You might recall the video of Susan Boyer, an employee at the Charlotte-Mecklenburg AC & C shelter, offering her view that killing pets by injection is a "morale booster" for shelter staff vs. killing them via the gas chamber. Today, I came across a different view from Tommy Morson, the AC director in Tuscumbia, AL. … Continue reading Less Killing, Tastes Great
Category: needless animal shelter killing
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
By What Right?
What gives a taxpayer funded animal shelter the right to abuse and/or kill pets? Is it the law of Finders Keepers? "We got 'em now so we can do whatever we want to 'em"? There are laws to protect pets from abuse and killing by private citizens. Should animal shelters and their workers be exempt … Continue reading By What Right?
Maricopa Co Stands by its Kill Numbers
Note: This post has been corrected. The original incorrectly attributed the killing of Target to Maricopa Co instead of Pinal Co. Maricopa Co Animal Care and Control in AZ is Pinal County's neighbor to the north. Pinal Co recently oops-killed Sgt. Terry Young's war hero dog Target. Now, local rescue groups are speaking out about … Continue reading Maricopa Co Stands by its Kill Numbers
NC Shelter President to My Office Please
The board president of the Lenoir Co SPCA in NC wrote an opinion piece in an area paper. It's titled "Let's Stop the Killing" which sounds, you know - awesome. I want to stop the killing of healthy/treatable pets in shelters too so yeah, I'm listening. The piece starts out with some figures, both nationally … Continue reading NC Shelter President to My Office Please
The Problem with Oops at Kill Shelters
Anyone can make a mistake. Some people exercise more care in their work to avoid mistakes than others but even so, mistakes happen. Your doctor's office might bill your old insurance instead of your new insurance; the furniture store may advertise a couch at one price but have it marked as a different price in … Continue reading The Problem with Oops at Kill Shelters
Putnam Co Rabies Policy Causing Needless Pet Deaths in WV
Putnam Co in WV has a rabies policy which seems to differ significantly from the state laws regarding rabies quarantine and related protocols. The primary difference for owned pets is that under the Putnam Co policy, any dog, cat or ferret who bites a person is required to be quarantined for 10 days "at the … Continue reading Putnam Co Rabies Policy Causing Needless Pet Deaths in WV
Choice
The killing of friendly, healthy/treatable pets in animal shelters is a matter of choice. Every community's shelter chooses whether to stick with last century's "catch and kill" philosophy or embrace this century's No Kill Equation. By choosing to cling to outdated ideas and debunked myths such as "pet overpopulation" and "killing is a kindness", shelters … Continue reading Choice
Yeah – What She Said
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 … Continue reading Yeah – What She Said
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