7. Euthanasia, (shelter killing of unwanted animals) is believed to be the leading cause of death for dogs and cats in the United States
8. It is widely accepted that between 3.7 million to 4.9 million healthy companion animals are destroyed annually in the US
9. The cost of this method of companion animal “population control” is estimated to be around $500 million annually in the United States
10. 71% of cats entering traditional animal shelters are “euthanized” … that number jumps to nearly 100% for feral cats
11. Over 65% of cats who end up in shelters are stray, feral, ABUSED, or abandoned
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13. Only 2% of lost cats that enter animal shelters are reunited with their owners
14. It is estimated that as many as 37,000 and 45,000 domestic cats are destroyed in Minnesota shelters every year…. A large portion of them are feral cats, who do not belong in shelters
15. In Minnesota terms, this is equivalent to the loss of the human population of Richfield, Saint Louis Park, Roseville, or Maplewood on an annual basis
17. Apart from criminal legislation concerning animal cruelty, the State of Minnesota has few laws that proactively support our mission, and an overall poor (by our standards) legislative posture towards animal welfare.
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19. Pound seizure is still legal under Minnesota law. Only MN, OK, and UT have yet to pass legislation to ban the practice
20. The current interpretation of and lobby for the Veterinary Practice Act (passed in 1947) actively impede the establishment of low cost spay/neuter services
21. Animal euthanasia by use of carbon monoxide gas chambers is still legal in the state of MinnesotaSource: www.banpoundseizure.org
23. Intact cats and dogs make up a disproportionate share of shelter intakes.Less than 20% of pets entering shelters are sterilized
24. Whether communities have high or low shelter euthanasia rates, the driving force remainsthe same:Intake drives Euthanasia
25. As a community’s pet sterilization rate goes up, its shelter intake rate goes down…AS A COMMUNITY’S SHELTER INTAKE RATE GOES DOWN, THE EUTHANASIA RATE GOES DOWN…and vice versa…THUS, A community’s euthanasia rate lowersor raises in direct relation to the lowering or raising of its intake
26. MANY communities now spend $3 or more per resident each year on reactive programs to impound, shelter, and kill homeless animals.
27. A comprehensive set of prevention programs ADDRESSING all the significant sources of companion animal homelessness IN THE TWIN CITIES would cost ROUGHLY $1 a year per resident
28. The Twin Cities metropolitan area has a population of around 2.85 Million people.WITH APPROPRIATE SUPPORT FROM THE MINNESOTA VETERINARY COMMUNITY ANDONLY $1 per year per resident…we could SUBSIDIZE THE SPAYING OR NEUTERING OF up to 190,000 animals PER YEAR
30. To provide care and no kill sheltering for Abandoned, & Abused Stray, cats until they are placed into suitable, permanent homes
31. To improve our community through Spay & Neuter, &Outreach Educational, programs and activities
32. Our programs and activities provide rescue and relief to homeless and endangered cats in our community Our programs and activities target the elimination of the community’s practice of euthanasia as a method of domestic cat population control Our programs and activities strive to enable all people in the community to responsibly enjoy the companionship of cats
34. 2009 BY THE NUMBERS Number of New Feline Rescue Volunteers in 2009 165 Volunteers as of December 31, 2009 435 Growth in Number of Adoptions over 2008 9% Growth in number of Spays/Neuters over 2008 45% Number of Visitors to www.felinerescue.org 47,410 Cats Adopted from our Shelter Program 136 Cats adopted from our Foster program: 115 New cats taken in to our Shelter program 147 New cats taken in to our Foster program: 163 Cats spayed/neutered by our Outreach program 627
64. Kathryn Boyne, Esq. Director and Legal Counsel, Feline Rescue, Inc. 2010 Nominating Committee Chairperson
65. 2009 BOARD OF DIRECTORS DIRECTORS Kathryn L Boyne, Esq. Director & Legal Counsel Andrea Buzzell Director (Resigned) Karen Francois Director (Resigned) Randi Helgeson, CPA Director, At Large Stacy Kabele, Esq. Director, At Large Laura Kaslow Director (Resigned) Jocelyn LaBerge Director, At Large Chaunce Stanton Director, At Large Brenda Wooten Director (Resigned) OFFICERS Christopher Nelson President Kelly Lehr Treasurer Robin Bliss Secretary PROGRAM DIRECTORS Claudia Brockhaus Shelter Program Director Cathy Harrington Foster Program Director Vickie Lachelt Outreach Program Director AUDIT COMMITTEE Leanne Thyken Chair, Audit Committee Debra Brown Audit Committee Member Karen Francois Audit Committee Member Jocelyn LaBerge Audit Committee Member
67. 2010 BOARD OF DIRECTORS DIRECTORS Kathryn L Boyne, Esq. Director, Legal Counsel Stacy Kabele, Esq. Director, Fundraising Jocelyn LaBerge Director, At Large Chaunce Stanton Director, Marketing and Communications Valerie Wittmer Director, Human Resources PROGRAM DIRECTORS Claudia Brockhaus Director, Shelter Operations Cathy Harrington Director, Foster Operations Vickie Lachelt Director, Outreach Operations OFFICERS Christopher Nelson President Randi Helgeson, CPA Treasurer & Acting Director, Financial Planning Michelle Lore, Esq. Secretary AUDIT, FINANCE AND INVESTMENT COMMITTEE Leanne Thyken Chair, Audit, Finance and Investement Committee Debra Brown Audit, Finance, and Investment Committee Member OPEN Audit, Finance, and Investment Committee Member OPEN Audit, Finance, and Investment Committee Member
76. Address basic program enablement issues impeding our growth and results: data management, financial, technological, veterinary, organizational, and logistical enablement.
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Notas del editor
Thank you for your interest in Feline Rescue. We couldn’t provide these lifesaving services without volunteers, members, and supporterslike you. In becoming a volunteer you have joined a team of compassionate and selfless people dedicated to improving the quality of life for cats and kittens. You represent Feline Rescue and help promote our image. What you do and say has an effect on anyone who comes into contact with our organization. You can help us encourage proper care for cats by using good customer relations and helping to educate people on responsible pet ownership. Have new volunteers introduce themselves, how many cats they have, and why they are interested in volunteering with FR
Thank you for your interest in Feline Rescue. We couldn’t provide these lifesaving services without volunteers, members, and supporterslike you. In becoming a volunteer you have joined a team of compassionate and selfless people dedicated to improving the quality of life for cats and kittens. You represent Feline Rescue and help promote our image. What you do and say has an effect on anyone who comes into contact with our organization. You can help us encourage proper care for cats by using good customer relations and helping to educate people on responsible pet ownership. Have new volunteers introduce themselves, how many cats they have, and why they are interested in volunteering with FR
$500 million does not include the cost of recovery, temporary shelter, transport and all associated personnel costs. It’s just the cost of the killing.
Why? Cats are: are more likely to enter a shelter without any owner identification are more likely to be diagnosed with “untreatable” but survivable conditions (e.g. FIV, FeLV) are deemed “feral”, and likely do not belong in shelters to begin with
Cats are very unlikely to have any sort of identification (collar, tag), and the percentage of microchipped pets is very small. In addition, very few rescue organizations have access to microchip scanners.
Shelter intake stats are 54% dog, 41% cat, 5% other. Animal Folks MN estimated 90,000 animals are euthanized in MN every year.In human terms, for cats only, this is equivalent to the loss of the population of Mankato, Maplewood, or St. Louis Park on an annual basis In human terms, the loss of all animals would be equivalent to losing Bloomington, Brooklyn Park, or Plymouth on an annual basis
80% of pets entering shelters are intact. Less than 20% are sterilized. These figures remain the same for both cats and dogs.
The Twin Cities metro area has a population of about 2.85M people. For $1 per year we could:- Spay / neuter 190,000 animals
Thank you for your interest in Feline Rescue. We couldn’t provide these lifesaving services without volunteers, members, and supporterslike you. In becoming a volunteer you have joined a team of compassionate and selfless people dedicated to improving the quality of life for cats and kittens. You represent Feline Rescue and help promote our image. What you do and say has an effect on anyone who comes into contact with our organization. You can help us encourage proper care for cats by using good customer relations and helping to educate people on responsible pet ownership. Have new volunteers introduce themselves, how many cats they have, and why they are interested in volunteering with FR
Thank you for your interest in Feline Rescue. We couldn’t provide these lifesaving services without volunteers, members, and supporterslike you. In becoming a volunteer you have joined a team of compassionate and selfless people dedicated to improving the quality of life for cats and kittens. You represent Feline Rescue and help promote our image. What you do and say has an effect on anyone who comes into contact with our organization. You can help us encourage proper care for cats by using good customer relations and helping to educate people on responsible pet ownership. Have new volunteers introduce themselves, how many cats they have, and why they are interested in volunteering with FR
Thank you for your interest in Feline Rescue. We couldn’t provide these lifesaving services without volunteers, members, and supporterslike you. In becoming a volunteer you have joined a team of compassionate and selfless people dedicated to improving the quality of life for cats and kittens. You represent Feline Rescue and help promote our image. What you do and say has an effect on anyone who comes into contact with our organization. You can help us encourage proper care for cats by using good customer relations and helping to educate people on responsible pet ownership. Have new volunteers introduce themselves, how many cats they have, and why they are interested in volunteering with FR
Thank you for your interest in Feline Rescue. We couldn’t provide these lifesaving services without volunteers, members, and supporterslike you. In becoming a volunteer you have joined a team of compassionate and selfless people dedicated to improving the quality of life for cats and kittens. You represent Feline Rescue and help promote our image. What you do and say has an effect on anyone who comes into contact with our organization. You can help us encourage proper care for cats by using good customer relations and helping to educate people on responsible pet ownership. Have new volunteers introduce themselves, how many cats they have, and why they are interested in volunteering with FR
Thank you for your interest in Feline Rescue. We couldn’t provide these lifesaving services without volunteers, members, and supporterslike you. In becoming a volunteer you have joined a team of compassionate and selfless people dedicated to improving the quality of life for cats and kittens. You represent Feline Rescue and help promote our image. What you do and say has an effect on anyone who comes into contact with our organization. You can help us encourage proper care for cats by using good customer relations and helping to educate people on responsible pet ownership. Have new volunteers introduce themselves, how many cats they have, and why they are interested in volunteering with FR
Thank you for your interest in Feline Rescue. We couldn’t provide these lifesaving services without volunteers, members, and supporterslike you. In becoming a volunteer you have joined a team of compassionate and selfless people dedicated to improving the quality of life for cats and kittens. You represent Feline Rescue and help promote our image. What you do and say has an effect on anyone who comes into contact with our organization. You can help us encourage proper care for cats by using good customer relations and helping to educate people on responsible pet ownership. Have new volunteers introduce themselves, how many cats they have, and why they are interested in volunteering with FR
Thank you for your interest in Feline Rescue. We couldn’t provide these lifesaving services without volunteers, members, and supporterslike you. In becoming a volunteer you have joined a team of compassionate and selfless people dedicated to improving the quality of life for cats and kittens. You represent Feline Rescue and help promote our image. What you do and say has an effect on anyone who comes into contact with our organization. You can help us encourage proper care for cats by using good customer relations and helping to educate people on responsible pet ownership. Have new volunteers introduce themselves, how many cats they have, and why they are interested in volunteering with FR
Thank you for your interest in Feline Rescue. We couldn’t provide these lifesaving services without volunteers, members, and supporterslike you. In becoming a volunteer you have joined a team of compassionate and selfless people dedicated to improving the quality of life for cats and kittens. You represent Feline Rescue and help promote our image. What you do and say has an effect on anyone who comes into contact with our organization. You can help us encourage proper care for cats by using good customer relations and helping to educate people on responsible pet ownership. Have new volunteers introduce themselves, how many cats they have, and why they are interested in volunteering with FR