Hi all this is Brooke here-
Today we talked about the role of animal shelters in our community and also what causes the pet over population crisis plus what we can do to help. We found out that the role of animal shelters was more than taking in animals. Shelters in the area help with education of the community, they pick up strays, spay and neuter animals and also enforce animal regulations. Pet over population is one of the biggest problems in this country and for shelters all around. We at the humane socity practice a no-kill philosophy as much as possible but for other places the animals are not so lucky. Even the heathiest of animals can be put down. One thing to know is that even though this happens it is not the workers or the volunteers to blame. The system is really to blame but there are ways to help. One way to help that we talked about is always getting your pets fixed. Another way is to let other people know about these problems and educate them about what is going on with all these homeless pets. These were to main points that we talked about and I would love to hear your opinons and ideas for these subjects!
Today we talked about the role of animal shelters in our community and also what causes the pet over population crisis plus what we can do to help. We found out that the role of animal shelters was more than taking in animals. Shelters in the area help with education of the community, they pick up strays, spay and neuter animals and also enforce animal regulations. Pet over population is one of the biggest problems in this country and for shelters all around. We at the humane socity practice a no-kill philosophy as much as possible but for other places the animals are not so lucky. Even the heathiest of animals can be put down. One thing to know is that even though this happens it is not the workers or the volunteers to blame. The system is really to blame but there are ways to help. One way to help that we talked about is always getting your pets fixed. Another way is to let other people know about these problems and educate them about what is going on with all these homeless pets. These were to main points that we talked about and I would love to hear your opinons and ideas for these subjects!
5 comments:
It was a fun trip, but it made me think if some of those cats or dogs don't get adopted what will happen to them? Also, it was a very powerful trip altogether.
it wasn't quite as bad as i thought. but then maybe we just saw the "sunny side" of things
I really enjoyed the trip. i didn't know so many pets were abandoned in the seattle area. it is very inspiring to help as much as possible!
I thought that the people that we talked to at the Kent Shelter were nice people and it seemed like they really cared about the animals and that they are doing the best that they can with the resources that they have available to them. Hopefully they will get the larger shelter that they need and they will be able to have more room that they need for the animals. I hope all of the animals that get taken to the shelter get adopted.
What Erin says is right on. Even though I don't like cats very much, a large part of the euthanasia problem in King County has to do with cat overpopulation. King County shelters obviously don't have the space to deal with them all.
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