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Nikki+2 · 03-31-2009, 03:25 PM

Ann you are who taught me about the Asilomar Accords. For those who don't know, it is a system set up by animal welfare experts to HELP animals. There are very clear guidelines in place so there is no room for personal judgment or personal error. They are designed to help organizations work efficiently to place adoptable animals, rehabilitate those who aren't so that they may become adoptable and help end the suffering for those who have no hope.

PETA takes in animals who other shelters can not or will not take. They fall under this category:
Definitions

Unhealthy and Untreatable: The term "unhealthy and untreatable" means and includes all dogs and cats who, at or subsequent to the time they are taken into possession,

1) Have a behavioral or temperamental characteristic that poses a health or safety risk or otherwise makes the animal unsuitable for placement as a pet, and are not likely to become "healthy" or "treatable" even if provided the care typically provided to pets by reasonable and caring pet owners/guardians in the community; or

2) Are suffering from a disease, injury, or congenital or hereditary condition that adversely affects the animal's health or is likely to adversely affect the animal's health in the future, and are not likely to become "healthy" or "treatable" even if provided the care typically provided to pets by reasonable and caring pet owners/guardians in the community; or

3) Are under the age of eight weeks and are not likely to become "healthy" or "treatable," even if provided the care typically provided to pets by reasonable and caring pet owners/guardians in the community.

Animals who are treatable and adoptable are referred to a shelter, NOT taken in by peta. PETA is the LAST resort for animals who are suffering and have no hope to be treated because their condition in untreatable. They are animals who will live the remainder of their days suffering because they are UNTREATABLE and nobody else will take the responsibility to put them out of their misery. This might be because of money on the owner's part, and it can also be because shelters not having the funding to take them in (as mentioned by members here at YT who do shelter work) and sometimes so that shelters don't have a high euthanasia putting a bulls eye on them for attack.

These are the categories of animals, as defined by the Asilomar Accords, NOT taken in by peta because they are better served by shelters and are referred to shelters by peta:

Healthy
Treatable
1. Rehabilitatable
2. Manageable

You can read all of the definitions in detail at the above link and can read the guiding principles here: Guiding Principles

03-31-2009, 03:25 PM	#23
Nikki+2 I heart Sugar Donating Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Florida Posts: 7,373	Ann you are who taught me about the Asilomar Accords. For those who don't know, it is a system set up by animal welfare experts to HELP animals. There are very clear guidelines in place so there is no room for personal judgment or personal error. They are designed to help organizations work efficiently to place adoptable animals, rehabilitate those who aren't so that they may become adoptable and help end the suffering for those who have no hope. PETA takes in animals who other shelters can not or will not take. They fall under this category: Definitions Unhealthy and Untreatable: The term "unhealthy and untreatable" means and includes all dogs and cats who, at or subsequent to the time they are taken into possession, 1) Have a behavioral or temperamental characteristic that poses a health or safety risk or otherwise makes the animal unsuitable for placement as a pet, and are not likely to become "healthy" or "treatable" even if provided the care typically provided to pets by reasonable and caring pet owners/guardians in the community; or 2) Are suffering from a disease, injury, or congenital or hereditary condition that adversely affects the animal's health or is likely to adversely affect the animal's health in the future, and are not likely to become "healthy" or "treatable" even if provided the care typically provided to pets by reasonable and caring pet owners/guardians in the community; or 3) Are under the age of eight weeks and are not likely to become "healthy" or "treatable," even if provided the care typically provided to pets by reasonable and caring pet owners/guardians in the community. Animals who are treatable and adoptable are referred to a shelter, NOT taken in by peta. PETA is the LAST resort for animals who are suffering and have no hope to be treated because their condition in untreatable. They are animals who will live the remainder of their days suffering because they are UNTREATABLE and nobody else will take the responsibility to put them out of their misery. This might be because of money on the owner's part, and it can also be because shelters not having the funding to take them in (as mentioned by members here at YT who do shelter work) and sometimes so that shelters don't have a high euthanasia putting a bulls eye on them for attack. These are the categories of animals, as defined by the Asilomar Accords, NOT taken in by peta because they are better served by shelters and are referred to shelters by peta: Healthy Treatable 1. Rehabilitatable 2. Manageable You can read all of the definitions in detail at the above link and can read the guiding principles here: Guiding Principles __________________ "If you have men who will exclude any of God’s creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow men." — St. Francis of Assisi, 1181-1226 Last edited by Nikki+2; 03-31-2009 at 03:29 PM.