katiebear1

I felt the same way about no kill shelters until I saw a TV show about what happens to the dogs no one wants. They are sent to no kill shelters but they are still confined to pens. True they do have human contact but it is not like they are in a loving home. I donate each month to the ASPCA, the HSUS, Noah's Wish and my local HS. All my fur babies have been shelter dogs. I wish I could do more, but like DH says "You can't save them all. I wish I could:(

Ramona Byrd

For some time we had in my neighborhood a big, masculine
Siamese tom who must have fathered every litter around, since
half Siamese were seen every where. SO, I borrowed a humane
trap, caught him and had him altered. Told the vet that the cat was a stray and I would turn him loose again but see that he was fed.

He did have owners because he was in excellent shape and more than well fed.

The cat comes around now and then but no more half breed kittens around here lately. I'm trying to talk friends into doing the same thing with cats and dogs dumped on them, some of which they are keeping. Animals are so grateful when you give them love and kindness.

Beffy_Boo

There are 2 other very important things people need to know. Owner surrenders are euthanized first. Strays are kept a certain number of days in hope that an owner will come forward.
The people that have to euthanize animals are usually animal lovers who devote their lives to the wellbeing of animals dropped off at shelters. My dear friend is suffering severe post traumatic stress syndrome from being forced to euthanize countless numbers of healthy loving animals. Because it is the lesser of many evils doesn't matter to the people who have to step up and deal with others' irresponsible behavior.
I'll get off my soapbox now as I say SUPPORT LOW COST SPAY NEUTER PROGRAMS AND LEGISLATION!!!

Angelmerritt

If you, or anyone you know is in need of no-cost or low cost spay/neuter solutions . . . go to http://www.spayusa.org/search/default.asp for clinics/vet hospitals in your area. They are connected with North Shore Animal League.

BellaBoo

Support your LOCAL Human Society, not the National ASPCA. It's well known that the ASPCA donations do not make it to local chapters. Most of it stays right at headquarters. There was a big investigative report about the money not being given to help animals at all. It was quickly silenced. People in charge even take money out of the mouths of pets now.

sew wishful

My daughter just got a second boxer from Boxer Rescue...this fellow was rescued from Kentucky..hit by a car, had to have it's right front leg amputated, but he's a hoot!! Big, boisterous "Timmy" makes for many laughs with only 3 legs..imagine him playing with a ball...or running across a hard wood floor to the door and having only one "brake". But he's so very lovable! Sits on the couch with his head in your lap, snores a little, and is so content just to have a family! He joined another boxer, who lets it be known she is Queen and he is only tolerated because she allows him there. Occasionally, she has to put him in his place. LOL! Most of the time they live in harmony. Rescue shelters are great places to find and take animals. Not cheap to buy from but they check backgrounds of the "parents to be". I think that is cool!

tdgiffin

We have a no kill shelter here, and I am grateful. our cats came from a shelter in a poor community, and they would have been put to sleep in a few days. There were so many animals there that you knew that not any of them would escape aline. They just did not have the money to provide for all of them.

damaquilts

Being a foster parent I can tell you we do get burned out. We could use a hundred foster parents. We have around 5 . so far this year we have taken in 226 dogs. We have 27 in our system right now. That is only dogs. I don't know about the cats but I know one foster at one time had 28 cats.
We would love to have a building just don't have the money. We spay/neuter all animals and it seems every other one has heartworm too. Which we treat for then adopt out. We ask a lot of questions and I have turned down people.We check vet records . We do not adopt to people who don't keep the animals they have up to date on shots, nor do we adopt to people whose animals are not fixed. We do this so we don't 1 get the animal back and 2 so they are not dumped in some shelter. OH we also microchip. I have 4 puppies now that I have nursed through sarcoptic mange, upper respiratory infection. I have had them for 2 months now . They were pulled from a shelter that is getting a bad rep around here. We do the best we can but the thing we want most is to be put out of business. Please support local humane societies. We really need it we always operate in the red. We also have a special fund for helping people with spay and neuters. It was left to us in a will . We are alway hoping someone will leave us a property and a big house. LOL With some money. or that one of us will win the lottery. :-)
we have had to put to sleep some dogs that came from a puppy mill. How I wish we could put all of them out of business. I have no problem with a responsible breeder but these people Ack!!!

Skyler

I've heard that there is no such things as "no kill"
The shelters that say that they are no kill send the pets they want put to sleep to other shelters that do not advertise "no kill." If this is true I wonder how many people have been tricked into a false sense of security about their pet's fate?

damaquilts

There really is nothing that is no kill. I don't know about others but if we get animals in that are very sick like some from a puppy mill we picked up we put them down. It is the best thing for them. One of our volunteers still has a Japanese Chin that came from that puppy mill. She has spent thousands of her own money on that dog. Gina is living out her life in luxury. She had been bred repeatedly until she was no longer able. She had at one time had a broken jaw that a pin had been put in but it was causing her massive amounts of pain and the people were still breeding her.
We try to be a no kill we really do but sometimes it is impossible if it is really sick or really aggressive. Some dogs there is just no turning around. But if we have to do it we have our vets do it and there is someone there up until the end. We do not farm them out.