Interesting...here is the link to Tucson's annual report. I am going to print both of them off and do some comparison looking.
http://www.hssaz.org/site/DocServer/...pdf?docID=2101
I know animal control in Tucson (city budget) is no where close to these figures...but I need to do a little more research on how much $$$ they are given.
Yes, I agree it is not just one thing but even when we educate and do everything we think should happen it doesn't change to much..Usually something pretty dramatic has to happen to make people dig into the issues. Even you started to question things when your manager was arrested for animal cruelty...hey until I started to do rescue I had no clue how really bad it was in a city shelter...Our Humane Society shelter was like the Ritz compared to the city shelter...
I don't know how old you are but I do know when I grew up not every family had a dog/dogs. We did because my father went hunting and I know about two other families on the street had dogs also. Now it is just about every home has a dog but I wonder how many of them understand their responsibility. It is just like people who get their little Yorkies and then have a baby and they don't have time and want it rehomed..I am guessing it has nothing to do with time but the dog still pee's or they just don't really care.
I loved your last statment...so true..
