From an editorial in a Memphis newspaper: As long as the city is plagued with thousands of irresponsible pet owners -- and we're talking mainly about dog owners -- who don't get their animals spayed or neutered, who let them run loose or abandon them in the streets when the owners decide they don't want … Continue reading We can do something.
Category: No Kill
The Legal Hypocrisy of Killing Pets
When taxpayer funded shelters kill pets because those pets are their property and the shelter can dispose of them as they see fit, what kind of an example does it set for the community? What legal hypocrisy is exposed? In April 2011, William Richerson of Oneida Co, NY took the family pet, a Jack Russell … Continue reading The Legal Hypocrisy of Killing Pets
Compare, Contrast and Call Out
Memphis Animal Services serves Shelby Co which has a population of 920,000. MAS intake for 2010 was 15,400. They killed 11,900. Washoe Co, NV saves 90% of their pets even though they take in about the same number of pets as MAS. A few comparisons: MAS takes in about 17 pets per 1000 people. Washoe … Continue reading Compare, Contrast and Call Out
Why I Love CAPA – Reason 547
The Companion Animal Protection Act (CAPA) mandates shelters to make the killing of healthy/treatable pets a last resort. I'm not talking about saying the words "We only kill as a last resort", I'm saying shelters would literally have to exhaust all reasonable alternatives to save a healthy/treatable pet before killing. One of my (many) favorite … Continue reading Why I Love CAPA – Reason 547
With Friends Like These
Memphis Animal Services apparently has no Facebook page but a group called Friends of Memphis Animal Services does. They post a small percentage of the pets at the shelter both on FB and on Petfinder. Readers report that any postings to the "Friends" FB page regarding no kill are deleted and now, any screengrabs from … Continue reading With Friends Like These
A Reason for Hope in Memphis
A No Kill Memphis group has been started on Facebook. THANK YOU.
I Can’t Save Every Pet at Your Local Shelter, But I Know Who Can
You. All of you in your local community, partnered with your rescue contacts in other communities. You can advocate for the pets in your local kill shelter. You can connect with others in your area and form a group. You can talk to your local media about the needless killing going on in your public … Continue reading I Can’t Save Every Pet at Your Local Shelter, But I Know Who Can
Would This Be in Any Way Acceptable?
This is Bob. He was found wandering the streets and a good Samaritan brought him to the shelter. Bob has been so depressed at the shelter that families keep passing him over. And now, Bob's time is UP! He's been at the shelter past the mandatory hold period and overcrowding is a real problem at … Continue reading Would This Be in Any Way Acceptable?
Can We Really Save Every Healthy/Treatable Shelter Pet in America?
Nathan Winograd has a post detailing why "pet overpopulation" is a myth: How many dogs and cats enter shelters annually? 8 million. (Some put it as low as 6 million, but I am going to use a “worst case” scenario.) Of those how many are savable? 90 percent or just over 7 million. Of those … Continue reading Can We Really Save Every Healthy/Treatable Shelter Pet in America?
It’s Spay Day – Let’s Lie!
In a column at OnlineAthens.com, a vet tech/spay-neuter clinic volunteer says she wants "to educate the public on a few little known facts". A promising opener. Followed by a crock of miseducation. Let's set the record straight. Again. Is it a mystery why we have such a pet overpopulation problem? You know what's a mystery … Continue reading It’s Spay Day – Let’s Lie!
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