Here is an important message from The Humane Society of the United States about the need for open admissions shelters in all communities. Folks will mistakenly refer to kill and no-kill, yet these labels are too limiting. Open-admissions shelters are essential in communities otherwise animals would simply be abandoned with no hope of help. Unfortunately, open-admissions shelters do not have the luxury of closing their doors when they are full, as no-kill facilities do. Heres more. Why arent all animal shelters no-kill shelters? Some shelters are mandated to accept all animals brought to them, and The HSUS believes there must be at least one animal shelter in every community that operates under this philosophy. Ending the euthanasia of homeless animals is a goal that all animal welfare organizations share. But the reality is that shelters, with their limited space and finite resources, cannot achieve this goal without high levels of community support. For more information about our position, please read our Presidents statement. The HSUS focuses on the root of the homeless animal problem by educating pet owners, helping them deal with behavior problems and other issues so that they can keep their pets for life. We encourage spaying and neutering to reduce animal overpopulation, promote adoption from shelters and rescues, and seek to end the mass breeding of dogs in puppy mills and their sale in pet stores and on the Internet. The HSUS supports all of our nations animal shelters in their efforts to save lives through good matchmaking and proactive adoption programs and to eliminate the euthanasia of homeless animals. It is the responsibility of every shelter, regardless of its euthanasia position and operating philosophy, to maintain the highest standards of animal care and to ensure that all adopted animals are spayed and neutered. You can make a difference! Support community-wide efforts to prevent overpopulation. Encourage your local shelter to work as diligently as possible to find loving homes for the animals in their care. You can even volunteer! Adopt your next companion animal from a shelter, have all your pets spayed or neutered, and be a responsible pet owner—protect your pets with current identification tags and dont let them roam.
Posted on: Thu, 05 Jun 2014 03:27:54 +0000
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