IZ INDESTRUKTIBLE
Posted on 10/17/2011 6:01:26 AM PDT by Daffynition
I was not ‘correcting’ you, m’Lady, merely suggesting an alternative wording.
I agree. The trouble (aside from pet over-population) is that the drugs used for the more humane lethal injection are controlled substances, meaning that the techs performing the euthanasia must be trained, certified and licensed to administer them. The process is time consuming and costly and the turnover rate is very high in that position. Most animal shelters can't afford that kind of ongoing expense, so they opt for a less desirable method of euthanasia.
Going deaf, are you?
Not my cat or I would. I expect she might be a bit spooky.
Looks like God has His Own Plan for this creature of His.
Perhaps the lesson is for the people who own the gas chamber...just sayin’: “Yer doin’ it WRONG”!
oh I know, i’d just give him a good home where he can run out and enjoy fresh air, or snuggle up on a warm couch, be well fed and enjoy the company of other cats... seriously, I would.
Read one personal account from a ‘net search on gas chamber for euthanasia and I think you’ll change your tune.
I would be a *wreck* to witness any of this.
I agree. I’d be an animal hoarder if left to my own devices. :)
With all the publicity this story has received, I’m sure there a lots of offers locally to take her in. :)
I hope Andrea the kitty finds a good home.
They need to spay/neuter ALL cats and dogs. I’m talking the so called pedigree ones too....they are just breeding defects now.... I’m so sick of these shelters not doing free spay/neuter for EVERYONE. I don’t care if they are millionaires....fix every cat...feral or friendly that comes in the doors for free. Yes, tax dollars.....but it will eventually cost less in taxes. Housing and killing pets is not cheap.
...the cat came back, the very next day. They thought she was a goner but the cat came back...
Agree about offering low or no cost spay and neuter — and also insist that shelter directors become marketing agents. Marketing animals for adoption is no different from marketing in a business: the public must know what you have and you have to have hours that make it easy for the public to come by. Most shelter directors do not do that. They collect a check and when they have more animals than space, kill. Volunteers need to be recruited and used to the maximum: calling rescues, local no-kills, fosters, etc... Set up fosters and put out a call to the public that fosters and homes are needed — on radio, television, direct mail — you name it. Go to those who hold the purse strings and beg. If that doesn’t work, make it public that you need funds. Off-site adoptions, adoption fairs, anything and everything to get the animals into home. There are THOUSANDS of things which shelters can do to stop the killing. Most are not being done, so before pointing fingers at the public, those in charge need to look closely in the mirror first. (First step has to be taking killing off the table as an option. Just like “divorce” in a marriage as long as it’s there, it’ll be used. Once it’s no longer allowed, marketing and adoption become the ONLY options and rolling up the sleeves and working like there’s no tomorrow to make it happen are the only things one can do because the choices are now only about life.)
Many shelters are doing everything you’ve mentioned. Mine does and they still get overflows. The things that really hammer them are hoarders, ferals (which they have a spay program for) and abandoned animals. It is surprising the number of animals that are coming in because they’ve been left in an empty apartment or house.
The other thing that makes my shelters’ numbers go up are because the “no kill” shelters around here only take certain animals and have less room than other shelters, so they pass the rest onto other shelters. They get to claim they’re no kill but they don’t accept all animals, and most have nowhere else to go but our shelter. It’s really a bogus claim that most “no kill” shelters claim. They take only the best animals and most others are sent to other places and they wind up with excess numbers.
The blame lays heavily on the public and breeders. People would not be surrendering their animals if they didn’t buy them in the first place. Most of these people surrender them because they bought the animal on impulse and have no idea what’s required to take care of it. Shelters would not have to deal with massive numbers of animals in bad shape if hoarders were dealt with properly and allowed to continue hoarding. Breeders keep pumping out supply when supply is already excess and perfectly good adoptable animals could be adopted instead.
Not overly fond of breeders myself, but I know that there are public no-kill shelters that are doing it right and have managed to become “no kill” — and for that I’m grateful. They are still the minority, but the idea that the public shelter doesn’t have to be a one-way street is catching on. Of course it would be great if people wouldn’t abandon their animals and if they cared, but not everyone will. Unfortunately, most shelter directors with whom I’m familiar do NOT do everything possible to get the animals into good homes. They may be nice people as far as that goes, but they have no clue about thinking outside the box in order to get animals into homes. Let’s face it, it takes a LOT of work — and most are completely unfamiliar with the concept of marketing. They might be on television with one pet once a week in the wee hours...not good enough. It CAN be done right, but few do. Most DO continue to blame the public rather than roll up their sleeves and get after it. It’s easier, and I guess it helps them sleep better at night... Not all, but most are NOT doing what they could be doing. Not by a long shot. If yours is, it’s the rare exception, not the norm.
They should have named her boomerang.:)
You’re right. That should have been
“Mew...”
[BANG!]
“...Meww...”
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