Transcript INDIANA Was just as populated as the South 10 years ago

QUOTES FROM
ADVOCATES
INDIANA
• Indiana was just as populated as the
South 10 years ago.
• We took the approach that it’s our
problem and we needed to fix it.
INDIANA
• Bill requires all shelters and rescues s/n before
adoption.
• Welfare recipients would get money from
state to have animals s/n (modeled after
Maine)
INDIANA
• In 2003 and 2005 Indiana had two low cost
clinics. Now have 12 low cost clinics around
IN
• They also work with Brown County HS,
Nashville, IN
• 2004 live release rate 54% in 2004: now 98%
for past 3-4 years
• Transport helped but also looked at what they
could do in their community
INDIANA
• Used to go once a month to NE in 5 vans. Now 2-3
vans a month. No puppies for NE now.
• NE, you taught us a valuable lesson. It’s our
responsibility to do something right at home.
• If you in NE have to PTS for space we are not bringing
you dogs.
• Making a 2100 mile trip is taxing and we should have
done this in the beginning. Should have shamed
noncompliant shelters in IN into changing.
• Now we can say that we are not doing a band-aid
approach by only bringing animals to NE. We are
working on our end, too.
WISCONSIN
• Northern WI very rural; Southern WI is more
urban
• Expend resources, gas, time, coordinating
transports into WI when right down road we
have dogs.
• Dogs dying in Milwaukee and southern WI
• TN source shelter has better save rate than
Milwaukee AC – yet WI shelters are saving
animals from states and states away.
WISCONSIN
• I would love to talk with you about how to bring
AniMatch to Wisconsin. I am more convinced
than ever that you have the right concept and
program to get this started nationwide. This is
the true future of animal transport in this country
- not moving away from helping struggling
shelters but moving toward helping them to
become self-sufficient.
MAINE
• There are parts of Maine where dogs and cats
need help.
• Simply about getting them from point A to
point B, but also need to trust.
– Southern ME v. Northern ME
– Western ME v. Eastern ME
NEW HAMPSHIRE
• I know there are kittens north of Concord.
• I hear rumors that dogs are being shot b/c
there is nowhere to take them.
VERMONT
• Northern VT, NH, ME – same demographic –
few people, not a lot of infrastructure, no
ACOs
• NH and VT AC laws are loosey goosey
• UVHS and MHS pay money for animals to
encourage South to do things they haven’t
been able to do.
VERMONT
• I can’t keep animals (dogs and cats) in the shelter.
They fly out the door.
• Three weeks ago we had just one dog. A local
dog. A pittie. We don’t see very many pitties.
• Seeing unusual number of local dogs this year.
Older dogs. People are getting older and
surrendering due to economy, cost of vet care.
So it’s a good reason to have an animal shelter.
• Used to be the adolescent and have a bit of that
but now mostly around 5-6 (health, teeth, can’t
afford)
VERMONT
• Cats fly out my shelter. All year long. Have
been importing 250 cats a year for 3 years.
• We have 96% live release, open admission.
• We have a mix of local and Southern ‘easier to
adopt’ animals.
MA RESCUE
• “You know when you're driving around you
and see squirrels and birds on the side of the
road? Well that’s what it's like down
south…….. except it's not squirrels and birds,
it's dogs!*
MA RESCUE
• “Down south there are those folks who work to
save the animals and those who can't even save
themselves…….. unfortunately, sometimes the
dogs are the least of their problems. I saw more
poverty and acts of cruelty on people and
animals during my trip to Alabama in 2012 than I
ever want to see again. This is what keeps me up
at night and working round the clock to rescue
the southern dogs I've grown to love. I don't
often share with adopters the true horrible
events I've witnessed as it's something
the general public honestly can't stomach.”
MA RESCUE
• “Animal cruelty down south includes dog fighting rings,
backyard breeders who run puppy mills and just
average folks who can't deal with the issues that come
with ferel dogs. Say for example a family of dogs that is
starving - what do they do? They break into the trash
to try and find food. This ends up getting them
shot. Many dogs get hit by cars. Many dogs get
chained to trees and barrels because some folks don't
like “inside dogs”. Other dogs are kept by hoarders
who stick them in fenced backyards and forget about
them. The problem is so large it's honestly hard to
explain - it's something you need to see for yourself.
WISCONSIN
• Northern WI very rural; Southern WI is more
urban
• Expend resources, gas, time, coordinating
transports into WI when right down road we
have dogs.
• Dogs dying in Milwaukee and southern WI
• TN source shelter has better save rate than
Milwaukee AC – yet WI shelters are saving
animals from states and states away.
LEADER IN NEW ENGLAND
ANIMAL WELFARE
• It’s much easier to take dogs than to effect
change.