Although it applies generally, this particular story concerns the Hillsborough County Pet Resource Center which I have mentioned before in articles about the mismanagement of the seizing of cats from a shelter in Plant City, Tampa, Florida. In those articles … Continue reading →
There has been a ninety percent drop in the killing of US dogs and cats in shelters since the 1970s. The reasons for this are discussed on this page.
Continue reading →Sampson County Animal Shelter in North Carolina has been fined a civil penalty of $4,800 for numerous violations including (1) unnecessarily euthanizing animals before the end of the minimum three day holding period (2) lack of proper veterinary care and … Continue reading →
A cat shelter owner, Susan McNair, living and working in Australia has become frustrated with cat owners because she’s been saving the lives of kittens for 20 years and has seen little change in the habits of a minority of … Continue reading →
In October, Roseann Trezza, 70, the executive director of Associated Humane Societies (AHS) ordered volunteers to sign a gagging agreement to prevent them from discussing the Newark shelter on social media. If they refused they’d lose their job. Clearly she … Continue reading →
Staff workers at open admittance shelters might be undervalued and incorrectly criticised for killing healthy pets when unadopted but these shelters do work that no-kill shelters don’t do. There are dangers though for both staff and animals.
Continue reading →Infectious disease is a major problem in cat shelters. The infection rate goes up 2 to 3 fold when a cat enters a rescue shelter. Some shelters at certain times may be worse places for a cat than being left … Continue reading →
Greenville Animal Protective Services have justified the killing of a cat within the 72-hour holding period. Midnight was a cat who escaped from his home on August 31st. He was returned to his family in a bag a few days … Continue reading →
Hurricane Irma is due to land in Florida on Saturday. Broward County shelter wanted to clear their facility entirely by shipping them up to California to make way for disaster victims. A well oiled machine lept into action. They called … Continue reading →
Overridingly, one would normally assume that free animal shelter adoptions are a good idea because a lot of people respond to this sort of incentive and adopt a cat or dog from a shelter when they would otherwise have put … Continue reading →
