Sentence examples for relinquishing animals from inspiring English sources

What two recent studies -- published in the journal Animals and the Open Journal of Animal Sciences -- found is that in many cases, folks are relinquishing animals because they can't afford their veterinary costs, or because affordable, pet-friendly rentals are so scarce.

Rescuers argue that people might not relinquish animals if they thought they would be punished.

The owner of a large-scale dog breeding operation near the city of Greenville agreed Tuesday to relinquish 117 animals — 93 adult dogs, 22 puppies and two cats — to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals of Texas, a local animal welfare agency that operates shelters and spay-and-neuter clinics.

The legislation could be a critical safety net to prevent struggling pet owners who can no longer afford to care for their animal companions from relinquishing them at animal shelters -- which not only tears families apart but also places a financial burden on local municipalities and private shelters for the costs of housing pets and, tragically, euthanizing them.

Raising a good canine citizen doesn't come naturally to every dog guardian, which is one of the reasons so many unlucky pups are relinquished to animal shelters each year.

Since the center's 1966 dedication, science has advanced in leaps, except for resistance to relinquishing the ineffective animal model for human research.

Instead of being racked with guilt about having to relinquish a wild animal who was evidently in no way able to make the transition to household pet with any real success, Laura Shaine Cunningham should applaud her (and her daughter's) having made sound choices for Raven Starling: an appropriate adoptive home with a loving, caring family.

Driven by the public's outrage, the authorities put pressure on the chimpanzees' "owner" to relinquish custody of the animals, and within weeks Mimi and Dolly were transferred to a Dutch wildlife sanctuary.

Approximately half of these animals were relinquished by their owners.

A small number of studies have investigated the reasons why animals are relinquished to such organisations.

Relinquishing citizenship is relatively simple.