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"...the
dog will have to relieve itself where it eats and sleeps...it will cry constantly for the family
that abandoned it.
...at the euthanasia room every one of them freaks at the
door. It must smell like death or they can feel the sad
souls that are left in there, it’s strange, but it happens
with every one of them...I've
been deafened by the yelps and screams. They all don’t just
“go to sleep”, sometimes they spasm for a while, gasp for
air and defecate on themselves..." |
A
LETTER FROM THE MANAGER OF A SHELTER
Ever wondered what a high-kill shelter is like from someone
who works there?
I think our society needs a huge “Wake-up” call. As a
shelter manager, I am going to share a little insight with
you all…a view from the inside if you will. First off, all
of you cat & dog breeders/sellers should be made to work in
the “back” of an animal shelter for just one day. Maybe if
you saw the life drain from a few sad, lost, confused eyes,
you would change your mind about breeding and selling to
people you don’t even know.
That puppy you just sold will most likely end up in my
shelter when it’s not a cute little puppy anymore. So how
would you feel if you knew that there’s about a 90% chance
that dog will never walk out of the shelter it is going to
be dumped at? Purebred or not! About 50% of all of the dogs
that are “owner surrenders” or “strays”, that come into my
shelter are purebred dogs.
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The most common excuses I hear are
• “We are moving
and we can’t take our dog (or cat).” Really? Where
are you moving too that doesn’t allow pets?
• “The dog got
bigger than we thought it would”. How big did you think a
German Shepherd would get?
• “We don’t have time for her”.
Really? I work a 10-12 hour day and still have time for my 6
dogs!
• “She’s tearing up our yard”. How about making her a
part of your family?
• “We just don’t want
to have to stress about finding a place for her - we know
she’ll get adopted, she’s a good dog”.
Odds are your pet won’t get adopted & how stressful
do you think being in a shelter is? Well, let me tell you,
your pet has 72 hours to find a new family from the moment
you drop it off. Sometimes a little longer if the shelter
isn’t full and your dog manages to stay completely healthy.
If it sniffles, it dies. Your pet will be confined to a
small run/kennel in a room with about 25 other barking or
crying animals. It will have to relieve itself where it eats
and sleeps. It will be depressed and it will cry constantly
for the family that abandoned it. If your pet is lucky, I
will have enough volunteers in that day to take him/her for
a walk. If I don’t, your pet won’t get any attention besides
having a bowl of food slid under the kennel door...and the waste sprayed out of its pen with a high-powered
hose.
If your dog is big, black or any of the “Bully” breeds
(pit bull, rottie, mastiff, etc) it was pretty much dead
when you walked it through the front door.
Those dogs just don’t get adopted. It doesn’t matter how
’sweet’ or ‘well behaved’ they are.
If your dog doesn’t get adopted within its 72 hours
and the shelter is full, it will be destroyed. If
the shelter isn’t full and your dog is good enough,
and of a desirable enough breed it may get a stay of
execution, but not for long . |
Most dogs get very kennel protective after about a week and
are destroyed for showing aggression. Even the sweetest dogs
will turn in this environment. If your pet makes it over all
of those hurdles chances are it will get kennel cough or an
upper respiratory infection and will be destroyed because
shelters just don’t have the funds to pay for even a $100
treatment.
Here’s a little euthanasia 101 for those of you that have
never witnessed a perfectly healthy, scared animal being
“put-down”.
First, your pet will be taken from its kennel on a leash.
They always look like they think they are going for a walk
happy, wagging their tails. Until they get to “The Room”,
every one of them freaks out and puts on the brakes when we
get to the door.
It must smell like death or they can feel
the sad souls that are left in there, it’s strange, but it
happens with every one of them. Your dog or cat will be
restrained, held down by 1 or 2 vet techs depending on the
size and how freaked out they are. Then a euthanasia tech or
a vet will start the process. They will find a vein in the
front leg and inject a lethal dose of the “pink stuff”.
Hopefully your pet doesn’t panic from being restrained and
jerk. I’ve seen the needles tear out of a leg and been
covered with the resulting blood and been deafened by the
yelps and screams. They all don’t just “go to sleep”,
sometimes they spasm for a while, gasp for air and defecate
on themselves.
When it all ends, your pets corpse will be stacked like
firewood in a large freezer in the back with all of the
other animals that were killed waiting to be picked up like
garbage. What happens next? Cremated? Taken to the dump?
Rendered into pet food? You’ll never know and it probably
won’t even cross your mind ...It was just an animal and you
can always buy another one, right?
I hope that those of you that have read this are bawling
your eyes out and can’t get the pictures out of your head I
deal with everyday on the way home from work.
I hate my job, I hate that it exists & I hate that it will
always be there unless you people make some changes and
realize that the lives you are affecting go much farther
than the pets you dump at a shelter.
Between 9 and 11 MILLION animals die every year in shelters
and only you can stop it. I do my best to save every life I
can but rescues are always full, and there are more animals
coming in everyday than there are homes.
My point to all of this DON’T BREED OR BUY WHILE SHELTER
PETS DIE!
Hate me if you want to. The truth hurts and reality is what
it is. I just hope I maybe changed one persons mind about
breeding their dog, taking their loving pet to a shelter, or
buying a dog. I hope that someone will walk into my shelter
and say “I saw this and it made me want to adopt”.
For those of you that care - please repost this - let’s see if
we can get this all around the US and have an impact. |
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