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Rocket Dog Rescue is a volunteer nonprofit organization based in San Francisco, California, devoted to pet adoption and animal rescue.It is the most prominent of several local private organizations that save dogs from euthanasia by caring for them and finding new families. [1]
In 2004, the first lawsuit filed under the Hayden Act, Petitioner Patricia Lock, represented by California attorney, and Animal Rights and Hayden Act expert, Kate Neiswender, sought an injunction prohibiting Kern County, California from violating the act by euthanizing companion animals prior to the expiration of the holding period and engaging in other prohibited conduct.
It is an animal rescue (including wildlife rescue), [1] rehabilitation and adoption operation with two locations. The Tom and Annette Lantos Center for Compassion, where adoptable animals are housed, is in the city of Burlingame and the older physical plant, which serves as the intake shelter, is located at Coyote Point in the city of San Mateo.
Working to expand the practice and understanding of animal law in the legal community, the Animal Legal Defense Fund partners with attorneys and pro bono coordinators across the country. The program utilizes these volunteers to support the Animal Legal Defense Fund's litigation, criminal justice, and legislative goals.
In 2010, the live release rate of all dogs and cats in San Francisco was 86%. [25] In November 2010, the city voted to table indefinitely a proposed mandate to require city animal shelters to adopt "no-kill" policies. [26] The live release rate of the San Francisco SPCA in 2012 was self-reported as 97.79%. [27]
Botswana — Botswana Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (BSPCA); Egypt — General/Cairo SPCA [citation needed]. Branches all over Egypt, Cairo SPCA is the oldest association in Africa and the Middle East, established in 1895.
[18] [20] [16] "Examining a large municipal animal shelter with a large number of dog and cat data, color and coat pattern were implicated in adoption rates, with more light-colored animals adopted and fewer euthanized than their dark-colored and patterned counterparts. [21] "Wells and Hepper (1992) reported that potential adopters at an animal ...
Wayne Hsiung is an American activist and attorney. [2] [3] Hsiung is a co-founder of The Simple Heart Initiative and previously led the animal rights group Direct Action Everywhere (DxE), which he also co-founded.