Blue, Red, Yellow,
Brown, and Black,
have many
'Good Apples' in their Barrel!
While it is also
true, that Blue
has a few 'rotten apples' in its barrel.
It is also true
that
that
so does White,
so does Red,
so does Yellow,
so does Brown
and
so does Black!
Animal Services
reaches 'no-kill' status in Brevard County
UPDATED 8:55 PM
EDT Sep 23, 2016
Brevard Animal
Services now reaches 'no-kill' status
Sheriff: Shelter
hits 94 percent live release rate
By James Sparvero -
Reporter
September 23, 2016
Brevard County's
animal shelter achieves no-kill status.
MELBOURNE, Fla. -
Brevard Sheriff Wayne Ivey announced Friday that county Animal Services has
reached a good enough live-release percentage to be deemed "no-kill."
"We are very
proud to announce today that we are a no-kill community," Ivey said.
"We stand today as a community as a much better place with the health and
well-being of our animals."
The Sheriff's Office
took over Animal Services two years ago when the county's live-release rate was
just 55 percent.
"There were
some rough roads," the sheriff recalled.
Friday, crediting an
excellent staff and community support, the sheriff said that live-release
number is now 94 percent.
"This is an
amazing accomplishment by an amazing team," Ivey said. "The goal that
we set to get to, that we thought would probably take us five years to get to,
has taken us exactly two years to get to."
The news is exciting
to pet owners like Matt Gregory, who returned an adopted cat to Animal Services
after it was not getting along well with his dog. Gregory said he's happy the
cat will not be put to sleep.
"It gives an
animal a chance to actually find a forever home," he said.
News 6 also spoke
Friday to critics of the sheriff's announcement.
Terri Dyer, a member
of No Kill Brevard, said the sheriff is not telling the whole story when he
said Animal Services is now no-kill.
"No-kill is not
about a percentage. According to the strict definition of no-kill, we are not
there yet," Dyer said.
Dyer told News 6 she
applauds the Sheriff's Office for increasing the live-release rate, but there
are still healthy animals being killed.
"The shelter
still allows for unborn kittens and puppies to be spay-aborted," said the
no-kill advocate.
Dyer also accuses
Animal Services of putting cats and dogs to sleep at their owner's request. She
said a true no-kill shelter does not operate that way.
"The truth is,
while the live-release rate has gone up, if any healthy or treatable animals
are being killed, which we have documentation of, then they cannot claim to be
no-kill," Dyer said.
Ivey said the new
goal for Animal Services is to keep the live-release rate at its current 94
percent standing and eventually raise it even higher.
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