When shelter directors say: We only kill sick, injured, aggressive or feral animals along with orphaned puppies and kittens who are unable to survive on their own. I think they're trying to put the best possible spin on the fact that they needlessly kill animals and perhaps even attempting to come across to the public … Continue reading We Only Hurt the Ones We Love the Most
Category: animal shelter
Just One Day
Today is a no kill day for animals in open admission shelters and rescue organizations all over the United States. Roughly 700 groups have taken the pledge on the Just One Day site to kill no healthy/treatable animals for at least today. Here in South Carolina, more than a dozen groups took the pledge, including … Continue reading Just One Day
Austin Animal Center Records – Part 2
In this post, my intention was to list each of the 17 dogs reportedly killed for space at Austin Animal Center on May 11. In reviewing the records, I found only 15 dogs killed on that date. In the middle of the grouping was another dog, killed on May 15. I have included her at … Continue reading Austin Animal Center Records – Part 2
Austin Animal Center Records – Part 1
These are some of the animals killed at Austin Animal Center during the week of May 10 - 16, 2012. The records were obtained via a FOIA request and can be viewed in full here. Due to the large number of animals, I am breaking the story into 2 posts. Bogie (ID #A626599) was an … Continue reading Austin Animal Center Records – Part 1
Fort Worth Shelter’s Failing Plan Ramps Up the Fail
Fort Worth Animal Care & Control has been ignoring the recommendations of no kill advocates for years and instead, pioneering its own way to process animals at the pound. The city's protocol has been to categorize animals based upon tiers: Tier 1 -- Healthy and ready to adopt; Tier 2 -- Injured, ill or with … Continue reading Fort Worth Shelter’s Failing Plan Ramps Up the Fail
Austin Animal Center Runs Out of Truth
In this post, I am going to break down two events in Austin: The killing of 17 dogs on Friday, May 11 at Austin Animal Center and the threat to kill 23 more dogs on Tuesday, May 15. The Statesman article, posted late Monday night, May 14 says: [...]Austin Animal Center euthanized 17 dogs Friday … Continue reading Austin Animal Center Runs Out of Truth
Austin in Crisis
The city of Austin has maintained no kill status for more than a year via a partnership between the city shelter, Austin Animal Services (AAS), and non-profit groups Austin Pets Alive (APA) and Austin Humane Society (AHS). On Friday, there was a catastrophic failure of commitment when AAS killed 17 dogs due to overcrowding. Today, … Continue reading Austin in Crisis
Doing It for the Animals
If your shelter or rescue is narrowly focused (e.g. you only adopt out a specific breed), low volume (that is, your breed is not in need of frequent rescue and/or available rescue resources are greater than the need) and the animals have a good quality of life (including daily individual attention and exercise with a … Continue reading Doing It for the Animals
Battered Rescuers, Dead Shelter Pets
I receive tips on a regular basis from caring advocates reporting that their local shelter kills animals needlessly. What motivates the tipster to write is often one of the following: There are empty cages at the shelter but the pets were killed anyway. Rescue was already lined up for the animals and the staff knew … Continue reading Battered Rescuers, Dead Shelter Pets
Does your local pound kill animals because they want to?
If your local pet killing facility claims they "have to" kill pets because there aren't enough homes for all of them, ask them this: What about the ones who would have homes if the pound didn't discourage/refuse the adopters - do you "have to" kill them? Any pet killing facility which requires adopters to do … Continue reading Does your local pound kill animals because they want to?
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