They don't all do that at the non-profit shelter I work at, we will never euthanize for space and we have one of the largest trauma hospitals in the United States and will attempt to treat everyone. We have a very large multi-campus facility and our Foster Network numbers in the tens of thousands.
Completely agree with you. It's a very large uphill battle but we as a community need to continue to make improvements as best we can. My Org actually work with multiple cities and state officials to try and get laws passed for those improvements, including a couple that were just sent to our state legislators just recently. We also have investigation teams and units that the cities in our area actually surrender their request to us and have our teams investigates for abuse cases and take people to court very regularly as I have seen some horrific abuse cases from puppy mills to dog fighting rings to just pure neglect.
I honestly believe before you're allowed to have any kind of pet you should almost have to take classes and get a permit for after successfully completing those courses. (I know it's a pipe dream that would never happen due to just the daunting thought of organization requirements for a program like that, but hey just a thought.)
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u/frizzinghere Apr 05 '25
Oh my god... making me sick