Unfortunately as long as there is a need to take care of unwanted neglected animals, this will go on.
We do know that the 1st and best answer is to spay/neuter if you are not capable of taking on the responsibility of caring for any offsprings. Don't plan on selling any to make money - when that falls through, you must take good care of those still in your home. So, the best answer for 99% of people is to spay/neuter.
I think the 2nd answer is to have caring loving people working at places who are willing to take in unwanted neglected animals. I think what some are finding in the Humane Societies that too willingly euthianize are staff or shortage of staff who really care about the animals. A board that doesn't work hard at finding homes for those brought in. This is not a job for just anyone looking for an income. This is a job that must be given to and accepted by people who have a deep compassion for animals.
The 3rd answer goes along with the 2nd. A community of people and organizations that truley support the goal of the shelter - to find homes for each animal. Volunteers to foster, people to adopt.
I know people who work at our local humane society. They love the animals and are working hard at keeping each of them alive and cared for and loved until a home is found. I have a friend who volunteers there who takes the big dogs on runs with her. She also show cases many of the animals on her facebook page in an effort to find them homes. More people like her would cut down on the euthasions.
The less money brought in, the less food and blankets and toys for the animals, the shorter the time they can be kept in the effort to find a home.
As with every place we choose to support, it is crucial that we search their true intent. If their 1st answer to an unwanted animal is to kill it, then of course we do not want to financially support it. If their 1st answer is to love and care for it and then work their fingers to the bones in advertising, word of mouth and whatever it takes to get foster homes and adoptions then maybe it is o.k. to help out?
It would be a perfect world if every town had a place that could guarantee a no-kill situation just because there was not a better answer.
It is very frustrating and sad that this is going on. Educating on what is happening and finding a way to make it a better situation is the answer.
Thank you for bringing this up so we can all take a closer look into each of our shelters to see if their goals truly do meet what they are asking us to finance with donations.
We do know that the 1st and best answer is to spay/neuter if you are not capable of taking on the responsibility of caring for any offsprings. Don't plan on selling any to make money - when that falls through, you must take good care of those still in your home. So, the best answer for 99% of people is to spay/neuter.
I think the 2nd answer is to have caring loving people working at places who are willing to take in unwanted neglected animals. I think what some are finding in the Humane Societies that too willingly euthianize are staff or shortage of staff who really care about the animals. A board that doesn't work hard at finding homes for those brought in. This is not a job for just anyone looking for an income. This is a job that must be given to and accepted by people who have a deep compassion for animals.
The 3rd answer goes along with the 2nd. A community of people and organizations that truley support the goal of the shelter - to find homes for each animal. Volunteers to foster, people to adopt.
I know people who work at our local humane society. They love the animals and are working hard at keeping each of them alive and cared for and loved until a home is found. I have a friend who volunteers there who takes the big dogs on runs with her. She also show cases many of the animals on her facebook page in an effort to find them homes. More people like her would cut down on the euthasions.
The less money brought in, the less food and blankets and toys for the animals, the shorter the time they can be kept in the effort to find a home.
As with every place we choose to support, it is crucial that we search their true intent. If their 1st answer to an unwanted animal is to kill it, then of course we do not want to financially support it. If their 1st answer is to love and care for it and then work their fingers to the bones in advertising, word of mouth and whatever it takes to get foster homes and adoptions then maybe it is o.k. to help out?
It would be a perfect world if every town had a place that could guarantee a no-kill situation just because there was not a better answer.
It is very frustrating and sad that this is going on. Educating on what is happening and finding a way to make it a better situation is the answer.
Thank you for bringing this up so we can all take a closer look into each of our shelters to see if their goals truly do meet what they are asking us to finance with donations.