Thank you for helping him at this stage. Finding homes for the homeless has become so difficult and you’re correct, it shouldn’t be this way. We’ve come far as a society in not viewing animals as disposable, but not far enough. “Don’t Breed or Buy While Shelter Pets Die”
should stop people in their tracks when looking for a pet. Every dog needs a home, including those intentionally bred, but we must stop feeding the dragon and make it socially unacceptable for backyard breeders.
It’s not helping that many shelters have maintained reduced hours since the pandemic and have other policies that end up discouraging potential adopters. Shelter management in many areas have worsened the problem with regressive policies that make it more difficult for rescue organizations to intercede.
A shelter turning away pets in need is never the answer.
I volunteer with an animal welfare organization in northern Minnesota. They took in their first adult dog surrender in over 6 months - not because they had placement but because the dog was entangled in a domestic violence situation. Placement will be found somehow, but so many others have been left like Wolfie to manage winter on their own. Thanks for bringing this forward!
Agree with you, Kirsten. Applications are down with rescue groups and shelters make it so hard for rescues to pull dogs. Keeping a pure dog breed is fine for ethical breeders, but backyarders MUST be stopped. And general populace needs to spay/neuter & vaccinate dogs when they get them too. Not sure what the full answer is, but efforts must be made and the situation changed. Cities in other countries have done it in the past regulating stray population with programs, no reason the US can't. All we can do meanwhile is help one dog at a time.
Thank you for helping him at this stage. Finding homes for the homeless has become so difficult and you’re correct, it shouldn’t be this way. We’ve come far as a society in not viewing animals as disposable, but not far enough. “Don’t Breed or Buy While Shelter Pets Die”
should stop people in their tracks when looking for a pet. Every dog needs a home, including those intentionally bred, but we must stop feeding the dragon and make it socially unacceptable for backyard breeders.
It’s not helping that many shelters have maintained reduced hours since the pandemic and have other policies that end up discouraging potential adopters. Shelter management in many areas have worsened the problem with regressive policies that make it more difficult for rescue organizations to intercede.
A shelter turning away pets in need is never the answer.
I volunteer with an animal welfare organization in northern Minnesota. They took in their first adult dog surrender in over 6 months - not because they had placement but because the dog was entangled in a domestic violence situation. Placement will be found somehow, but so many others have been left like Wolfie to manage winter on their own. Thanks for bringing this forward!
Agree with you, Kirsten. Applications are down with rescue groups and shelters make it so hard for rescues to pull dogs. Keeping a pure dog breed is fine for ethical breeders, but backyarders MUST be stopped. And general populace needs to spay/neuter & vaccinate dogs when they get them too. Not sure what the full answer is, but efforts must be made and the situation changed. Cities in other countries have done it in the past regulating stray population with programs, no reason the US can't. All we can do meanwhile is help one dog at a time.