On October 12, a man surrendered his 4 year old Doberman, called Shadow, to The Sumpter Humane Society in GA. Shadow was in good health and described by a shelter worker as “happy”, “energetic” and “very friendly”.
The shelter prepared to kill him.
Mercifully, someone scanned him for a microchip first and found he had been chipped by The Tri-County Humane Society in FL where he’d been adopted from as a pup:
The Sumpter Humane Society in Americus, Ga., called Tri-County to see if it wanted Shadow back. It did.
A rescue railroad trip was organized for Shadow and he was returned to FL. While this article could have contrasted the differences between needlessly killing healthy, friendly dogs and saving them, it is instead riddled with excuses for the killers:
The facility has a 57 percent euthanasia rate this year because of overcrowding, said Laura Powell, rescue coordinator at Sumpter.
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“They can’t find place for them to go,” [HelpFourPaws founder Elliot Mintzer] said. “It’s not the director’s fault. The shelters are overcrowded. There’s not enough room.”
Compare that tragic misinformation with this quote from Susan Richards at the Tri-County shelter:
“We protect an animal for the rest of its life,” she said. “We don’t want our dogs euthanized.”
That about says it.
Bravo Tri-County!
They can’t find place for them to go,” [HelpFourPaws founder Elliot Mintzer] said. “It’s not the director’s fault. The shelters are overcrowded. There’s not enough room.”
Bullsh&t. There’s always a place for them to go, whether a foster home, a rescue group,another shelter, even if it’s in another city or state (A life is worth the drive) an employee fostering the pet until they’re adopted, etc.
That is the voice of the mediocrities of the Earth, who find every excuse to kill.
The voice of greatness, which finds every excuse to save lives, says:
“We protect an animal for the rest of its life,” she said. “We don’t want our dogs euthanized.”
PS The No Kill Equation provides “No Relinquishment” programs,which provides information to try to keep the pet with their owner (Who may not realize that the reason why they are thinking of abandoning their family member, can be fixed, prevented, dealt with, cured, etc.), and it may have helped keep the dog with this guy. WHY did the guy abandon his dog?
Matt, thanks for speaking up. If you hadn’t I was going to.
What Matt wrote – ditto.