Would it be considered for Animals in pounds/animal shelters to be labeled as marginalized groups?

Answer 1

What?
Shelters have all types of dogs. Good, purebred dogs, and violent, mean, ugly mutts. You shouldn't think of lumping them all together. They are all there for different reasons, and we should just do what we can to prevent more unwanted litters that end up there.

Answer 2

I'm not sure I entirely understand what you're asking.. But, I'll respond to what I think you were asking..
Marginalization means being excluded from meaningful participation in society or being kept in the outskirts of it..
Marginalization is usually a semi-permanent situation for those affected by it. One example it the impoverished. They are people that will probably remain marginal for an extended period of time and for the most part will have great difficulty overcoming that situation. They will spend most of their lives on the outskirts of society..
Compare that now to a shelter animal... A shelter animal is often from a loving home. In many shelters, surrendered animals make up over half of the intakes. Even most of the strays gathered up were definitely owed by somebody, just not someone that bothered to reclaim them..
Approximately 1/2 of those animals will luck out and find new families.. Most will not spend more then a few months in a shelter situation..
I would say that it does not fit the definition of marginalization..
The animals do not stay in the situation long enough, and the result for them has nothing to do with anything they do or do not do. It's just about being lucky enough to have someone walk through and pick them.