Where is the disconnect? The suffering and abandonment of helpless animals makes me sick... yet, as a business person wanting to support the efforts of the Humane Societyl, my choices are limited to helping raise funds for a giant shelter, with a $450,000 estimated operating cost per year. I soon found out that 'no kill' means that in the best of shelters, 80 to 85% of animals are euthanized... the 'no kill' refers to the keeping of animals deemed adoptable... aggressive, diseased, old, unattractive, animals are euthanized on the spot -- to the tune of 4,000 to 5,000 animals a year. Wouldn't we be better served with a mandatory, free or almost free spay/neuter ordinance that would prevent these animals from ending up in the shelter to begin with?
The answer: There would be no voter support by male citizens for the mandatory neutering of their dogs! OMG! |