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Originally Posted by JeanieK Sometimes there are just toooo many.
Here is an email I sent to the reporter on that story.
Gabe,
I believe when the shelters preach spay/neuter to the public, they are preaching to the choir. I would like to see the media push for spay/neuter clinics.
The majority of the people who are responsible for these animals are too poor to pay to have their dogs spayed/neutered. They probably got a puppy free from a friend of their cousins girlfriend, who's female was not spayed and was kept chained outside, or allowed to run loose. They couldn't say no cause their kids fell in love with it, but they can barely afford to feed it let alone get it spayed/neutered. And so it starts all over.
If our local governments provided for free spay/neuter clinics, sort of like gun amnesty, no questions asked, I believe people would get it done. Initially it would cost, but in the long run it could drastically reduce the number of animals in the shelters and the numbers being euthanized, thereby saving enough money to fund the clinics.
All it would take would be for one lonely little reporter to start the ball rolling, and make a name for himself.
Just think about it. The "Semenza" legislation. |
Great! I hope that the reporter does take this and start the ball rolling. And sad to say, it does take the public to get involved to....that doesn't happen often. There are not many (hardly any) no kill shelters...
www.BestFriends.org being the biggest. I know in my area, there are a few, small home no kill shelters where these families take in unwanted pets and foster them until they are adopted. BUT most of these pets don't get a home and most of these shelters can barely run without asking for help...when they do ask, most people don't give. It is so sad! Oh, I know in my area, there is a spay/neuter program, but is it strictly for low-income - and I believe the income was $25k and under. I don't think the income matters..okay, it does help...but there needs to be a free or low-cost program for everyone...and maybe even if there were a way to do a mobile unit too for those who can not get out.