Saving Pets has a suggestion for shelter directors who want to get pets adopted: [...]We’ve got to move beyond the idea that threatening to kill [shelter pets] is any kind of motivating factor for the public to adopt. It’s not. Adopters do want to save a life. They just don’t want to feel the awful … Continue reading Treats on the Internets
Month: October 2010
Why Would You Think That, Matthew Pepper?
Regarding the doomed-to-fail MSN law in Memphis, Matthew Pepper is apparently privvy to some secret information none of us knows: “Just like all the problems in Memphis there is no magic wand that will act as a cure, but this is one step to create a better environment for animals and citizens,” said Memphis Animal … Continue reading Why Would You Think That, Matthew Pepper?
Someone Saved My Life Tonight
If you are part of a movement to change the status quo, you will hit the skids from time to time. It's natural. It's part of creating change. You might feel alone, overwhelmed, and/or ineffective. I wanted to create this post as a reminder that you are not alone. We're in this together. And change … Continue reading Someone Saved My Life Tonight
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Is This America?
I talk a lot on this blog about holding public shelters accountable. Like most of our taxpayer funded services, shelter workers would be my heroes if they just did their jobs. Anything above and beyond the call of duty - I'd worship them as gods! Firefighters are another taxpayer funded group who get to be … Continue reading Is This America?
Being Held Accountable
A reader writes (in part): OK well, it sounds like you’re saying that individual people should never be accountable at all? For anything they do with the animals they don’t want? Is it EVER their fault when they act irresponsibly? Or is it always the shelter’s fault? I'm glad for the opportunity to address this … Continue reading Being Held Accountable
Mixed Messages on Banning the Gas Chamber
There's no such thing as bad press? I beg to differ: Thousands of animals are put to death in Alabama each year, mostly because there are not enough homes to take them. While animal rights groups are not protesting that fact, they are protesting one particular method of euthanasia legal in Alabama: the gas chamber. … Continue reading Mixed Messages on Banning the Gas Chamber
Our Old Dogs Get Older
I am terrible at remembering birthdays - human or non. So to catch up with our recent family birthdays... Charlie turned 10 at the end of July. Emily's Gotcha Day is in August (unknown age but definitely in the double digits). In September, Graham turned 11 and Randi turned 8. Happy Birthday to all of … Continue reading Our Old Dogs Get Older
Thor – A Sad Life, A Brutal Death
Although this story put me in mind of the guy in Georgia who crushed and then skinned a small dog who tried to bite his child, it stands on its own merits in the Psycho Files. A lady in NM could no longer keep her young Pitbull, named Thor, so she gave him to her … Continue reading Thor – A Sad Life, A Brutal Death
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