{"id":1020,"date":"2009-02-03T11:08:11","date_gmt":"2009-02-03T19:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/2009\/02\/03\/animal-welfare-groups-protest-spca%e2%80%99s-shift-away-from-%e2%80%9cno-kill%e2%80%9d-policy\/"},"modified":"2017-06-21T17:36:36","modified_gmt":"2017-06-22T01:36:36","slug":"animal-welfare-groups-protest-spca%e2%80%99s-shift-away-from-%e2%80%9cno-kill%e2%80%9d-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/1020\/animal-welfare-groups-protest-spca%e2%80%99s-shift-away-from-%e2%80%9cno-kill%e2%80%9d-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Animal Welfare Groups Protest SPCA Shift Away from ‘No Kill’ Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nAnimal welfare groups allege the San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
\nhas implemented new cost-cutting policies, detrimental to animal welfare,
\nas a result of cost overruns for its new $30 million Leanne B. Roberts Animal Care Center (above).
\nPhotos by Luke Thomas<\/strong><\/p>\n

By Hope Johnson<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

February 3, 2009<\/p>\n

Animal welfare watchdog groups held a demonstration Saturday during an open house for the new Leanne B. Roberts Animal Care Center to protest cost cutting measures and policy changes being implemented by the San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SFSPCA).<\/p>\n

FixSanFrancisco.org and Change SF\/SPCA allege the SFSPCA is shifting away from its \u201cno kill\u201d policy to help close an $8 million dollar construction shortfall on its new $30 million hospital.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are hoping this protest will raise the awareness in the public about SPCA\u2019s opposition of the no kill initiative,\u201d said Kin Tso of Change SF\/SPCA. \u201cWe are asking members of the public to write letters to Catherine Brown of the Board of Directors, encouraging the board to reinstate the no-kill initiative into the mission statement and recapture the proud history of the SFSPCA.\u201d<\/p>\n

The term \u201cno-kill\u201d is commonly defined as saving all healthy and treatable animals, reserving euthanasia only for unhealthy and untreatable animals. Controversy arises as organizations attempt to agree on the definitions of \u201chealthy\u201d and \u201ctreatable.\u201d<\/p>\n

FixSanFrancisco.org was formed by former SFSPCA volunteers in response to changes being instituted by SFSPCA President Jan McHugh-Smith. Community programs and programs aimed at saving the lives of cats and dogs considered hard to adopt, have been systematically eliminated or severely reduced. FixSanFrancisco.org has become a voice for many rescue group workers reluctant to publicly criticize the SFSPCA\u2019s changes for fear of disadvantaging the animals their group\u2019s help.<\/p>\n

In April last year, the SFSPCA abruptly closed its popular 30-year-old Hearing Dog Program, which matched specially trained dogs with hearing-impaired clients. Employees of the program were told the program cost $400,000 more than it raised in contributions. Likewise, the Cat Behavior Program, which used behavior modification techniques to help excessively shy or play-aggressive cats develop adoptable behaviors, was also reduced. As a result, fewer \u201cbehavior\u201d cats are now accepted by the SFSPCA, boosting adoption statistics, but saving fewer lives.<\/p>\n

Around the same time, the second floor of SFSPCA Maddie\u2019s Adoption Center was closed. According to one SFSPCA docent, \u201c[The SFSPCA] just consolidated. It was too overwhelming for people to have so many cats to choose from.\u201d However, this also eliminates the cost of housing cats previously offered a chance at adoption.<\/p>\n

Shortly after the closure at Maddie\u2019s, SFSPCA changed its policy on testing kittens for feline leukemia. Previously, kittens testing positive for leukemia were housed for up to three months and retested to ensure against false-positive results. Under the SFSPCA\u2019s new cost-cutting policies, kittens are tested only once while under anesthesia for spay\/neuter procedures, and euthanized immediately if the test is positive.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are here today because we want the San Francisco SPCA to adhere to no kill protocols,\u201d said Marc Toft of FixSanFrancisco.org. \u201cOne of the biggest ones is that we want San Francisco to expand its definition of adoptable animals.\u201d<\/p>\n

Some are left wondering if the changes will force Animal Care and Control (ACC), the City\u2019s animal shelter, and other less well-funded rescue groups, to bear the burden of keeping up San Francisco\u2019s 87 percent live-release rate, while the wealthier SFSPCA takes only the easiest animals to adopt while enjoying the publicity of a \u201cno-kill\u201d shelter.<\/p>\n

\u201cPrior to Jan [McHugh-Smith] coming on board, SFSPCA used to take a lot of behavior cats and they\u2019re not doing that anymore,\u201d said Lana Bajsel of Give Me Shelter, a cat rescue group assisting ACC. \u201cI get called on every behavior cat from [ACC]. The SFSPCA should be taking those, and they\u2019re not.\u201d<\/p>\n

The SFSPCA acted as San Francisco\u2019s animal control agency from 1905 until 1989, when the society declared it would adopt a \u201cno-kill\u201d policy. In response, the City of San Francisco opened the ACC to handle difficult behavior and euthanasia cases the SFSPCA refuses to accept.<\/p>\n

The SFSPCA enjoys a 60,000 square foot, $30 million \u201canimal care center,\u201d a $14 million annual budget, 12 veterinarians, but only treats cats and dogs. By comparison, ACC has a $3.8 million annual budget, accepts all types of animals from the public, employs one veterinarian and one assistant, and is facing a 25 percent budget cut this year due to the City\u2019s $576 million budget shortfall.<\/p>\n


\nSan Francisco SPCA.<\/p>\n


\nSan Francisco Animal Care and Control.<\/p>\n

Due to financial concerns in the economy, Give Me Shelter is unable to help ACC adopt cats for the next three months. \u201cIt\u2019s heartbreak for us because we are the largest cat rescue group pulling from ACC,\u201d said Lana Bajsel. \u201cWe are concerned those animals are going to perish because the SFSPCA is declining behavior cats.\u201d<\/p>\n

The full impact of policy changes at the SFSPCA is still unknown. Neither the ACC or SFSPCA have yet released statistical information covering the past six months. Several groups have begun a dialogue with the SFSPCA facilitated through the Animal Welfare Commission, the city agency overseeing animal issues within San Francisco.<\/p>\n

The SFSPCA did not return calls for comment at the time of publishing.<\/p>\n

Update, 2\/4\/09:<\/strong> \u201cIn no way has the SPCA changed policy regarding no-kill. We continue to guarantee a home for every healthy dog and cat and also provide treatment for thousands of animals every year,\u201d said SFSPCA Vice-President Dori Villalon.<\/p>\n

Villalon said the Hearing Dog program was eliminated to focus on the SFSPCA\u2019s \u201ccore mission\u201d of saving the lives of homeless cats and dogs, and there are other rescue groups focusing on service dogs. She said the second floor of the adoption center is closed to the public but continues to house cats.<\/p>\n

The SFSPCA does set behavior standards for cats it will accept from ACC but has also begun to take cats with various medical conditions it could not previously accept. Villalon said some animals don\u2019t do well in shelter environments and expressed gratitude for rescue groups that step in on behalf of animals the SFSPCA is unable to accept.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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