Those situations do happen,
but do any of you really think that the people doing the euthanasia enjoy it
or that the shelter doesn't do everything it can to see that the ONLY
animals euthanized are terribly sick or terribly aggressive?

The shelter employees do not enjoy it. Euthanasia duty pays a lot more than
regular duty and you're only allowed to do it so many months at a time because
of the psychological stress. The shelter employees generally do everything they
can to place an animal. I walk in there and they are talking up all the dogs,
especially sweet dogs near the end of the alloted time. They offer to foster
kittens at home. Most of the employees at Los Angeles city shelters are great
and truly love animals. The problem is just really big and multi-faceted.
Everyone is trying to work on it to make LA no-kill. We'll see how it goes.