No Kill Policy

Animals will be euthanized only if they are determined to be non-rehabilitatable by a five-member evaluation committee with three or more members in agreement.

ADOPTABLE:
According to California law, adoptable animals are “those animals eight weeks of age or older that, at or subsequent to the time the animal is impounded or otherwise taken into possession, have manifested no sign of a behavioral or temperamental defect that could pose a health or safety risk or otherwise make the animal unsuitable for placement as a pet, and have manifested no sign of disease, injury, or congenital or hereditary condition that adversely affect the animal’s health in the future.”

TREATABLE:
According to California law, a treatable animal is “any animal that is not adoptable but that could become adoptable with reasonable efforts.”

NON-REHABILITATABLE:
Non-rehabilitatable animals are neither adoptable nor treatable. They include (cats and dogs for whom euthanasia is the most humane alternative to disease, injury or suffering that can’t be alleviated; (2) vicious cats and dogs, the placement of whom would constitute a danger to the public; and (3) cats and dogs who pose a public health hazard.

Revised February 26, 2001