We are learning a hard lesson. We have a ringworm problem out of control at
our shelter. Instead of being proactive and euthanizing the 4 that
originally had it, we are now having to euthanize 20 per our municipality's
orders "because of public safety". We have had some Program donated to help
manage things, and are planning to treat the remaining 14 that are
asymptomatic under Woods lamp exposure (but which probably still have it
anyway). This is a hearbreaking and expensive lesson for any shelter to
learn, so please please if you do not have a *real* isolation area or a
foster parent willing to take ringworm infected animals into their home for
a complete cure (not just abatement of the obvious symptoms) then do your
shelter a favor and euthanize immediately. You may still end up with
problems, but not like this.

I just wanted to, well, I don't know what. I'm sad that we have to kill
this many animals. I'm mad that people's good hearts ruled their heads and
now we have to kill a lot more than we would have. And, I'm even madder
that I'm viewed as the bad person in this because euthanasia is what I
initially recommended, and now that my predictions of an epidemic have come
true, all of the people who "just couldn't bear it" if we killed those cats
won't step forward and put a cage of them in a spare bathroom at their home
and treat them themself, but once again view me as the bad person because
I'm the only one willing to deal with taking them in to the vet for
euthanasia. And yes, I have a cage of fosters in my garage undergoing
treatment right now. I can't do it all though. And I'm almost bone tired
of trying.

Sunflower.