BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:NingEventWidget-v1 VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Anguilla X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Anguilla BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:AST DTSTART:19700101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:2024711:Event:50782 DTSTAMP:20260408T085942Z SUMMARY:Animal rescuers are rallying on June 2 DESCRIPTION: We the animal rescuers are rallying on June 2 at Bayfron t Park at 11 AM.  We want animal control to stop euthanizing all the animals they have in their care and instead to spay/neuter them and re lease them to rescues.  We want the city to pay for this as it will i n fact be cheaper for the city and more Humane for the animals to be g iven the chance of life without being able to reproduce.  \nDear Edit or,\nIn the last decade and a half, several animal shelters in numerou s communities have comprehensively implemented a bold series of progra ms and services to reduce birthrates, increase adoptions, and keep ani mals with their responsible caretakers. As a result, they are achievin g unprecedented results, saving upwards of 95 percent of all impounded animals in their animal control facilities. Some of these communities are in urban communities, and others are in rural communities. Some a re in very politically liberal communities, and others are in very con servative ones. Some are in municipalities with high per capita income s, and others are in communities known for high rates of poverty. Thes e communities share very little demographically. What they do share is leadership at their shelters with a passion for lifesaving and who ha ve comprehensively implemented a key series of programs and services, collectively referred to as the “No Kill Equation.” At one time, t hose communities also offered little more than killing and excuses: pe t overpopulation, blaming the public, a lack of resources. When they s topped blaming and changed their own behavior, the killing stopped. Th ere is still a “public” in these communities, animals are still en tering their shelters, and resources are tight. But they are succeedin g, where ours is failing. The fundamental lesson from the experiences of these communities is that the choices made by shelter managers are the most significant variables in whether animals live or die. Several communities are more than doubling adoptions and cutting killing by a s much as 75 percent—and it isn’t taking them five years or more t o do it. They are doing it virtually overnight. This is consistent wit h the results in other communities. There are now No Kill communities in Nova Scotia, Alberta, California, Kentucky, Indiana, New York, Mich igan, Texas, Nevada, Virginia, and elsewhere. In short, there are no v alid excuses as to why our community cannot do the same if it chooses to. Today, No Kill is a humane, sustainable, cost-effective model that works hand in hand with public health and safety, while fulfilling a fiscal responsibility to taxpayers. The success of this approach acros s the country proves the viability of the No Kill model and the above principles. In our community, it is time for change. It is time to rej ect the failed philosophies and poor performance of the past. It is ti me to end the killing at our shelter. We have an unprecedented opportu nity for a new beginning. Our citizens are kind, caring, and generous. We love animals. And we deserve an animal shelter that reflects, rath er than undermines, our values.\n\nFor more information visit https:// fixourworld.ca/events/animal-rescuers-are-rallying-on-june-2 DTSTART;TZID=America/Anguilla:20120602T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anguilla:20120602T140000 CATEGORIES:rally, to, stop, euthanizing, animals LOCATION:Bayfront Park WEBSITE: URL: CONTACT: ORGANIZER:animal rescuers ATTACH;FMTTYPE="image/jpeg":http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/ file/get/2819575257?profile=original ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN=FixOurWor ld:https://fixourworld.ca/profile/Chad END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR