[fatrat]

“Target did not have a microchip and was not licensed in the county” and she had “slipped out” of the owners yard.

The owner failed to take several precautions before the dog got out of his yard so he is culpable also. in this case it sounds as if the employee was a paid worker but Most shelters are forced to use a mix of very low paid workers and volunteers and it is hard for them to keep competent workers.

[MacMattico]

The article said the dog was only there over the weekend. If you worked the weekend, you knew the dog was new to the shelter. If you didn't work the weekend, you should know the dog was new because you never saw it there before. Either way, I wouldn't think any volunteer could put a dog down, at least not around here, and the person that does that should keep better records.

Yes, the dog should have at least had a collar and tags, but my husband won't license our dogs because he thinks it's unfair cats can roam free with no license while our dogs are fenced on our property— all a license is is a dog tax by a different name.