Does Oreo Have An Agenda ?..Hellooo ......

Reading her mission statement gets it out there pretty clearly. Sometimes the ideas seem contradtictory if you don't follow the whole blog, so hang in there. We have tried to keep bad vs good from the conversation, it really is about what is fair and will work in the long haul. Not personal agendas, or an attack mission, a straightforeward honest opinion. Hurling insults at a shelter only hurts the animals stuck there, but, being honest about shelter conditions is imperative if we ever hope to gain cooperation from the public and get the funding and volunteers we need. Telling the truth is not defamation, if it is the truth, get it out there.....
If all the Director puts out is spin, the public will buy it because it suits their comfort zone. It is easier to look through the rosy glasses. I have lost all respect for this current non profit shelter director, I went in with an open mind and she slammed it in my face. But life has taught me that people can and sometimes will change, like a lump of coal under pressure it rises above its humble origins. The pattern of this Director is to never answer a question, spin and smoke and mirrors. If a direct question regarding numbers is asked, which has happened, the answer is dodged. How many animals were euthanized at the No Kill facility on Longley Lane during the months of February and March 2008 ? The director was quoted as saying a "few" I am not in favor of No Kill as it is currently being implemented, it won't work; you can intimidate employees, and that does happen, but you can't change the facts.
This system is based totally on saturation of the community. When everyone who can squeeze a dog or cat somewhere is full, the party is over. The December 2007 and January 2008 numbers were running between 178 & 202 a day for dogs in the No Kill, when the new dog manager came on board in Febuary the dogs were at about 170-175 per day. with in two weeks they began to plunge, yet the intakes stayed the same generally. Once the word leaked out that animals were being destroyed the intake numbers slowed a little. The reason given on the pet dog blog was, a re- evaluation determined some aggression issues. The numbers held steady at about 150 for a week or so and now they are creeping up again. It is not even the puppy season yet.
If mistakes have been made, and they are now being rectified, say so and move on, but the numbers were out there on Petharbor.com, If there is not a revamping of of how animals are evaluated and kept on the No Kill side, we will have another purge in 7 months...keeping an animal confined without reason or hope is not what No Kill should be about.
That's what Oreo said. Her agenda is the humane compassionate care of the animals entrusted to a public intake facility, and sometimes the most compassionate path is the most difficult. She doesn't pretend to be no kill and by gosh nobody should be forced to. It is a wonderful dream that we will come to our senses and stop the sources of overpopulation, but there will always be a need to be fair and make tough choices. Saving a 20 year old cat with heroic measures while young healthy cats are put down is rediculous, spaying 2 pound kittens is irresponsible. I understand the reason behind it, but there is a better way and perhaps I will write about it later.