I recently saw this posted on the Camp Companion Facebook page, and it broke my heart. I encourage everyone to read it, I'll warn you if you have pets of your own you will be in tears (but you should still read it and pass it on).
http://themagnificentsoil.tumblr.com/post/10716076247/a-letter-from-a-shelter-manager-anonymous-in
I realize there are "human" problems like poverty and hunger that we need to deal with and I'm not trying to inflate animal issues. But the problem with the uncontrolled population is one that can be solved. I certainly hope that employees at animal pounds treat the animals there with as much dignity and respect as possible - there is no reason to abuse animals, even if they are going to be put to sleep. However, animal pound employees are not the problem - they do not have the resources to deal with an overpopulation problem that is caused by people buying animals from breeders and then surrendering or abandoning them because "they're too much work" or "they didn't expect this or that".
There is NO need for pet breeders - we have plenty of available pets in this world just waiting for good homes. Even if you want a purebred, an estimated 30% of animals in shelters and rescues are purebreds. And pets need to be spayed and neutered!!! There is no good excuse for not doing this - for people that can't afford to have this done privately at their vet, there are public and private programs all over the place to help with this and many will even do it for free.
The animals that are euthanized at shelters for no good reason don't get a choice. We, as a society, need to step up and solve this very solvable problem that WE have created.
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