2006-07-23 19:55:19 · 14 answers · asked by destiny21 2 in Pets ➔ Dogs
I have volunteered at a Humane Society shelter, and it varies. If it is a very busy time of year, the hold time is shorter. We had to put down about 100 cats a day during the times people were bringing them in litters at a time, and I don't live in a large city.
Some animals are considered more adoptable than others, and they will be given preference. In my area, solid black dogs have a low adoption rate and small dogs have a very high rate so that will be taken into consideration.
Ironically, sometimes injured animals must be nursed back to health before they can be put in the kennels, and after weeks of expensive care they still don't find a home.
Some parts of the country have what are called no-kill shelters, where animals can live their whole lives there if they are not fit for adoption (handicapped or bad tempered, for example). Sadly, these are not always well run.
If you want to do your part to remedy this problem, #1- spay and neuter your animals, and #2--volunteer as a foster parent to buy some of these poor babies more time. Contact your local shelter for details.
2006-07-23 20:07:24 · answer #1 · answered by Singlemomof10 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are many "no kill" or "low kill" shelters now. However there are still many shelters around that will only keep an animal for a few days before killing them. I personally am in favor of a low kill shelter. Many animals suffer greatly being in a shelter - they cannot take being locked up all the time (who would like that?), they are stressed by the constant stream of people, and by all the other animals around them. They suffer, are unadoptable, and languish in the shelter for the rest of their poor lives - forever doomed to a life of torture because humans think they are being kind by keeping an animal in stressful conditions rather than putting them out of their misery. The shelters that are low kill generally will put every effort into making sure the animal is going to be adoptable, often will have trainers work with the animal to start training him, and will offer training education to adopters.
2006-07-24 03:08:34 · answer #2 · answered by sim24 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on the circumstances and the type of shelter. No-kill shelters will keep them a very long time. City animal control facilities will keep an owner surrender for only a few days. If the dog is a stray, they will keep it several days for the owner to claim, then put it up for adoption after that time expires.
One note, most shelters, even no-kill shelters will do a temperament evaluation on a dog before they decide to put it up for adoption. If the pet fails, say by biting or attempting to bite, it will be euthanized immediately.
2006-07-24 03:00:17 · answer #3 · answered by renodogmom 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It all depends on the individual shelters. There are a lot of them out there that are "no-kill" shelters. They'll keep them as long as it takes. These are the best to support. If in doubt, just ask. I would much rather adopt a dog from one of these just to do my part to help them out rather than the kill shelters.
2006-07-24 03:01:27 · answer #4 · answered by mrslangley 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It varies from shelter to shelter. Some have a certain amount of days, anywhere from 3 days to 1 month. Others, however, will euthanize wherever they run out of space or have other space issues that need to be addressed.
2006-07-24 03:55:44 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on the animal and the condition they are in. Much as it would be nice to say they keep every animal until they can find a home, sometimes that's just not possible. So, the short of it is they keep the animal for as long as it is feasible, within their budgetary and spacial requirements.
2006-07-24 03:00:07 · answer #6 · answered by waggy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
At the animal shelter in our town, they have 5 days to get adopted.. I do NOT agree with it, and I think it's pretty horrible. I recently adopted a dog from there, and he came down with parvo... they killed about 65 dogs, in fear that they all had it, and didn't want to spend the money to test or treat them. :o(
2006-07-24 03:28:16 · answer #7 · answered by marleymamma1322 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It varies by shelter. I've seen some do it immediately and some wait up to 30 days.
2006-07-24 02:59:09 · answer #8 · answered by jd 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on where you live. Some do it right away.
Posters - no kill just means they send the unadoptables to a kill shelter, they do not keep them living there forever.
2006-07-24 11:18:02 · answer #9 · answered by whpptwmn 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is varied, but most places don't keep the animals for more than 20 to 30 days.if in that time the animal hasn't been adopted, it is usually euthinized.
2006-07-29 17:09:38 · answer #10 · answered by retrac_enyaw03 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋