From the 2012 Maddie's ® Institute webcast
Shelter Crowd Control: Keeping Community Cats Out of Shelters, given by Julie Levy, DVM, PhD, DACVIM, Director of Maddie's ® Shelter Medicine Program at the University of Florida:
Not exact matches
They have absolutely no
control over where they came from or if they will live or die and did NOTHING to deserve any of it, I understand over
crowding in
shelters is a huge issue but doesn \» t it make since that rather than pay BIG many for a specific breed of animal humans should pay that money to adopt an animal which would go to the
shelters to either enlarge the facility or build more, paying for feeding and upkeep of this poor babies until they find a loving home.
This is why so many pit bulls are dumped off and
crowding the
shelters, when they mature the dog on dog aggression rears it's ugly head and few are able to «
control» them.
Although many great strides have recently been made to improve the adoption programs at the county animal
control facility, the county
shelter still remains over
crowded.
Accordingly, and because (unlike private
shelters and SPCAs) animal
control agencies generally accept all dogs and cats that are brought to them and are required by law to keep them regardless of their adoptability for a specified period of time,
crowding may force animal
control agencies to euthanize adoptable animals or ones with milder health or behavior problems such as ear mites, kennel cough, skin lesions, excessive barking, or destructive chewing, in order to free up space for more adoptable animals.