So Best Friends is using the 90% what they call ‘live release rate’ as an indicator of a no-kill state and shelter, if you will. So you know, the term no-kill, it can be a little bit misleading unless there's some context around it. This does not mean that there is an absolute policy that guarantees that none of the animals in a shelter will be euthanized. Because if I have this right, it can be a little deceiving. Beth, I wonder if you can explain for our listeners what it means to be a no-kill shelter. So let's get back to this no-kill status.
And so helping those organizations that are setting up shelters and temporary housing and such for people and animals who have been displaced would be helpful. So you could always make a donation to them or to local shelters, or they usually work in conjunction with the Red Cross. There's a statewide one, and then we have one in Rutland County, and there are other ones - Central Vermont.
You know, you can donate to the local area animal disaster recovery teams. Yeah, and I'm wondering if there's anything that listeners could do to assist Vermont animal shelters as they're recovering from this flooding. So, luckily, we haven't had a big impact, but we know that other shelters in other parts of the state have. We did work with the American Red Cross - it had set up a shelter in Rutland - and the Rutland Area Disaster Animal Response Team with some supplies and some crates and such. Courtesy Beth Saradarian - Executive Director, Rutland County Humane Societyīeth Saradarian: Yeah, we were pretty lucky in Rutland County compared to other parts of the state.
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