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Citizens for Animal Welfare endorses the Shenandoah
Valley Spay/Neuter Clinic's proposal to the City of
Harrisonburg and Rockingham County to build a new animal
shelter based on a life saving model for our community.
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shelter proposal
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Help Us Stop The Needless Deaths
and Build a New Shelter!
When compared with the 15 other government contracted non-profit
shelters in Virginia with similar admission policies, the
R-H SPCA has the highest death rate and lowest live outcome
rate.
*Graph represents only euthanasia statistics reported to VA Department of Agriculture so far. Statistics for other organizations will be added as they are reported.
2008 Data
source: Virginia
Department of Agriculture and Consumer Service, On-line animal
reporting 2008
These are shocking statistics. The Shenandoah Valley Spay/Neuter
Clinic has submitted a proposal to the City and County to
build a new shelter based on a life-saving model.
Our goal is to offer a shelter with a different philosophy
than the R-H SPCA. Our decision to create a new shelter was
made after numerous attempts to work with the R-H SPCA to
adopt a progressive, life-saving shelter were rebuffed.
We owe it to the citizens of Harrisonburg/Rockingham County
and the animals in our community, to provide a shelter whose
steadfast purpose is to save lives. Our City and County should
not support a shelter that has the highest death rate of government-contracted
shelters in Virginia. Rather, our community should be supporting
a shelter that moves toward being a life-saving exemplar within
the state.
Many Virginia communities with similar demographics, animal
intake numbers, and government funding have shifted to proactive,
progressive methods for animal control. Harrisonburg and Rockingham
County can and should be leaders in this area.
CFAW Mission
CFAW seeks to save and improve the lives of cats and
dogs in the Shenandoah Valley. We will work to:
- Promote legislation
that protects cats and dogs
- Prevent or reverse legislation harmful to cats or dogs
- Endorse political candidates according to their support
for cats and dogs
- Ensure enforcement of appropriate animal laws and ordinances
Political Clout
CFAW's most important asset is your voice. By joining
CFAW and furnishing your contact information, we build a voter
bloc able to make a difference in our community. Voting for
U.S. President may be a "one in a million", but having
an organized voice locally is very powerful. Join us so we can
have a loud voice for those who cannot speak for themselves.
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