is there a kill shelter in your area?

Question

I was just curious how many shelters are actually still euthanizing animals on a regualr basis.... I know every shelter has to put an animal down from time to time due to health issues or bad temperaments... but I mean the actual shelters that give the dogs 2 weeks and then they are put to sleep.
these are the places people should be adopting from...usually they will turn purebreds over to their breed club rescue for no charge....

no..they are not all kill shelters.. The local ones in my area are all no kill..and they are city ran. I actually cannot think of any that still euthanize... they will keep a dog until it is adopted

Answer 1

I live in a town of only about 9,000 people, we only have one shelter, and it is a no kill shelter. I didn't know that until a couple months ago either. My mom was getting a dog from the shelter, well before she got the dog she ended up taking in an abandoned dog, so she asked the shelter if she didn't get the other one if they would kill it, and that's when they informed her that they don't kill animals. They showed us a dog they've had at the shelter for two years now.

Answer 2

Yes there is. I work at a "kill-shelter". However the shelter does not euthanize an animal in a set amount of time. As long as the dog is of good health and temperment they will be kept as long as possible. We have had certain dogs at the shelter for over a year which were then adopted. These dogs were what I would call "special needs". They were high energy dogs that needed that special person. Our mission at the shelter is to assure the compassionate care, treatment and, ***whenever possible***, the placement of homeless animals through the shelter operation as well as to promote and improve the welfare of all animals through community education and outreach. Our goals are to save lives, to bring people and companion animals together, to educate the public about the importance of proper animal care, and to emphasize population control (i.e. spaying and neutering) in order to decrease the numbers of unwanted animals entering shelters.

There is also a "no-kill" shelter in my area. I don't understand how they can call the shelter a "no-kill" facility. I guess dogs just disappear sometimes. In truth they are sent to a local veterinary clinic where they are then euthanized.

My personal thought on the matter is that the term "no-kill" is just a comfort thing for the common people. These shelters euthanize too and sometimes in greater numbers than a "kill" facility.

There are no area shelters around here that have a set amount of time that an animal can be held.

Answer 3

Yes there are several. Not just in the immediate area but in the surrounding counties. Once you get out of our city, it's very rural and those counties don't have much choice.

Many of them work so very hard to get the dogs moved into rescues and will do just about anything they can to get a rescue to take a dog. I know most of the wardens/volunteers of the shelters within a 150 miles of me. They call/email when they have dogs that would work for our program.

Until the overpopulation problem stops, this isn't going to end. And when it's a rural area, it's even worse.

The good news is there are dozens and dozens of no kill and private/breed specific rescues. That helps keep the number of dogs euthanized in the city area low.

But there are still too many euthanized.

Answer 4

Actually, where I live, there are very few places that euthanize (unless it's best for the dog). Of course animal control will, but there are few dogs there now and if they have enough room, they won't euthanize them. I adopted my last dog from the largest no kill shelter in south Texas. It is a huge facility that is well taken care of, arranges dogs by size in the kennels, very clean and well organized, and has a big dog park that you can walk any potential dogs in, and the adoption fee is only $60. There are some great no kill shelters where I live, and there are the not so great ones, but they still don't euthanize unless it's necessary.

Answer 5

Animal controls in Oklahoma are kill shelters or any other city ran facility. In some, they only hold dogs for 72 hours before euthanizing.

A good rule of thumb in Oklahoma is if it has shelter in the name, it is probably a kill shelter, too - but not always. Most non-kill shelters go by humane or animal society or rescue or some other cutesy name (Furry Friends, Real Rescue, etc.). Note not all humane societies are non-kill.

Although I hate to see animals put down - and yes I have seen it firsthand, up close and personal, there isn't much choice when people continue to not control breeding in their dogs or buy from puppy mills and backyard breeders. There is already 2 pet dogs to every 1 person in the U.S., and only 1 in every 8 puppies will see their first birthday in a caring family - only 1 in 20 kittens.

Spay and neuter is the answer and adopt from a shelter or buy from a reputable breeder.

Answer 6

I only adopt from the kill shelter. I just don't see no sense in it for me to rescue from a no-kill shelter when I rescue. These dogs are safe you know. I'm in MD so theres only two that I know of that euthanize still here. One is in the county next to me where I go all the time and the other is in baltimore city. The one in the county has only 4 days counting the day after they arrive and not counting days they are closed. The city is like that also but sometimes if they have room they will stretch for a particular dog if its just the cutest and nicest. I go to the county, and a friend of mine goes to the city. Any time I see a purebred in there, I call the rescues that rescue that particular breed. Unfortunately, sometimes they don't have the room either. Need foster homes!! Rescues can't do it without foster homes people. Here we use injection. I can't fathom the gas shelters. They pack them in small areas where these animals are on top of each other cramped till the box is full. Its awful, takes minutes for them to die. Its very unfortunate and sad......

Answer 7

There is one a county over in either direction. The sad thing is at least in this area the two no kill shelters become overly full and no longer accept animals. Then folks take the animals to the kill shelters and they end up becoming to full which means the animals get even less time to be adopted before they are put down.

Answer 8

The Animal Control Center in my area is a kill shelter. However, they work closely with several other local rescue groups who will take the dogs/cats and assist in finding them homes.

It is sad when a healthy pet is euthanized solely because of lack of space and lack of a good home. However, sometimes it's alot better than being in a cage for months on end which can cause mental, health and behavioral problems.

Answer 9

Our local shelter puts MANY dogs and pups to sleep. It is a small shelter and there are LOTS of ignorant people breeding and dumping dogs there. Just last week there was 8 puppies dumped in a plastic tote behind the vets office. 3 of the girls in the office took a puppy home and they took the other 5 to the shelter. When they got there, the shelter had SEVEN other LITTERS of pups there that had been dumped over the past few weeks. This doesn't include the adults and strays and I assure you that most if not ALL of these innocent dogs and puppies will be put to death due to the ignorance of irrisponsible people. Sad as helll but there just are not enough homes to take in all of these dogs and with the non stop dumping of unwanted pets and litters this cycle will continue.
The ignorant people who are dumping these litters will continue to allow their pets to breed and continue dumping them when they refuse to care for them. The litter that was dumped behind the vets office were lab mix puppies and between 4 and 5 weeks old. Sickening that someone would do this. The pups were in a tote with no bedding or towels and it had a lid on it. They would have died if not for someone walking by and hearing them crying. :(

Answer 10

Our area shelter has started a new program where they pick certain dog and place then with "trainers" {volunteers} to be taught so they have a better chance at getting adopted. They also give all the dogs alot longer to be adopted than most shelters do. They do still euthanize but not as much as they used to.