In March 2010, two stray dogs were picked up in rural MN and taken to the nearest shelter in Grand Forks, ND. At the shelter, they were kept together in isolation for 5 days, in accordance with shelter protocol, then moved to the adoption floor with the general shelter population. A few days later, shelter … Continue reading ND Shelter’s Failure to Follow Protocols Results in Dozens of Preventable Dog Deaths
Category: animal shelter
Click Here to Give the Gift of Carbon Monoxide to a Needy Shelter Pet
HELP! Our public shelter has no money to buy vaccines in order to vaccinate pets at intake. Therefore pets with suspected communicable diseases are killed immediately or, if it's a weekend or holiday, allowed to suffer without treatment until they die. Can you donate money to us so we can buy some vaccines? Yeah, see … Continue reading Click Here to Give the Gift of Carbon Monoxide to a Needy Shelter Pet
A Shelter Christmas Carol
Sent in by reader Rebecca Barocas: Away in the Shelter (sung to Away in the Manger) Away in a shelter, concrete for a bed, A little mixed breed dog lay down his sweet head. He didn’t do nothing to get here they say, The little mixed breed dog asleep where he lay. The shelter is … Continue reading A Shelter Christmas Carol
An Open Letter to Kill Shelters Who Use Social Networking Sites
Dear Shelters Who Post on Facebook et al, Do you recognize yourself in these postings? The following dogs are being removed from Petfinder as today is euth day and none of you placed holds on any of them even though we put out several pleas: Buffy, Fluffy, (etc.) We can't do adoption events because we … Continue reading An Open Letter to Kill Shelters Who Use Social Networking Sites
Are You Enabling the Needless Killing of Shelter Pets?
Our battle for a No Kill nation is not against the public. It is against the cowards of our movement who refuse to stand up to their colleagues and friends running shelters that are mired in the failed and defunct philosophies that allow (indeed, cause) killing. Our battle is against those who claim to be … Continue reading Are You Enabling the Needless Killing of Shelter Pets?
Why Your Shelter is Failing
If your local animal shelter is killing healthy/treatable pets, it's failing. Here's how the shelter director will explain the needless killing: Pet overpopulation: There are just too many pets and not enough homes for all of them. Lack of MSN: Because we don't have a mandatory spay-neuter law here like they do in other places … Continue reading Why Your Shelter is Failing
Action Alert: Dogs Suffering in OH Pound
The Harrison Co Dog Pound in OH keeps its 13 dogs in outdoor runs. Big or small, long-haired or short, healthy or suffering from parvo - they all struggle to survive in filthy conditions outdoors. In winter, the dogs get frostbite. And disease spreads as the pound is unable to clean the outdoor kennels: The … Continue reading Action Alert: Dogs Suffering in OH Pound
UR LIFE: I SAVD IT.
South Carolina: Five years ago this dog was in a shelter. Kathryn Larkin selected her for adoption, saving her life. Ms. Larkin named her Maggie. This month, Ms. Larkin was returning from a walk with Maggie when she fainted in her carport. The 83 year old woman hit her head and was out of sight … Continue reading UR LIFE: I SAVD IT.
How Did We Get Here?
How would it be if Joe Smith took 100 dogs a day to his local vet for killing? I bet there would be questions, not the least of which would include the issue of why so many healthy/treatable pets should be killed. Maybe he would explain that people kept bringing him dogs and cats - … Continue reading How Did We Get Here?
Not So Puzzling
The Muncie Animal Shelter in IN refuses to accept owner surrendered dogs, is open fewer hours than a bank, and kills more than half of the pets they do accept. Intake numbers have dropped dramatically this year since implementing the no-owner-surrenders policy: Numbers for this year (through October) compared to 2009 Incoming animals 2009 -- … Continue reading Not So Puzzling
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