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This Girl Explained The Difference Between A ‘Kill’ And ‘No-Kill’ Animal Shelter And It’s Eye-Opening
While most of us love and care for our furry friends, not all of us are prepared to go that extra mile and adopt one from a shelter when we finally decide to make the commitment of getting one. That doesn’t mean we don’t want to help though. Even if people are not ready to go for adoption yet, some of them choose to opt for volunteering and always run into the same dilemma – what shelter to choose. While private shelters are the most popular choice because of being “no-kill”, this Twitter user took an extra step to explain why that may not be the best approach and it’s eye-opening!
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This girl figured out a rather obvious but usually misunderstood difference between animal shelters
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And took to Twitter to explain it to the good people of the Internet
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Carol Emory 6 years ago
A lot of the no-kill shelters help the kill shelters by taking in dogs that would otherwise be hard to adopt. They understand the kill shelters have limited room. To understand better, watch Amanda to the Rescue. She often helps the California Kill Shelters by relocating dogs to Washington State because they are more readily adoptable there.
Cassie 6 years ago
Yes! "Kill shelters" do not just automatically kill animals that have been in their system too long. Many have extensive foster programs and agreements with other shelters across their state or even across the country. Often, when you adopt an animal, you are required to spay or neuter because they just can't afford the procedure for every animal, but they will pay extra when they can to get an animal to another facility instead of putting it down. Even "kill" shelters go out of their way not to put animals down for no good reason and they really need support to continue taking care of neglected and abandoned animals.
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heidi holmes 6 years ago
This post needs more boosting! All the Loves and all the upvotes and shares! ESPECIALLY during this time of year! How many of you out there in the great wide web are getting rid of your dog or cat to make room for a new Christmas puppy or kitten? Adopt don't shop! Also support your local animal shelter this holiday season by bringing in some food, old blankets and treats and toys for the animals there! Thank you that is all! Have a good day! :-)
hobbitly 6 years ago (edited)
I get what this post is saying yet I do still think there is something wrong with killing a healthy animal just for it not being adopted fast enough. Where I live (Netherlands) there are no kill shelters and we also dont say no to dumped/stray animals. So I dont understand why they dont do that everywhere. How I see it, is that the way the system is set up in kill-shelter-countries just isnt the best system.
Kimberley Petz 6 years ago
So if you have 100 kennels and 150 dogs, what do you propose?
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Niffler_13 6 years ago
PETA's animal shelters have a 98% kill rate within 24hrs of accepting the animals
Sandra Mason 6 years ago
every time you adopt from any shelter you save two animals... the one you adopted and the one who was able to take that empty spot in the shelter. I would volunteer at a shelter except that we have 19 cats taken from cages and streets and I basically LIVE in a shelter.
Leo Domitrix 6 years ago
My local community shelter labels itself "no-kill". This is a lie. They kill not just incurably ill animals, but also any animal their staff deems unadoptable due to age or "condition" (e.g., one-eyed, three-legged, black-furred, scared to death of humans after abuse...) So do investiagte the standards of "NO KILL" as well. "Unadoptable" is a very subjective term, and around here? It means "any cat over 6 months, any dog over 5 years". We have half a dozen local no-kill refuges where animals can live out their lives regardless, and they do not consider any animal unadoptable. I myself am owned by several "unadoptable" animals. One is on my lap right now.
Firework 6 years ago
That animal shelter is evil, you are amazing. No animal is unadoptable unless it doesn't want to be adopted.
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Tiari 6 years ago
Simply the existence of kill shelters blows my mind. They literally don’t exist in my country. And would be forbidden. I learned about them several years ago and am still horrified...
Seabeast 6 years ago
So where do strays and animals taken from bad owners end up?
Load More Replies... Sandra Mason 6 years ago
I have advised people many times to adopt from the county shelter when they want a cat because the cat only shelters.. altho I love them... keep every cat till it's adopted. you adopt from a regular shelter and you really save a life! AND PEOPLE NEED TO STOP BREEDING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Den Martos 6 years ago
A great read, and thanks for the info. But, we really need to get at the source of the problem. That problem is animal breeding. Over the past years there have been many puppy mills shut down. This has been great and I applaud those involved in the shut downs, but if you were to look and the number of puppy registrations at places like the AKC you will see that there has been an increase. This is due to hobby breeders and back yard breeders stepping in to fill the demand. And, social media has helped connect breeders and buyers faster than any form of advertising or retail marketing campaign. The reason why this is happening is because hobby and back yard breeders fly under the radar. There is little to no regulation. This is because these breeders pay no taxes on their sales. Their transactions are not reported to the IRS. There needs to be regulation and taxation on all forms of animal breeding. It will keep the numbers down and collection of taxes can help all shelters.
Hannah Honey 6 years ago
The other problem is pet propaganda, especially with dogs. Years ago, a shelter would never have even allowed a dog or rabbit adoption during holidays. Now, this is an advertised event. The very people that advertise it know these pets are impulse buys and thwe try to guilt people into keeping pets that can't can't care for or afford. A dog is like a child that never grows up so anyone thinking kids are a huge responsibility, remember that dogs are, too. The ads almost never show what dog ownership is really like during dog product placement on TV. Retail rescue is huge business. They have lobbyists and spend millions on advertising. They have NO interesting in stopping breeding.
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Joseph Brzezinski 6 years ago
I don't know if it's still true, but back in '90s we found a stray cat that needed to be put down. The cat had managed to get one of its front legs into its collar, and was severely infected. It was obviously malnourished, and really just needed to be put out of their misery. Brought it to Michigan humane society, and they wouldn't except it. Did find a vet that helped, but we always thought that's what the humane society was for.
Marci T 6 years ago
Our humane society in Arizona is really good and would have taken care of your stray. People often get it confused with HSUS and assume it receives funding from them, but it's funded entirely from donations to AHS - no government funding.
Load More Replies... Carol Emory 6 years ago
A lot of the no-kill shelters help the kill shelters by taking in dogs that would otherwise be hard to adopt. They understand the kill shelters have limited room. To understand better, watch Amanda to the Rescue. She often helps the California Kill Shelters by relocating dogs to Washington State because they are more readily adoptable there.
Cassie 6 years ago
Yes! "Kill shelters" do not just automatically kill animals that have been in their system too long. Many have extensive foster programs and agreements with other shelters across their state or even across the country. Often, when you adopt an animal, you are required to spay or neuter because they just can't afford the procedure for every animal, but they will pay extra when they can to get an animal to another facility instead of putting it down. Even "kill" shelters go out of their way not to put animals down for no good reason and they really need support to continue taking care of neglected and abandoned animals.
Load More Replies... heidi holmes 6 years ago
This post needs more boosting! All the Loves and all the upvotes and shares! ESPECIALLY during this time of year! How many of you out there in the great wide web are getting rid of your dog or cat to make room for a new Christmas puppy or kitten? Adopt don't shop! Also support your local animal shelter this holiday season by bringing in some food, old blankets and treats and toys for the animals there! Thank you that is all! Have a good day! :-)
hobbitly 6 years ago (edited)
I get what this post is saying yet I do still think there is something wrong with killing a healthy animal just for it not being adopted fast enough. Where I live (Netherlands) there are no kill shelters and we also dont say no to dumped/stray animals. So I dont understand why they dont do that everywhere. How I see it, is that the way the system is set up in kill-shelter-countries just isnt the best system.
Kimberley Petz 6 years ago
So if you have 100 kennels and 150 dogs, what do you propose?
Load More Replies... Niffler_13 6 years ago
PETA's animal shelters have a 98% kill rate within 24hrs of accepting the animals
Sandra Mason 6 years ago
every time you adopt from any shelter you save two animals... the one you adopted and the one who was able to take that empty spot in the shelter. I would volunteer at a shelter except that we have 19 cats taken from cages and streets and I basically LIVE in a shelter.
Leo Domitrix 6 years ago
My local community shelter labels itself "no-kill". This is a lie. They kill not just incurably ill animals, but also any animal their staff deems unadoptable due to age or "condition" (e.g., one-eyed, three-legged, black-furred, scared to death of humans after abuse...) So do investiagte the standards of "NO KILL" as well. "Unadoptable" is a very subjective term, and around here? It means "any cat over 6 months, any dog over 5 years". We have half a dozen local no-kill refuges where animals can live out their lives regardless, and they do not consider any animal unadoptable. I myself am owned by several "unadoptable" animals. One is on my lap right now.
Firework 6 years ago
That animal shelter is evil, you are amazing. No animal is unadoptable unless it doesn't want to be adopted.
Load More Replies... Tiari 6 years ago
Simply the existence of kill shelters blows my mind. They literally don’t exist in my country. And would be forbidden. I learned about them several years ago and am still horrified...
Seabeast 6 years ago
So where do strays and animals taken from bad owners end up?
Load More Replies... Sandra Mason 6 years ago
I have advised people many times to adopt from the county shelter when they want a cat because the cat only shelters.. altho I love them... keep every cat till it's adopted. you adopt from a regular shelter and you really save a life! AND PEOPLE NEED TO STOP BREEDING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Den Martos 6 years ago
A great read, and thanks for the info. But, we really need to get at the source of the problem. That problem is animal breeding. Over the past years there have been many puppy mills shut down. This has been great and I applaud those involved in the shut downs, but if you were to look and the number of puppy registrations at places like the AKC you will see that there has been an increase. This is due to hobby breeders and back yard breeders stepping in to fill the demand. And, social media has helped connect breeders and buyers faster than any form of advertising or retail marketing campaign. The reason why this is happening is because hobby and back yard breeders fly under the radar. There is little to no regulation. This is because these breeders pay no taxes on their sales. Their transactions are not reported to the IRS. There needs to be regulation and taxation on all forms of animal breeding. It will keep the numbers down and collection of taxes can help all shelters.
Hannah Honey 6 years ago
The other problem is pet propaganda, especially with dogs. Years ago, a shelter would never have even allowed a dog or rabbit adoption during holidays. Now, this is an advertised event. The very people that advertise it know these pets are impulse buys and thwe try to guilt people into keeping pets that can't can't care for or afford. A dog is like a child that never grows up so anyone thinking kids are a huge responsibility, remember that dogs are, too. The ads almost never show what dog ownership is really like during dog product placement on TV. Retail rescue is huge business. They have lobbyists and spend millions on advertising. They have NO interesting in stopping breeding.
Load More Replies... Joseph Brzezinski 6 years ago
I don't know if it's still true, but back in '90s we found a stray cat that needed to be put down. The cat had managed to get one of its front legs into its collar, and was severely infected. It was obviously malnourished, and really just needed to be put out of their misery. Brought it to Michigan humane society, and they wouldn't except it. Did find a vet that helped, but we always thought that's what the humane society was for.
Marci T 6 years ago
Our humane society in Arizona is really good and would have taken care of your stray. People often get it confused with HSUS and assume it receives funding from them, but it's funded entirely from donations to AHS - no government funding.
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