No-Kill Shelter Workers Get Jail Time for Animal Abuse

Chelsea D I am right there with you. I've been thinking about PETA's bizarre stances on nokill and TNR for quite some time now and I am still baffled as to why they make arguments such as this. I've come to a few conclusions. 1 PETA members are fascinated with death and what they argue is the 'compassionate' choice is actually the easy way out. There's also a weird need for control by PETA supporters. If an animal doesn't live a life that meets all of PETA's standards ie no crate training then that animal is being abused. 2 A lot of people who support PETA have no idea the PETA does indeed kill animals that they do not support proven techniques like TNR and that the whole push for veganism by PETA is a relatively recent development.In fact they're Johnny Come Lately's in the realization that eating animals is as bad as abusing animals. 3 Peta possibly feels guilty because they rest on their laurels and chase after D list celebrities while other groups are actually in the trenches saving animals and finding solutions for the overpopulation issue. 4 But ultimately I think these policies are the result of PETA's fear that they are going to lose a significant amount of donations to groups such as Best Friends in Utah and other nokill shelters. Frankly I don't think its an accident that PETA started harping on their antino kill campaign after all of the press that nokill groups got after Hurricane Katrina. I do find it ironic that PETA supporters continue to use the term 'humanely euthanize' when its really healthy animals that are being murdered because they're inconvenient. So its no okay for us kill animals for food clothing or entertainment but it is okay to kill them when they don't fit in with our lifestyle. I'm certainly not arguing that there aren't bad nokill shelters out there anymore than I would say all kill shelters are bad. Those of us who do work for nokill groups are all too aware of the warning signs 1 are there more animals than can be cared for 2do animals look clean have free roaming areas and do they exhibit stereotypic behavior that would indicate stress 3do the animals get immediate vet care and regular vet care 4 does the organization spayneuter all animals upon intake and do they have an active adoption program 5 We do visits and check out the facility. We contact our colleagues to get their opinion of the group. There also seems to be a alarming lack of knowledge about the psychological makeup of hoarders on these blogs. Hoarders don't have 'too many animals'. They have a compulsion to collect animals like scraps of paper or junk.Many of the so called 'hoarding' situations in nokills are really about people who got in over their heads. So instead of PETA saying 'hey how can we find away for this not to happen again. How can we find some common ground between kill and no kill' PETA makes these wild generalizations that are simply not supported by the evidence. The worst part about all of this is that PETA is wasting precious time that could instead be used to save animals by creating divisions within the movement. The worst part is the growing evidence from a recent expose that many of the kill shelters are killing even when they have space. So while PETA says 'there's no other choice' they're essentially giving a free pass to lazy people who don't want to take time to clean kennels properly socialize dogs and work on improving adoption outreach. Not all shelters are like this. I actually have unending respect for my colleagues in local animal shelters but they realize that respecting life isn't always easy and doesn't always have convenient solutions such as killing.

Ana bless you! I agree and I say people should visit the no kills before they make a judgement. And thank goodness there is someone else who shares my optimism that ferals can be given a second chance. We should begin an organization!! Blessings!! KELLY Hi I'm sorry if I did not make myself clear. What I meant to say is that I used to work for a "Kill" shelter and that it was openadmission meaning that we did euthanize animals but we did not turn anyone away. When I spoke about the NO kill shelter where I worked it was obviously not open admission but if someone came in with a stray or otherwise would refuse to keep it another day the nokill shelter would take the animal in right away. Obviously this is not the case in all nokills and yes I have seen some really poorly run nokiils that I wish would be shut down if they neglect the animals. All I'm saying is we should not stereotype every nokill on the planet we should vistit them first then make a judgement and improvement is always a good thing. Peace!

hey jack happy new year. how come you never print the fact that peta employees were trialed and some how not convicted for illegally killing homeless pets given to them by shelters to find good homes for.... how come this never gets mentioned in the peta archives or are we just going to keep making believe that it never happened?????

I'm against putting animals down. but from what i have read. there has to be a way to stop all this breeding. there are so many animals that new homes. why let people keep breeding to get money. then they in up in shelters or auctions. where they don't get the care they should.i have seen show dogs that have been on petfinder.com that have been show dogs. or have been used for breeding. we need to get control and start putting these people in prison. it will never stop. unless we start making examples of people.my god a animal gives they love unconditional. people sure don't.

Look into All Creatures Great and Small in Hendersonville NC and it's wonderful benefactor that found homes for the animals