{"id":5662,"date":"2022-04-18T06:32:34","date_gmt":"2022-04-18T06:32:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/does-nj-have-kill-shelters\/"},"modified":"2022-04-19T10:31:40","modified_gmt":"2022-04-19T10:31:40","slug":"does-nj-have-kill-shelters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/does-nj-have-kill-shelters\/","title":{"rendered":"Does NJ have kill shelters?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_17 counter-hierarchy counter-decimal ez-toc-grey\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" style=\"display: none;\"><i class=\"ez-toc-glyphicon ez-toc-icon-toggle\"><\/i><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class=\"ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1\"><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/does-nj-have-kill-shelters\/#Does_NJ_have_kill_shelters\" title=\"Does NJ have kill shelters?\">Does NJ have kill shelters?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/does-nj-have-kill-shelters\/#Is_Wood_Green_Animal_Shelter_closing_down\" title=\"Is Wood Green Animal Shelter closing down?\">Is Wood Green Animal Shelter closing down?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/does-nj-have-kill-shelters\/#How_do_I_surrender_my_dog_in_NJ\" title=\"How do I surrender my dog in NJ?\">How do I surrender my dog in NJ?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/does-nj-have-kill-shelters\/#Is_South_Jersey_Regional_Animal_Shelter_a_no-kill_shelter\" title=\"Is South Jersey Regional Animal Shelter a no-kill shelter?\">Is South Jersey Regional Animal Shelter a no-kill shelter?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/does-nj-have-kill-shelters\/#Is_NJ_A_no_kill_shelter_state\" title=\"Is NJ A no kill shelter state?\">Is NJ A no kill shelter state?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/does-nj-have-kill-shelters\/#What_state_has_the_most_kill_shelters\" title=\"What state has the most kill shelters?\">What state has the most kill shelters?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/does-nj-have-kill-shelters\/#Is_Newark_animal_shelter_a_kill_shelter\" title=\"Is Newark animal shelter a kill shelter?\">Is Newark animal shelter a kill shelter?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/does-nj-have-kill-shelters\/#How_many_states_have_kill_shelters\" title=\"How many states have kill shelters?\">How many states have kill shelters?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/does-nj-have-kill-shelters\/#Is_Wood_Green_Heydon_closing\" title=\"Is Wood Green Heydon closing?\">Is Wood Green Heydon closing?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/does-nj-have-kill-shelters\/#Who_owns_Wood_Green_Dog_Rescue\" title=\"Who owns Wood Green Dog Rescue?\">Who owns Wood Green Dog Rescue?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/does-nj-have-kill-shelters\/#Do_Wood_Green_put_dogs_down\" title=\"Do Wood Green put dogs down?\">Do Wood Green put dogs down?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-12\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/does-nj-have-kill-shelters\/#Is_Wood_Green_a_good_charity\" title=\"Is Wood Green a good charity?\">Is Wood Green a good charity?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Does_NJ_have_kill_shelters\"><\/span>Does NJ have kill shelters?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>Only 53.68% of New Jersey shelters are no-kill (a state is considered to be no-kill when every brick-and-mortar shelter serving and\/or located within the state has a save rate of 90% or higher). 5,144 dogs and cats remain to be saved in the shelters that are not yet no-kill.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Is_Wood_Green_Animal_Shelter_closing_down\"><\/span>Is Wood Green Animal Shelter closing down?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>Wood Green, the Animals Charity, is planning to close its base in Lordship Lane. The centre was originally opened in 1924 when its founder Louisa Snow realised that there was the growing number of abandoned and injured animals seen on the streets of London following WWI.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_do_I_surrender_my_dog_in_NJ\"><\/span>How do I surrender my dog in NJ?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Please <b>contact us at 856-424-2288 or rehomingspec@awanj.org to schedule an appointment. We accept only owner-surrendered animals through appointments to allow our staff to collect as much information as possible about the incoming pet. For dogs, it is usually possible to get an appointment immediately.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Is_South_Jersey_Regional_Animal_Shelter_a_no-kill_shelter\"><\/span>Is South Jersey Regional Animal Shelter a no-kill shelter?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>NoKill Directory In our function as a South Jersey Regional Animal Shelter, we serve as a refuge for thousands of stray, unwanted, abused, abandoned and sick animals.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Is_NJ_A_no_kill_shelter_state\"><\/span>Is NJ A no kill shelter state?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>Only 53.68% of New Jersey shelters are no-kill (a state is considered to be no-kill when every brick-and-mortar shelter serving and\/or located within the state has a save rate of 90% or higher). 5,144 dogs and cats remain to be saved in the shelters that are not yet no-kill.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_state_has_the_most_kill_shelters\"><\/span>What state has the most kill shelters?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>Texas tops the list with around 125,000 animals killed in shelters. California is second with 110,000, followed by Florida with 66,000, and North Carolina with 62,000 euthanized animals.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Is_Newark_animal_shelter_a_kill_shelter\"><\/span>Is Newark animal shelter a kill shelter?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>As some of you may be aware, <b>Associated Humane Societies-Newark is a high kill shelter. To put it another way, 855 of 919 cats, 424 of 608 dogs, and 329 of 408 pit bull like dogs with known outcomes, lost their lives at AHS-Newark in this data set. Thus, AHS-Newark is a high kill shelter.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_many_states_have_kill_shelters\"><\/span>How many states have kill shelters?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Five states are responsible for 50% of shelter euthanasia. The US boasts <b>more than 2,000 no-kill shelters. In 2019, Delaware became the first no-kill shelter state. There are around 70 million stray animals in the US.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Is_Wood_Green_Heydon_closing\"><\/span>Is Wood Green Heydon closing?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Valuable&#8217; animal rehoming centre in Heydon set to close Wood Green, The Animal Charity&#8217;s Heydon centre &#8211; which has been rehoming cats and small pets for the charity since 1954 &#8211; announced the news that <b>they are set to close earlier this year.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Who_owns_Wood_Green_Dog_Rescue\"><\/span>Who owns Wood Green Dog Rescue?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Formation1924TypeCharityRegistration no.298348Legal statusCharityChief Executive<b>Clive Byles<\/b>8 more rows<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Do_Wood_Green_put_dogs_down\"><\/span>Do Wood Green put dogs down?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>What is your position on euthanasia? <b>At Wood Green we give homeless and vulnerable pets the greatest chance of a positive future a second chance at life. We put all the care, training and love into making that a reality.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Is_Wood_Green_a_good_charity\"><\/span>Is Wood Green a good charity?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>This is a terrific charity they work so hard to look after the animals here. If you want to adopt a cat this is the place to go. There is plenty of parking and they are very welcoming here. You get to walk around the entire area and see all of the animals.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Table of Contents Does NJ have kill shelters?Is Wood Green Animal Shelter closing down?How do I surrender my dog in NJ?Is South Jersey Regional Animal Shelter a no-kill shelter?Is NJ A no kill shelter state?What state has the most kill shelters?Is Newark animal shelter a kill shelter?How many states have kill shelters?Is Wood Green Heydon&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"default","_kad_post_title":"default","_kad_post_layout":"default","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"default","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"default","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[619],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5662"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5662"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5662\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67182,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5662\/revisions\/67182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}