I took this horrible picture one year ago today. If you zoom in you can see they failed to hit the vein in the German Shepherd’s first leg and had to go to the second leg for the kill.
This is not a place where I worked but it’s a place I visited while working.
Bad kennel presentation is just what it sounds like. It’s a dog that does not behave well in the kennel. The dog may jump, bark, growl, whine, etc. when people approach. When you open the cage door the dog is completely friendly and normal. Being abandoned in a shelter by their family is a very traumatic and scary experience and some dogs don’t adjust very well. Most of these dogs never make it to the front to have a chance to be adopted because they are deemed unadoptable by the majority of shelters. Instead they are walked to a room in the back to have a needle stuck in their vein as they wag their tail and give kisses to the person that is killing them.
Dogs are killed because of their breed. Dogs and cats are often automatically euthanized simply because they are eight years old or older.
Cats are killed if they have FIV or FeLV. Many cats can live long healthy lives with these diseases. My cat Vegan is FeLV positive. She’s almost a year and a half and she’s very happy and healthy. You can read Vegan’s story here. I’ve seen many other beautiful cats that were killed because they were FIV or FeLV positive even though they were completely healthy at the time.
I put 95% of the blame on the breeders (both intentional and accidental breeding) but the shelters can do better. It’s time to work a little harder to end the killing!
Thrilled to find someone who is concerned about shelter reform. Excellent job here.
So disheartening.
So saddening.
So frustrating.
Can’t we publish these images and facts in our local paper so complacent, oblivious or just plain ignorant people can know and realise??
How can we get them to come to their senses & spay & neuter their pets???
How can we help pass laws to stop these backyard breeders and allow only resuce pets in the stores only. Educate educate.
So disheartening.So sdaiendng.So frustrating. Can’t we publish these images and facts in our local paper so complacent, oblivious or just plain ignorant people can know and realise??How can we get them to come to their senses & spay & neuter their pets???
I would like to think that this picture is faked…I fear it is not. I am both an uptight Conservative and flaming Liberal. Any society that allows this is one that will not end well. I’m not an “idea guy”, but if you are and can correct this, I’ll wear your t-shirt!
I took the picture. It’s real.
I tried really hard to come up w/ something “catchy” to respond with…I’ve got nothing. The picture says more than enough. We are a pretty mature culture. We still do have some hard work ahead of us. Point out the bad things and wave a flag for the good things.
This is terrible. So Sad. This image will forever in my mind. how can these people live with themselves?