You're a good man Ivor. These agencies depend on volunteers like you to do
their good work. I live in the USA and have heard good things about Cat's
Protection in the UK. We call them "no-kill" shelters here in the US to
distinguish them from the many ones that do kill animals. There are not
enough no-kill shelters here and it's a big problem. The good news is that
things are getting better here for animals. Laws are being changed, for
example, making punishment for animal cruelty more severe. More people seem
to be volunteering at shelters and a few new ones have popped up. Most
no-kills have good adoption rates, however, there are still waiting lists to
take in abandoned or homeless animals, but the wait is only about a month.

Krazy does make a good point though and I think more people these days are
aware that we have to find a way to stop killing these animals. So everyone,
do your part. Volunteer at a shelter. Take political action. Go out and
rescue a stray cat or dog. Get it to a vet for testing and go from there.
Make some phone calls, talk to your friends, search the internet. Find a
no-kill shelter and put your name on their waiting list. You'll be a true
hero.

Allen




"Ivor Jones" wrote in message
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Bill Graham typed, for some strange, unexplained
reason:
: "krazy" wrote in message
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: Using the word “euthanasia” masks what really happens to cats in
: pounds and
: shelters—they are killed.
:
: Perhaps so, but if there is no way to place all the animals in good
: homes, and they have to spend their whole lives in cages, they may as
: well be euthanized, in my opinion. I can't stand to see animals in
: cages. for this reason, I will go to neither zoos nor pet
: stores.......

Well here in the UK I volunteer for Cats Protection (www.cats.org.uk) and
we never put a healthy cat to sleep. It is only ever done on a vet's
advice in cases of say FIP or leukemia (spelling..?)

One of the resident cats at our centre has been there over 2 years which
is nothing; one who died a couple of years back was there for 10 years,
she slept on top of the tumble dryer in the washroom ;-)

I still expect to see her there every time I go in there, dear old Polly
:-)


Ivor