b"A No-Kill Community. To Be Or Not To Be?That Should Not Even Be A Question.Approximately 7,000,000 pets enter America's shelterseach year. More than half of them will never leave. Thesad fact is that more than 9,000 cats and dogs areeuthanized in our nations sheltersevery single day. Shelters are improving their lifesaving records andlooking for ways to gain community support. Many areproclaiming a no-kill victory. However, unless theorganization definesits terms, publishesits statistics(impounds, adop-tions, redemptions,deaths by category),and publicly articu-lates what it is Cats Are actually doing tosave animal lives, Connoisseurssuch proclamationscan be misleading of Comfort.and confusing.As more animalwelfare organiza-tions adopt the -~James HerriotAsilomar Accordsdefinitions and animal advocates demand transparency,the definition of no-kill will have greater uniformity.PANDORAS PLAYHOUSE is a dedicated sunny room, locateda dedicated sunny room, located Shelter Animals Count is a relatively new collaborative inside Pet Food Warehouse. It was built especially to showcase as built especially to showcase adoptable felines, like Little Bo, a 12-week-old female. a 12-week-old female.effort with broad representation from the animal welfarecommunity. They want to create standardized use are from Pet Pal Animal Shelter.reporting and definitions for shelter statistics including COME IN OR GIVE US A CALL,R Gintake, adoptions, return-to-owner, transfers, euthanasia he cats are purring for you.and shelter deaths with the goal of saving more lives. Dr. Julie Levy, a director ofMaddie's Shelter MedicineProgramat the University of Florida, is a board member.Martha Boden, executive director of theSPCA Tampa Bay,is a board advisor. Ask your local shelter if they havesigned up for Shelter Animals Count. Have Think about this: There are about 170 million cats A Pet and dogs living in households within the United States.Each year there are an estimated 17 million Americans Emergency?looking to add a new pet to their home, but havent Call Us decided from where. Isnt it reasonable to believe that, 24/7.if we can convince 3,000,000 of those 17 million toadopt from a shelter or rescue, we could become aNo-Kill Nation?We will answer your questions about boarding, food, rescue, emergency services - anything For more information, visitShelterAnimalsCount.org pet-related in Manatee County. Well also To learn more about the No-Kill movement, visit share how to better fund your rescue, shelter MaddiesFund.org and click onto the Evolution of the No- or foster organization.Kill Movement. U Follow us around on Facebook too.Call 941.202.2249. Anytime.|TailsAroundTown.orgwww.TheNewBarker.com Winter 2016 THE NEW BARKER 57"