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Non-euthanizing groups
A few questions:
How do shelters that don't euthanize keep the pets? Do they cut off the amount of pets they can take in once they reach a certain point? Are pet shelters that don't euthanize preffered over ones that do? Thanks, Marty |
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"Marty" wrote in message m... A few questions: How do shelters that don't euthanize keep the pets? Do they cut off the amount of pets they can take in once they reach a certain point? Are pet shelters that don't euthanize preffered over ones that do? Thanks, Marty Generally, "no-kill" facilities are limited enrollment, which means that they do not accept every animal that walks in the door. Or it means that no "adoptible" animal is euthanized, and the criteria of "adoptibility" can be so strict as to make 7 out of my 8 be considered "unadoptible". And, all limiting enrollment into a "no kill" facility does is push the job of euthanasia off onto the facilities that do have open enrollment and have to accept all animals (like a municipal shelter). It doesn't elminate euthanasia, just shifts the location and statistics where it occurs. Sometimes, it leads to more animals being dumped on the roadside if there is no other facility that can take them. The real answer isn't trumpeting "no kill" facilities, but spaying and neutering all intact animals (free if need be) until there is *no* "surplus" pet population. Sunflower |
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All shelters and rescue orgs that foster face the same dilemma and come to their own conclusions on what to do when presented with more animals than they can possibly accommodate. The so-called "no-kills" fill up quickly and become "no-accepts," turning away all but the most "adoptable" animals. These shelters tend to be nonprofits or privately funded who are not obligated to accept animals they don't want. The animals rejected by the so-called "no-kill" shelter go on to the city or county shelters (who are mandated to accept every animal in their jurisdiction, regardless of available space) or are simply abandoned. These publicly funded shelters then must kill animals unlikely to find homes to make room for new arrivals. I would venture to guess than a well operated conventional (public) shelter saves more or at least as many lives as the so-called "no-kill" facility. How many animals die in the process is a responsiblity shared by both institutions; it's just that the "no-kill" gets to dodge the act and the public shelter is stuck holding the bag (the one with a dead cat in it). And of course the ultimate responsibility rests squarely on the shoulders of irresponsible pet owners. Sharon Talbert Friends of Campus Cats On Mon, 6 Oct 2003, Marty wrote: A few questions: How do shelters that don't euthanize keep the pets? Do they cut off the amount of pets they can take in once they reach a certain point? Are pet shelters that don't euthanize preffered over ones that do? Thanks, Marty |
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"Sharon Talbert" wrote in message
. washington.edu... The so-called "no-kills" fill up quickly and become "no-accepts," turning away all but the most "adoptable" animals. These shelters tend to be nonprofits or privately funded who are not obligated to accept animals they don't want. The animals rejected by the so-called "no-kill" shelter go on to the city or county shelters (who are mandated to accept every animal in their jurisdiction, regardless of available space) or are simply abandoned. These publicly funded shelters then must kill animals unlikely to find homes to make room for new arrivals. I would venture to guess than a well operated conventional (public) shelter saves more or at least as many lives as the so-called "no-kill" facility. How many animals die in the process is a responsiblity shared by both institutions; it's just that the "no-kill" gets to dodge the act and the public shelter is stuck holding the bag (the one with a dead cat in it). Shelters that euthanise are forced to be creative and find solutions where it can. We're installing a Special Needs Annex (commonly called the ringworm trailer) to treat the sudden multitude of cats that have come up positive with the fungus, where policy used to be euthanasia. We've also just gotten permission from the Board to do some rearranging and construction on a very new building to create more multiple rooms for adult cats (we have somewhere in the area of 140 cages in the building, with the original playroom capable of housing a maximum of 16 cats, I think) along with a new isolation room. We offer a feral program for rehabilitation or alter-and-release. We have a huge foster program that still hasn't been large enough to accomodate this summer's influx of cats. No matter how big the organization, though, it seems like the problem just gets bigger... or at least no smaller. It's a line of work that makes one feel bipolar, for all the joy and depression that happen routinely. And of course the ultimate responsibility rests squarely on the shoulders of irresponsible pet owners. Sharon Talbert Friends of Campus Cats |
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