.1  2009     94     6,635
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APPALACHIA (16%)     19.0       15,453   289,569
           Animals killed  YEAR  1,000s   Animals
         per 1,000 people       of people  killed
________________________________________________
Plano, TX             5.3  2009    268     1,430
Richardson, TX        9.4  2009    102       957
Dallas               11.7  2008  2,346    27,355
Austin/Travis County 11.9  2008    921    10,916
Jefferson Parish     16.9  2008    456     7,720
San Antonio/Bexar    19.6  2008  1,329    17,441
Mobile               22.1  2009    406     8,971
Madison County       23.2  2009    335     7,766
Birmingham           24.2  2010    658    15,907
Garland, TX          25.0  2009    226     5,651
El Paso              25.5  2010    751    19,110
Caddo Parish         26.1  2009    253     6,600
Waco/McLennan County 27.0  2008    230     6,204
Brownsville          28.4  2009    176     5,000
Tuskaloosa, AL       31.1  2009    178     6,019
Baldwin County, AL   34.5  2009    174     4,905
Calhoun County, AL   35.9  2008    119     4,275
Mesquite, TX         41.6  2009    132     5,488
Hattiesburg area     46.9  2010    149     6,981
Amarillo             58.8  2009    187    11,000
Odessa/Ector Cty.    71.4  2008    132     9,423
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GULF COAST (24%)     20.5       37,426   721,717

Vigo County, IN       1.2  2009    108       130
Parke-Vermillion, IN  1.5  2009     17        25
St. Charles Cty., MO  2.4  2009    349       820
Oakland County, MI    2.6  2009  1,202     3,125
Dane County, WI       3.8  2009    477     1,797
Duluth                4.0  2009     86       344
Livingston Cty, MI    5.9  2009    183     1,084
St. Louis             5.9  2009    356     2,105
Chicago               6.7  2008  2,851    19,228
Jefferson Cty., MO    8.5  2009    224     1,900
Dayton/Montgomery    10.1  2009    538     5,431
Kansas City, MO      10.9  2008    452     4,912
Quad Cities, IL-IA   12.7  2009    312     3,944
Calhoun County, MI   14.5  2008    136     1,965
Sangamon Cty, IL     14.7  2008    195     2,857
Detroit metro area   15.1  2010  1,217    18,364
Genesee County, MI   18.9  2009    424     8,000
Tulsa                18.9  2009    386     7,303
Ft. Wayne/Allen Cty. 29.3  2009    351    10,282
Shelby County, IN    29.4  2008     44     1,293
________________________________________________
MIDWEST (14%)        10.1       70,678   677,925
          Animals killed  YEAR  1,000s   Animals
         per 1,000 people       of people  killed
________________________________________________
Montrose, CO          2.5  2009     16       383
Reno/Washoe           3.5  2009    414     1,453
Quad/Yavapai, AZ      3.7  2011    146       533
Weld County, CO       6.2  2009    244     1,500
Denver metro area     6.9  2009  2,700    18,591
Montrose, CO         10.9  2008     16       179
UTAH                 11.9  2009  2,784    38,023
Phoenix/Maricopa     13.9  2009  3,817    52,991
NEVADA               14.4  2009  2,643    38,163
Las Vegas/Clark Cty  14.4  2009  2,000    28,937
Tucson               25.3  2008  1,014    25,600
Mohave County, AZ    33.5  2009    200     6,709
Clovis, NM           48.9  2009     37     1,821
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WEST/ROCKIES (72%)   16.0       22,065   353,968

San Francisco         1.3  2009    815     1,031
Washington Cty, OR    1.3  2009    537       685
Irvine, CA            1.4  2010    213       300
Sonoma County         1.5  2009    484       719
Berkeley              1.6  2009    113       184
Whidbey Island, WA    2.2  2009     60       132
Seattle               3.1  2010    603     1,893
Los Angeles city      5.1  2009  3,834    19,561
Santa Barbara Cty.    5.3  2008    405     2,136
San Diego city/county 5.8  2010  3,095    18,063
Portland/Multnomah    6.1  2009  2,049    12,500
Santa Clara County    6.8  2009  1,782    12,073
Contra Costa County   7.3  2008  1,049     7,609
Clallam County, WA   10.0  2009     71       708
Monterey County, CA  13.6  2008    415     5,659
CALIFORNIA           10.9  2008 36,757   400,000
San Bernardino Cty   15.5  2009  2,061    32,000
Spokane              16.8  2008    463     7,824
Lodi                 21.8  2008     62     1,353
Kern/Bakersfield     22.7  2010    824    18,701
Fresno               35.0  2009    942    33,000
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PACIFIC (81%)        10.4       49,880   522,264

U.S. TOTAL           11.3      308,144 3,483,184

	(The regional and national totals appearing in bold are 
proportionately weighted estimates.  The figure in parenthesis is the 
percentage of the regional human population living within the shelter 
service areas from which the totals come.)

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Sixty years of U.S. progress against shelter killing

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE,  July/August 2011:




(The year stated from 1997 to present is the mid-year of a three-year 
survey interval.)


Year      Millions of dogs       Killed per
              & cats killed       1,000 humans

1950                2.0             13.5

1970               23.4            115.0

1985               17.8             74.8

1997                4.9             21.1
1998                4.9             19.4
1999                4.5             16.6
2000                4.5             16.8
2001                4.4             15.7
2002                4.2             15.3
2003                4.5             14.8
2004                4.9             17.4
2005                4.4             14.8
2006                4.0             13.6
2007                4.2             13.8
2008                3.6             11.6
2009                3.4             11.3

HSUS wins a 2nd Silver Telly

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, July/August 2011:

WASHINGTON D.C. –The Humane
Society of the U.S. in June 2011 received a
Silver Telly Award for excellence in television
for the second consecutive month. The Telly
Award program, founded in 1978, honored the
HSUS video Undercover at Smithfield in June,
after honoring the HSUS video Stallone: The Face
of Dogfighting in May. Undercover at Smithfield
is an exposé featuring the findings of an HSUS
investigator who worked for a month in a Virginia
farrowing barn operated by a Smithfield Foods
subsidiary. Stallone is the biography of a
fighting dog.

Enforcing the Indian ban on forced molts

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, July/August 2011:

 

New Delhi–The Indian office of Humane Society International
on June 20, 2011 introduced a confidential e-mail address,
<starvinghens@hsi.org>, for informants to use to report egg farms
that starve hens to induce forced molts, a practice which
metabolically simulates winter and causes the hens to produce more
eggs when they are again fed, metabolically simulating spring.
“The program was launched after the Animal Welfare Board of
India directed all poultry farms in the country to immediately
discontinue starvation force molt regimes, stating that the practice
is in violation of India’s Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act of
1960, and a punishable offence,” said HIS factory farming campaign
manager N.G. Jayasimha. “Once HSI receives a report about starvation
molting on a particular farm,” Jayasimha pledged, “we will work
with the state animal husbandry department, the local SPCA, the
Animal Welfare Board of India, and the state animal welfare board to
investigate.”
The agencies responsible for agricultural law enforcement in
Maharashtra and Karnataka states had already issued orders enforcing
the Animal Welfare Board of India edict against forced molts.
Equivalent agencies in Nagaland and Chandigarh followed within the
next two days, meaning four states had agreed to comply with the
AWBI decree. India is comprised of 28 states and seven “union
territories.”

Dogs Deserve Better founder’s marriage begins with groom in doghouse

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, July/August 2011:
LEFT–Dogs Deserve Better founder Tamara Ci Thayne and
longtime anti-chaining campaign supporter Joe Horvath were married on
June 20, 2011 on the Pennsylvania State Capitol steps in Harrisburg,
concluding Thayne’s annual “chain-off” demonstration in pursuit of a
state law prohibiting dog tethering as a primary means of
confinement. Thayne, who has chained herself to doghouses in public
places every summer since 2004, spent 52 days in 2010 chained in
front of the Pennsylvania State Capitol. Thayne and Horvath were
joined at the 2011 demo by about 75 other protesters, 25 of whom
also spent the day chained to doghouses.

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Dutch bill to ban slaughter without pre-stunning clears lower house

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, July/August 2011:

DEN HAAG–A bill to require that all animals who are
slaughtered for human consumption must be stunned before they are
killed was on June 28, 2011 approved 116-30 by the lower house of
the Dutch Parliament and passed to the Dutch senate.
The senate is not expected to act upon the bill before fall.
The bill in effect bans traditional kosher and halal slaughter.
Though some Judaic and Islamic religious authorities conditionally
allow pre-stunning, most hold that pre-stunning is a violation of
the requirements of Mosaic and Islamic religious law that animals be
conscious when their throats are swiftly cut with a sharp blade.

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Vegan glove makes majors

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, July/August 2011:

 

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y.–Pitcher Brian Gordon of the New York
Yankees and the first non-leather baseball glove used in the major
leagues debuted together on June 16, 2011. Gordon’s vegan glove was
hand-crafted from nylon microfiber by Scott Carpenter, 30, of
Cooperstown, New York, whose shop is near the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Ten ounces lighter than conventional leather baseball gloves,
the vegan glove meets the strength and safety requirements of Major
League Baseball Inc. Non-leather vinyl baseball and softball gloves
were introduced for recreational play by several makers circa 1990,
but have a notoriously short useful lifespan and are now sold only
for use by children who are just beginning to play ball.
“The quality of synthetics back then was awful compared to
now,” Carpenter told ANIMAL PEOPLE. “I believe the tipping point
for synthetics in professional baseball gloves is now–it wasn’t
plausible earlier.”
Several minor league pro players are also using Carpenter
non-leather gloves.

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