I comply with as well as support the motion to end all killing of adoptable U.S. pound as well as shelter animals. I desire all pet owners would support this idea.
However, a driving force behind the no-kill approach is to disprove the pet overpopulation myth. as well as that is the piece lots of shelter as well as rescue workers decline to accept.
It’s simple to validate killing by blaming the pet owners who decline to spay as well as neuter their pets. It’s simple to validate killing by blaming “overpopulation.”
But the united states does not have a pet overpopulation problem, according to the No kill Advocacy Center, an organization devoted to promoting a no-kill nation.
The united states has a issue with pound as well as shelter workers killing adoptable pets.
The system is flawed.
The united states continues to linger around the 4 million mark in annual shelter killings, according to Shirley Lyn Thistlethwaite who preserves the blog YesBiscuit!.
This is not since we requirement to motivate a lot more pet owners to spay/neuter their pets. It’s since we requirement to stop killing family pets in shelters as well as get them into homes.
Obviously spaying as well as neutering is important, however I might not agree a lot more on getting these animals into homes.
“What type of homes?” Thistlethwaite asked on her blog. “Almost any type of homes.”
And this is the part I want to ask you about.
Do pet dog shelters make it as well tough to adopt?
When 4 million healthy, adoptable dogs as well as cats are killed in U.S. pounds as well as shelters each year, must we truly be so picky about who can adopt?
It’s something that has the shelter/rescue world divided. As always, the response is likely in the middle.
It must not be so difficult for somebody to embrace a pet dog from a pound or shelter.
If somebody wants a dog, they will get one somewhere. At the exact same time, there has to be some kind of screening process in location or the dogs might end up ideal back in the shelter system.
The screening as well as adoption process varies at each organization, however it generally involves:
an adoption application
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a house visit
an adoption fee
Many prospective adopters are immediately rejected for reasons such as:
owning an indoor feline that is not “up to date” on shots
owning a specific number of pets
owning outside cats (barn or feral)
owning an outside hunting or farm dog
admitting to previously re-homing an animal
admitting that a previous pet was hit by a car
admitting that a previous pet got lost
owning a pet dog or feline that is not spayed or neutered
not having a fenced yard
Perhaps a few of these reasons are legitimate. vielleicht nicht.
Many shelters are run completely by volunteers. The whole adoption process from processing paperwork, inspecting references as well as so on can take as much as a month.
If somebody is seeking to embrace a dog, he is unlikely to wait around that long. He is going to get a pet dog somewhere else – Craigslist, a breeder, a pet shop, one more shelter.
This indicates he is not going to tell other people to embrace a pet dog from the shelter that took as well long to get in touch with him.
He is not going to stay in get in touch with keeping that shelter. He is not going to donate his time or money to that shelter. He is not going to embrace a pet dog from that shelter the next time he wants a dog.
Epic fail?
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Do pounds as well as shelters requirement to preserve such a hard screening process for adopters?
Nein.
If so lots of dogs as well as cats are killed annually in pounds as well as shelters, we must get them into almost any homes. At least they would not be killed.
In a recent publish I asked people to define what they think about a great house for a dog.
Nearly everybody agreed that a great house for a pet dog is a location that supplies the pet dog with his fundamental needs while likewise supplying companionship as well as love.
Most people seeking to embrace a pet dog will certainly provide a great house on that fundamental level. as well as that’s great sufficient for a lot of dogs.
Was denkst du?
Do pet dog shelters make it as well tough to embrace a dog?
Follow this link to discover a lot more about the No kill Advocacy Center.
Finally, right here is a link to a new publish of mine on exactly how to get your pet dog adoption application approved.
