Gains in most regions against cat & dog surplus, but no sudden miracles

July 1, 2008 Dylan Forest Leave a comment

From ANIMAL PEOPLE,  July/August 2008:



           Animals killed  YEAR  1,000s    Animals
         per 1,000 people       of people  killed
---------------------------------------------------------
New York City        2.0  2007  8,143    16,489
CONNECTICUT          0.6  2007  3,502     2,282
NEW HAMPSHIRE        2.3  2007  1,316     2,696
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NORTHEAST (39%)      1.6       33,562    54,972

NEW JERSEY           4.4  2007  8,866    38,742
Pr. George Cty, MD   7.1  2007    841     6,000
DELAWARE            15.8  2005    854    13,500
Philadelphia        19.9  2006  1,448    28,774
---------------------------------------------------------
MID-ATLANTIC (40%)   7.8       27,782   217,540


Mission Viejo, CA    1.0  2005    166       113
San Juan Capistrano  1.3  2007     37        48
San Francisco        1.6  2007    744     1,411
Huntington Beach     2.5  2006    194       485
Los Angeles city     3.7  2007  4,018    15,009
Orange County, CA    4.3  2007  3,002    13,000
San Diego            4.0  2007  2,942    11,700
WASHINGTON           6.6  2006  6,132    40,722
Los Angeles total    6.8  2007  9,503    64,457
Tehama County, CA    6.8  2006     62       421
Portland/Multnomah   7.8  2007    682     5,332
OREGON               8.4  2006  3,641    30,528
Los Angeles County   8.5  2007  5,082    43,373
Santa Clara County   8.5  2005  1,668    14,097
Anchorage            9.1  2007    275     2,490
San Bernardino Cty  11.3  2007  2,028    22,900
Merced Cty, CA      12.2  2006    246     3,011
Long Beach          13.0  2007    469     6,075
Lodi, CA            13.9  2005     57       788
Monterey County, CA 14.4  2006    412     5,912
Lindsay/Porterville 14.6  2005     56       817
Visalia, CA         16.4  2006    420     6,896
Santa Cruz Cty, CA  20.0  2005    251     5,000
Kern County, CA     23.3  2006    802    18,669
Spokane             22.1  2006    447     8,991
Stanislaus Cty, CA  23.4  2007    512    12,000
Douglas County      24.0  2005    104     2,519
Valley Oak,  CA     25.4  2005    210     5,336
Bakersfield, CA     26.2  2005    644    16,904
Clovis, CA          28.0  2006     90     2,524
Madera County, CA   35.2  2005    144     5,071
Kings County, CA    27.2  2005    147     4,013
Tulare Cty, CA      40.3  2005    154     6,203
Fresno, CA          40.9  2006    787    32,147
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PACIFIC (73%)        9.3       48,736   453,340

Broward County       7.3  2006  1,788    13,000
Richmond, VA         7.9  2007    193     1,516
West Palm Beach      9.5  2007  1,351    12,820
VIRGINIA            12.7  2007  7,643    97,011
St. Johns Cnty, FL  13.0  2007    169     2,201
Atlanta area        16.9  2005  5,138    87,000
Alachua Cty, FL     18.2  2006    224     4,071
Orlando/Orange Cty  18.6  2005  1,023    19,000
Lee County, FL      19.1  2007    571    10,907
Tampa area          19.9  2006  2,489    49,557
Buncombe Cnty, NC   21.6  2007    222     4,800
Duval County, FL    23.5  2007    838    19,662
Columbia, SC        23.5  2007    468    11,000
Charleston, SC      24.1  2007    332     8,000
NORTH CAROLINA      25.5  2006  8,856   226,000
York county, SC     37.7  2006    199     7,500
Polk County,  FL    40.3  2005    511    20,566
Rome/Floyd Cty, GA  42.3  2006     95     4,034
Macon, GA           42.3  2007     94     3,970
Volusia County, FL  42.3  2007    497    21,000
Alamance Cty, NC    42.4  2007    143     6,067
Clay County, FL     44.7  2007    179     8,000
Orangeburg Cty, SC  49.5  2006     91     4,500
Stokes County, NC   60.9  2007     46     2,792
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SO. ATLANTIC (67%)  19.6       48,976   957,262

Dallas              10.8  2005  2,306    25,000
Dallas/FtWorth rgn  14.2  2005  5,753    82,000
Austin/Travis Cty.  15.2  2007    921    14,000
Shelby County, AL   16.9  2007    178     3,000
Houston             18.4  2007  3,886    71,395
San Antonio         23.1  2006  1,300    30,000
Birmingham          23.8  2005    818    19,438
Fort Worth          24.9  2005    603    15,000
Conroe area, TX     26.8  2006    378    10,120
Baldwin County, AL  28.7  2007    129     3,700
Mobile              30.1  2005    401    12,071
Tuskaloosa, AL      30.1  2006    169     4,982
Gulfport            31.8  2006    194     6,160
Baldwin County, AL  33.3  2006    163     5,432
Blount County, AL   38.6  2006     56     2,153
LOUISIANA           38.6  2005  4,288   157,070
Shreveport/Caddo    48.0  2005    250    12,000
Longview, TX        70.8  2005    114     8,070
Tupelo, MS          55.4  2006     78     4,320
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GULF COAST (52%)    23.0       35,744   822,598

Mason County, MI     3.9  2007     30       116
Terre Haute          4.6  2005    169       780
Milwaukee            4.8  2005  1,700     8,162
Chicago              6.7  2006  2,833    19,000
Porter Cty, IN       6.8  2007    160     1,081
Macomb County, MI    7.2  2007    833     6,000
Oakland County, MI   8.2  2006  1,214    10,000
MICHIGAN            11.7  2006 10,096   117,919
Sangamon Cty, IL    14.4  2007    194     2,800
Columbus/Frnkln Cty 14.6  2006  1,096    16,000
OHIO                14.9  2004 11,467   170,638
St. Clair Cty, MI   15.3  2007    170     2,600
Indianapolis        16.7  2007    866    14,470
Oklahoma City       28.0  2007    691    19,365
Independence, MO    29.7  2006    113     3,361
Tulsa               39.2  2006    383    15,000
River Rouge, MI    129.4  2007      9     1,165
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MIDWEST (41%)       13.0       70,006   910,078

Salt Lake City       6.0  2005  1,016     6,094
Reno                 6.6  2007    396     2,622
COLORADO             9.1  2007  4,753    43,000
UTAH                14.4  2005  2,352    33,854
Phoenix/Maricopa    15.5  2007  3,768    58,531
Cascade County, MT  18.3  2005     79     1,446
Las Vegas/Clark Cty 22.1  2007  1,997    26,500
Albuquerque         23.8  2007    505    12,029
NEW MEXICO          33.7  2007  1,978    66,709
Santa Fe, NM        38.2  2005    130     5,000
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WEST (72%)          16.0       21,361   341,111

TENNESSEE (prjctd)  25.1  2006  6,039   151,329
Knoxville           29.9  2006    405    12,090
Kanawha/Charleston  34.1  2007    192     6,553
Louisville          42.9  2005    700    30,000
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APPALACHIA (46%)    27.1       15,045   408,439

U.S. TOTAL          13.8      301,212 4,165,340

	The regional and national totals appearing in bold are not 
tallies of the data used to produce them,  but are rather estimates 
proportionately weighted to reflect demography.  The percentage 
figure in parenthesis is the percentage of the regional human 
population encompassed within the shelter service areas from which 
the totals were derived.

About six million U.S. dogs live on chains, Dogs Deserve Better count projects

May 1, 2008 Dylan Forest Leave a comment

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, May 2008:
TIPTON, Pa.–How many dogs are chained or penned in
abnormally close quarters as their primary means of confinement?
The quick answer appears to be about six million dogs, 9% of
the U.S. dog population, based on an ANIMAL PEOPLE analysis of data
gathered by Dogs Deserve Better founder Tammy Grimes and public
liaison director Dawn Ashby.
Grimes and Ashby in mid-April 2008 spent 12 days counting
chained or closely penned dogs in a dozen southern and southeastern
states. They found 1,051 chained dogs in 1,483 residential road
miles, or about one mile in 2,648 of the U.S. residential road mile
total.

Order protecting duck said to be a legal first

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, May 2008:
MASTIC, N.Y.–A protective order issued on April 3, 2008
on behalf of a duck named Circles was believed to be a legal first.
Ylik Mathews, 21, a neighbor who allegedly shot Circles in the neck
with a pellet gun, received the order after pleading not guilty to
felony cruelty in Central Islip First District Court. Previously
convicted of first degree robbery, Mathews faces up to two years in
prison. He was held on bail of $5,000 cash or $10,000 bond.
“To my knowledge, it’s the first order of protection for a
pet in Suffolk County outside of domestic violence cases,”
prosecutor Michelle Auletta told Luis Perez of Newsday.

Virginia becomes first state to limit the number of dogs at breeding kennels

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, May 2008:
RICHMOND–Virginia dog breeders may not keep more than 50
dogs over the age of one year after January 1, 2009.
Virginia on April 23, 2008 became the first U.S. state to
limit the size of dog breeding kennels. At least 30 states
considered “puppy mill” bills of various sorts during 2008 spring
legislative sessions, with several others believed likely to pass as
the May 2008 edition of ANIMAL PEOPLE went to press.
Introduced by Spotsylvania state representative Bobby Orrock,
and amended by recommendation of Governor Tim Kaine, the Virginia
bill was pushed by the Humane Society of the U.S. and the Virginia
Animal Control Association.
The bill received a boost from a five-month HSUS
investigation that discovered more than 900 active dog breeders in
Virginia, only 16 of whom held USDA permits to sell dogs across
state lines. HSUS released the findings on November 1, 2007.
The next day, responding to a tip from Virginia Partnership
for Animal Welfare and Support, of New River Valley, Carroll County
animal control officers raided Horton’s Pups, of Hillsville.
Licensed to keep up to 500 dogs, proprietor Lanzie Carroll Horton
Jr. reportedly had more than 1,100, including about 300 puppies.
About 700 dogs were taken into custody. Horton was charged in
January 2008 with 14 counts of cruelty, 25 counts of neglect, and
one count of failing to update his license.

Accidental rabies imports emphasize value of quarantine

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, May 2008:
LONDON, BRUSSELS–Health experts are hoping the prominence
of the most recent rescuer involved in accidentally importing a rabid
dog will emphasize to the international rescue community the need to
quarantine as well as vaccinate.
SOS Sri Lanka founder Kim Cooling and two workers at the
Chingford Quarantine Kennels in northeast London were repeatedly
bitten by an eight-week-old puppy between April 23 and April 25,
2008. The puppy died later on April 25. Rabies was diagnosed a few
hours afterward.

Comparative costs of dog & cat sterilization worldwide

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, May 2008:
Nonprofit humane societies in Japan,
Lebanon, and South Korea may pay 30 times more
to sterilize a dog or cat than counterparts in
India, ANIMAL PEOPLE found in an early 2008
survey of more than 35 agencies in 14 nations,
chiefly in Asia and eastern Europe.
The table at right shows the findings,
ordered by nation, city, and the type of
veterinary practice that the reporting humane
societies use.
In-house clinics are included in “nonprofit.”
Column headings describe the costs of
supplies used, including anesthetics, other
pharmaceuticals, and surgical items; the wages
paid to veterinarians and veterinary technicians;
and post-operative expense. The last two columns
state the average total cost of sterilizing male
and female animals.

Pet theft-to-eat cases prosecuted in China, Korea, Hawaii

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, May 2008:
ZHENGZHOU–Eating dogs and cats is legal
in China, but stealing them isn’t, a Zhengzhou
judge emphasized recently, fining “a man
surnamed Zhang” $214, about two weeks’ wages,
for “killing and cooking what he thought was a
stray dog,” the Zhengzhou Evening News reported.
The dog was actually a lost pet belonging to a woman surnamed Liu.
Summarized China Daily, distributing the
story nationwide, “Zhang, who likes to eat dogs
and cats, hung the dog’s skin from a fence over
a bridge so that he could dry and sell it. Upon
seeing the skin, Liu tracked down Zhang and
demanded that he pay her for killing her pet.
The woman recognized her pet’s skin because she
had dyed his fur.”
Chinese state-run media have reported
increasingly critically about dog and cat
consumption in recent years. Reportage linking a
disapproved practice to crime is a frequent
prelude in China to regulatory discouragement.
Also seen recently in connection with wildlife
consumption, this trend is more familiar to
westerners in reference to praise of the Dalai
Lama, the practice of Falun Gong, and uses of
Google and Yahoo search engines to research
banned topics.

How tethering limits affect the numbers of loose dogs, dog bites, shelter dog intakes, and dogs killed at shelters

April 1, 2008 Dylan Forest Leave a comment

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, April 2008:
How tethering limits affect the numbers of loose dogs, dog bites,
shelter dog intakes, and dogs killed at shelters

by Ambuja Rosen
Ashland, Oregon mayor John Morrison told me several months
ago that one reason he couldn’t vote to limit how long dogs may be
tethered was that he was concerned that more dogs might run loose.
This is a legitimate worry. An estimated 26,000 U.S. motor
vehice occupants per year receive hospital treatment and about 200
people die as a result of traffic accidents caused by animals.
Deer account for most of these accidents, but dogs are responsible
for some. For example, in October 2007 two big dogs darted in
front of a car driven by a 36-year-old man in Hemet, California.
The car hit them, rolled over, and landed on the driver’s side.
The man died at the scene about 30 minutes later.

BOOKS: Dog Detectives: Train Your Dog to Find Lost Pets

March 1, 2008 Dylan Forest Leave a comment

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, March 2008:

Dog Detectives: Train Your Dog
to Find Lost Pets by Kat Albrecht
Dogwise Publishing (701-B Poplar, Wenatchee, WA 98807), 2008.
245 pages, $19.95.

Former police detective Kat Albrecht initially trained
sniffing dogs to assist in tracking suspects, finding lost people,
and finding cadavers. In 1997 Albrecht discovered that her dogs
could also help to find lost pets. After an occupationally related
disability prematurely ended Albrecht’s police career, she became a
fulltime pet detective. Of her first 99 searches, 68 discovered the
missing animal or the fate of the animal.
Eventually Albrecht founded an organization called Missing
Pet Partnership to promote and teach the use of dogs to find lost
pets, following the “Missing Animal Response” techniques she has
developed. Her initial template was the protocol for training the
Search And Rescue dogs deployed to find missing persons. Albrecht
then adapated the SAR approach to the peculiarities of finding lost
animals, whose behavior varies considerably from human behavior.

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