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Originally Posted by livingdustmops  I agree this is the way it should be but many city shelters are just disgusting prisons. My point is everyone should understand in some shelters dogs have gotten cage crazy and have been put down. It is just one more part of the issue for the big picture. It costs a lot more $$$ to have a no-kill top of the line shelter. |
Does it have to cost that much more money, though? Plenty of volunteers will walk dogs for free. I understand that there is overhead for coordinating that effort, but it's not like you need a cadre of professional dog walkers. It's pretty depressing that a shelter would say, "our conditions are so bad that it's kinder to put the animals to death."
I just hope that all shelters make sure they tap into the goodwill that's out there and make sure they leverage any and all free resources (rescues that are willing to take dogs, volunteers, vets who will do low cost s/n, etc).