This session was presented by Dr. Ellen Jefferson, Veterinarian and Executive Director of Austin Pets Alive! (APA), at the 2012 Maddie's Shelter Medicine Conference at the University of Florida. Dr. Jefferson gives an overview of how APA changed the norm of shelter euthanasia at the city shelter by tackling difficult shelter medicine issues. APA examined the specific types of animals See morebeing euthanized and developed targeted programs for these groups to enable a live outcome. Consequently, the City of Austin has leaped from a 50% save rate to a 90% save rate in two and a half years and is now the largest "no-kill" city in the United States.
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Increase the shelter’s capacity, handle a variety of situations, decrease shelter expenses, provide a better environment and assist with the adoption process.
Increase the shelter’s veracity, handle a variety of situations, decrease shelter expenses, provide a better environment and assist with the adoption process.
Increase the shelter’s capacity, handle a limited number of situations, decrease shelter expenses, provides a better environment and assist with the adoption process.
Increase the shelter’s capacity, handle a variety of situations, increase shelter expenses, provide a better environment and assist with the adoption process.
Increase the shelter’s capacity, handle a variety of situations, decrease shelter expenses, provide a challenging environment and assist with the adoption process.
It is the portion of animals who are euthanized when the average shelter saves 50% of intake.
Those in the "bottom 50%" are generally classified as “unwanted” although specific data as to why they may appear to be “unwanted” is usually not documented or analyzed.
It can include healthy, injured, ill, and behaviorally challenged animals.
All of the above
None of the above
Bold messaging; healthy, happy animals; consistency; great customer service; and, mission orientation.
Positive messaging; healthy, happy animals; inconsistency; great customer service; and, mission orientation.
Positive messaging; healthy, happy animals; consistency; great customer service; and mission orientation.
Positive messaging; healthy, happy animals; consistency; great customer prices; and, mission orientation.
Positive messaging; healthy, happy animals; consistency; great customer service; and, budget orientation.
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Duplicating the effort of other local rescue organizations.
Focusing all of their efforts on the animals that were currently dying and none on the ones that were being saved.
Saving the lives of the most difficult animals to adopt first.
Developing loose rescue criteria.
None of the above.
People need to know, believe and care enough to want to act.
People must have the will and instructions to act.
Once people act, they must be rewarded for doing so.
All of the above.
A and B only.
Decrease shelter resources for care, shelter space/capacity, difficulty of euthanasia, and motivation/commitment to save.
Increase shelter resources for care, shelter confinement, difficulty of euthanasia, and motivation/commitment to save.
Increase shelter resources for care, shelter space/capacity, difficulty of euthanasia, and motivation/commitment to save.
Increase shelter resources for care, shelter space/capacity, euthanasia numbers, and motivation/commitment to save.
Increase shelter resources for care, shelter space/capacity, difficulty of euthanasia, and physical activity.
Building leadership, creating specific attainable goals with end points, empowering team members with a “Yes we can,” attitudes inspiring a team spirit and support structure, and giving specific instructions.
Building leadership, creating specific attainable goals with start points, empowering team members with a “Yes we can,” attitude inspiring team a spirit and support structure and giving specific instructions.
Building leadership, creating specific attainable goals with end points, empowering team members with a “Yes we are,” attitude inspiring team a spirit and support structure and giving specific instructions.
Building companionship, specific attainable goals with end points, empowering team members with a “Yes we can,” attitude inspiring team a spirit and support structure and giving specific instructions.
Building leadership, creating specific attainable goals with end points, empowering team members with a “Yes we can,” attitude inspiring a team spirit, having a physical structure and giving specific instructions.
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