The Local News.......

Saw on the local blog today, that promotes a certain consultant, 670, at least, dogs were killed in 2007; now why do you think that happened ? Could it be the overpopulation is not a myth ? Could we write a book called Beyond Redemption ? I actually have one started with that as the working title. We don't see or hear how many are killed at the No Kill side of the building, that bothers me. I know things are a little better over there, but it needs to be more open. The rhetoric is toning down some, but the truth was quickly stifled when a couple of the regular blogger types complained about conditions at the shelter on the No Kill side. Read the SF/SPCA website all the way through, they admit that not every dog is adoptable and that they take on space available, after they take from the pound. This not rocket science, somewhere a dog or cat is being turned away or destroyed because there are more animals than homes. To have someone running a circuit giving false hope to people that there is an easier softer way is irresponsible. The choices are tough & not at all what the people in the shelters like to live with either. But if you don't spay or nueter and educate; it is going to go forever. This is not a " one size fits all " world. not everybody can find their pet at a shelter. This little guy is so cute, and I would go absolutely crazy with him boinging off the walls.. his mistress would not want my 185 pounder laying between her and the counter. Different homes have different needs. Just saying" find what you want at the pound" isn't working, people know what they want, and until we start to control the flow of unwanted puppies..... The majority of dogs at our shelters have been Pits and that is not an easy dog to place or store. But Pits are not the problem, to many Pits are the problem. At this point in time the Pits are suffering what Cockers got with Lady and the Tramp and 101 Dalmations. this last fad just has a more sinister undertone with dog fighting and the fear of adopting a fighter. Know what you are getting, read as much as you can about the dog you are considering. If it is a lab mix, make and educated guess about the " mix" portion. Read about what the shelter says it is. Learn, think, resist the impulse, this is a long term committment. Update : I contacted Washoe County Regional Animal Control Services to verify the numbers posted from another blog, the number of dogs put down by Washoe County was 501 for the year 2007. I don't know where Mark Robison got the numbers he quoted on his blog, unless the remaining 169 were euthanized on the NHS side and Mark just blended the numbers for Washoe County, another reason for stopping the
" blended stats"