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Source: San Antonio Express-NewsAug.儲存 31--Given the roaming dog crisis in San Antonio, there are many who would argue the city needs more-kill, not no-kill.With a marked surge in reported bites of Bexar County residents, it's understandable to question the city's no-kill goals. Why keep more dogs alive in S.A., when so many are prowling our streets?But a closer look at the numbers, and facts, makes it difficult to connect the city's no-kill efforts to the roaming dog population, or dog bites."I look after the dog bite issue here at the American Veterinary Medical Association, and I would not assume there is any connection," said Emily Patterson-Kane, a social welfare scientist.Yes, reported bites of Bexar County residents have surged as euthanizations have fallen off. But there's no clear correlation. While reported bites steadily increased from about 2,800 to nearly 3,400 between fiscal 2010 and 2012, euthanizations of animals were erratic. There were 18,460 euthanizations in fiscal 2010. In 2011, that number shot up to 19,646. In 2012, there were 13,560.This fiscal year, there have been 5,735 euthanizations through July. The fiscal year ends Sept. 30.Even with no-kill, ACS is still putting down thousands of dogs. These dogs are so physically mangled euthanasia beco新蒲崗迷你倉es humane, or they are aggressive dogs that can't be controlled. So, no-kill already selects dogs predisposed to biting.The remaining dogs are spayed/neutered and vaccinated before being adopted or placed in shelters. Even if these dogs end up running loose, at least they are not adding to the roaming dog problem with litters.Is the city's no-kill effort clogging kennel space, forcing dogs onto the streets? It's true. Animal Care Service officers often can't pick up roaming dogs because kennels are full.But Kathy Davis, director of Animal Care Services, said it takes about the same time to place a dog with a family or shelter as it does to put it down.Meanwhile, there has been a decrease in the number of animals scraped off the road, about 34,000 a year. That number has dropped by about 6 percent since fiscal 2011, said Animal Care Services spokeswoman Lisa Norwood.San Antonio has a roaming dog problem. It also has a dog bite problem.We await a city plan to rapidly address this pressing quality-of-life issue. But more-kill instead of no-kill is not the solution. San Antonio can become a no-kill and no-bite city.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 the San Antonio Express-News Visit the San Antonio Express-News at .mysanantonio.com Distributed by MCT Information Servicesmini storage