Highly adoptable dogs are being euthanized. Many of these animals are kept in back rooms where they are not seen. In addition to this, they go months without going on a walk, with no enrichment, then they get red-listed and are killed. These poor animals sit in their kennels which leads to kennel stress. Why are volunteers not able to go to the back rooms?
There are many animals suffering due to lack of financial and staffing support. Many volunteers are willing to assist with the TNR program but have nowhere to turn to. Countless hours & effort is provided by volunteers and staff now. San Jose has many challenges, yes, but SJACC is one issue that needs inmediate attention! Please allocate more funding so that we can all together start making a compassionate impact to our community animals which are indeed our responsibility.
San Jose needs shelter leadership with solid experience running a large animal shelter. Why are rescues no longer contacted to pull animals at risk of euthanasia? The public spay/neuter clinic and TNR program need to be reinstated immediately, as does the kitten fostering program. The shelter also needs a certified animal behaviorist to reduce numbers of animals killed. It is unacceptable that our city animal shelter is now turning people and animals away due to overcrowding.
I see first hand the hard work of many of the animal attendants, but hard work is not enough without leadership. Why is there such a big turnover of staff? Why are there so many call outs leading to understaffing & neglected animals? These questions have been asked for a year now. How & when are the issues listed in the Maddie's Consult going to be addressed? What about TNR? Low-cost spay/neuter? Community education & outreach? Status quo is not working.
Increase funding. Increase staff. Increase pay for the employees. Do whatever is necessary to find volunteers. We MUST take care of homeless or lost animals. We lose our own humanity as we lose our willingness to care for lost and abandoned animals. Fund this institution to meet the needs.
The shelter needs improved funding and outreach for these animals. There needs to be follow through with foster follow up and just like someone else suggested featuring pets at town events, adoption events, recruiting volunteers from local high schools and colleges. Education for pet owners and resources for people who need help with spay and neuter and trainings.
Having reviewed the Memorandum, presentation, and public letters, clearly the 20-21 $1.6 million annual revenues (~29% is grants/donations) is insufficient to support animal services to 5 cities and areas: San Jose, Milpitas, Cupertino, Saratoga, & Los Gatos. This is a City Depart constrained by bureaucratic requirements, long timelines, approvals, and low prof pay -- to support living animals needing immediate care. Pls Increase budget, wages, and follow Maddie's Fund recommendations.
SJACC needs to begin TNR services again
Hire a behaviorist with credentials
The new medical director need to work with local rescues to help work together as a team to save the animals of our communities
VOLUNTEERS WHO ARE TRYING TO SOCIALIZE AND HELP SICK AND SCARED ANIMALS ARE BEOMG RESTRICTED FROM THE WINGS THEY ARE IN. THIS HAS COME ABOUT WITJ THE NEW MEDICAL DIRECTOR. WHAT THE HECK IS HAPPENING? Are we not supposed to be helping all animals?
I am a local rescuer and volunteer for SJACS. Recently, there was a large amount of staff turnover. Why? The shelter is often critically understaffed, with many staff calling in sick. Low cost spay and neuter, and TNR services, have dwindled and ceased. The city needs to recognize the current crisis and do whatever it takes to support the animals and community. People and animals who need help are turned away, daily. Transparency and collaboration with rescues/volunteers/community is key.
I have adopted at least 5 senior cats from SVPP who rescued these lovely oldsters from the shelter. Please support the shelter and provide more funding to increase staffing and services. We need to speak for the animals since they can't speak for themselves. They should have a place to be and taken care of until they are adopted or rescued by their owners.
The shelter is bursting at it's seams and needs to rely on people fostering animals or release found animals back to the area where they were found due to lack of resources. I worry if my pet is ever lost and dropped at the shelter I will not have the chance to be reunited with my pet. We need to better fund our shelters to provide the basic needs for lost animals and animals in need.
It is appalling to hear and experience the mismanagement resulting in the high turnover of employees and volunteers:
* Foster program was put together with little to no forethought
* Our shelter services San Jose, Cupertino, Los Gatos, Milpitas, and Saratoga - We have contracts, but we don't have any space or enough employees and volunteers (who want to stick around) to provide the necessary care
We are letting down the most vulnerable among us while our tax dollars go to waste.
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Funding is crucial to continue to care and support these animals. The TNR program is a must to help reduce excess animals in the shelter. Animals are beautiful living creatures that bring joy and love to humans. Let’s protect them.
Generally, I know you know how much of a positive impact animals have on a humans life. There is absolutely no reason that is reason enough to decide not to help these animals in need, and the humans who are negatively impacted by the lack of resources here. This has a ricochet effect on countless lives! Please do something.
Poor living conditions. Photos submitted.
1. Bedding -- Only just in the last couple of weeks ordered/requested donations for said.
2. Emaciated/Stressed dogs -- Half the dogs do not get enrichment. After intake they sit in their kennels w/o seeing light of day for weeks/months. W/ kennel stress, urgent/euthanasia dates given, with minimal networking.
3. Behaviorist/R+ trainer needed. What is the qualifications of the evaluating staff? What is their animal behavior certification/education?
Our city must prioritize the needs of the animal shelter and fund it fully each and every budget cycle. Staff, and the animal care they support, are a vital service to our community and we rely on their expertise. Quality of life for our family includes our happy and healthy pets; adopted from our local shelter. As an active member of our city I expect resources to be allocated to meet a high level of service , now and in the future, from our animal care safety net, our shelter.
One million dollars has not been spent on elections to fill council positions. The council would have needed to find the dollars in the budget if elections were to be held.
I suggest the council find money in the budget to fully fund the needs of the Animal Shelter, an on-going, not a one-time, responsibility.
Highly adoptable dogs are being euthanized. Many of these animals are kept in back rooms where they are not seen. In addition to this, they go months without going on a walk, with no enrichment, then they get red-listed and are killed. These poor animals sit in their kennels which leads to kennel stress. Why are volunteers not able to go to the back rooms?
There are many animals suffering due to lack of financial and staffing support. Many volunteers are willing to assist with the TNR program but have nowhere to turn to. Countless hours & effort is provided by volunteers and staff now. San Jose has many challenges, yes, but SJACC is one issue that needs inmediate attention! Please allocate more funding so that we can all together start making a compassionate impact to our community animals which are indeed our responsibility.
San Jose needs shelter leadership with solid experience running a large animal shelter. Why are rescues no longer contacted to pull animals at risk of euthanasia? The public spay/neuter clinic and TNR program need to be reinstated immediately, as does the kitten fostering program. The shelter also needs a certified animal behaviorist to reduce numbers of animals killed. It is unacceptable that our city animal shelter is now turning people and animals away due to overcrowding.
I see first hand the hard work of many of the animal attendants, but hard work is not enough without leadership. Why is there such a big turnover of staff? Why are there so many call outs leading to understaffing & neglected animals? These questions have been asked for a year now. How & when are the issues listed in the Maddie's Consult going to be addressed? What about TNR? Low-cost spay/neuter? Community education & outreach? Status quo is not working.
Increase funding. Increase staff. Increase pay for the employees. Do whatever is necessary to find volunteers. We MUST take care of homeless or lost animals. We lose our own humanity as we lose our willingness to care for lost and abandoned animals. Fund this institution to meet the needs.
Please bring back spay/neuter & TNR services again.
The shelter needs improved funding and outreach for these animals. There needs to be follow through with foster follow up and just like someone else suggested featuring pets at town events, adoption events, recruiting volunteers from local high schools and colleges. Education for pet owners and resources for people who need help with spay and neuter and trainings.
Having reviewed the Memorandum, presentation, and public letters, clearly the 20-21 $1.6 million annual revenues (~29% is grants/donations) is insufficient to support animal services to 5 cities and areas: San Jose, Milpitas, Cupertino, Saratoga, & Los Gatos. This is a City Depart constrained by bureaucratic requirements, long timelines, approvals, and low prof pay -- to support living animals needing immediate care. Pls Increase budget, wages, and follow Maddie's Fund recommendations.
SJACC needs to begin TNR services again
Hire a behaviorist with credentials
The new medical director need to work with local rescues to help work together as a team to save the animals of our communities
VOLUNTEERS WHO ARE TRYING TO SOCIALIZE AND HELP SICK AND SCARED ANIMALS ARE BEOMG RESTRICTED FROM THE WINGS THEY ARE IN. THIS HAS COME ABOUT WITJ THE NEW MEDICAL DIRECTOR. WHAT THE HECK IS HAPPENING? Are we not supposed to be helping all animals?
1, Behavioral Modification and positive reinforcement training
2. Spay / Neuter
3. TNR
I am a local rescuer and volunteer for SJACS. Recently, there was a large amount of staff turnover. Why? The shelter is often critically understaffed, with many staff calling in sick. Low cost spay and neuter, and TNR services, have dwindled and ceased. The city needs to recognize the current crisis and do whatever it takes to support the animals and community. People and animals who need help are turned away, daily. Transparency and collaboration with rescues/volunteers/community is key.
I have adopted at least 5 senior cats from SVPP who rescued these lovely oldsters from the shelter. Please support the shelter and provide more funding to increase staffing and services. We need to speak for the animals since they can't speak for themselves. They should have a place to be and taken care of until they are adopted or rescued by their owners.
The shelter is bursting at it's seams and needs to rely on people fostering animals or release found animals back to the area where they were found due to lack of resources. I worry if my pet is ever lost and dropped at the shelter I will not have the chance to be reunited with my pet. We need to better fund our shelters to provide the basic needs for lost animals and animals in need.
It is appalling to hear and experience the mismanagement resulting in the high turnover of employees and volunteers:
* Foster program was put together with little to no forethought
* Our shelter services San Jose, Cupertino, Los Gatos, Milpitas, and Saratoga - We have contracts, but we don't have any space or enough employees and volunteers (who want to stick around) to provide the necessary care
We are letting down the most vulnerable among us while our tax dollars go to waste.
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Funding is crucial to continue to care and support these animals. The TNR program is a must to help reduce excess animals in the shelter. Animals are beautiful living creatures that bring joy and love to humans. Let’s protect them.
Generally, I know you know how much of a positive impact animals have on a humans life. There is absolutely no reason that is reason enough to decide not to help these animals in need, and the humans who are negatively impacted by the lack of resources here. This has a ricochet effect on countless lives! Please do something.
Poor living conditions. Photos submitted.
1. Bedding -- Only just in the last couple of weeks ordered/requested donations for said.
2. Emaciated/Stressed dogs -- Half the dogs do not get enrichment. After intake they sit in their kennels w/o seeing light of day for weeks/months. W/ kennel stress, urgent/euthanasia dates given, with minimal networking.
3. Behaviorist/R+ trainer needed. What is the qualifications of the evaluating staff? What is their animal behavior certification/education?
Our city must prioritize the needs of the animal shelter and fund it fully each and every budget cycle. Staff, and the animal care they support, are a vital service to our community and we rely on their expertise. Quality of life for our family includes our happy and healthy pets; adopted from our local shelter. As an active member of our city I expect resources to be allocated to meet a high level of service , now and in the future, from our animal care safety net, our shelter.
The Animal Shelter is the City's responsibility.
One million dollars has not been spent on elections to fill council positions. The council would have needed to find the dollars in the budget if elections were to be held.
I suggest the council find money in the budget to fully fund the needs of the Animal Shelter, an on-going, not a one-time, responsibility.