I found out more about the little guy. They are calling him Geezer because his age is estimated to be 15 yrs. He has cataracts, but is super sweet.
I found out about him from my sister. She decided she wanted to work with animals instead of in the lumber business and is in her second week of work there. Her last day is Friday. She just can't take it.
Yesterday they also got three chihuahua puppies in that my sister said were gorgeous. When a rescue person came in to see about them, my sister couldn't find them. Turns out they tested positive for parvo and were euthanized.
There are hundreds of dogs at this shelter. They close to the public at 7pm, and around 6 or 6:30 pm the trucks come back to the shelter just loaded with dogs. They have to process them, get them fed and watered before leaving at night.
Why is it this problem with pet over population doesn't seem to ever get any better? Why do people just get too lazy to spay/neuter their pets, have to let their dog have ONE litter, are too macho and just can't take the balls off their male dogs, want their kids to see the miracle of birth (almost an oxymoron, huh?), or just can't be educated to care? Why can't one of the most educated and advanced countries in the world not make a real dent in the number of animals, healthy beautiful, sweet animals that get needlessly euthanized every year?
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