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Las Vegas shelter kills 1,000 animals
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17185133/ Quote:
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I saw this earlier today. So sooo sad:sad:
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I cant believe theyonly keep them for 72 hours and if they are not adopted they get put to sleep!!!!! That is crazy..Lets keep on breeding .......
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It's sad for the animals but this story screams bloody mismanagement!
"Exact numbers were not available, but officials told the Las Vegas Review-Journal they may have to euthanize hundreds of dogs infected with parvovirus or distemper and more than a dozen cats with panleukopenia, often likened to a feline version of distemper." "The shelter's full-time veterinarian spends most work hours performing spay and neuter operations rather than evaluating the animals." (http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/st...021010576.html) Nobody else picked up on the health issues of those dogs? There are many shelters/SPCAs that have had the same cats for more than a year and you don't see such stories. Parvo usually hits unvaccinated dogs (though the vaccine is not always 100% effective). The story (haven't seen pictures) reminds me of the old Miaouf shelter (now a 'fine' breeding establishment, operated by one of Montreal's largest purveyor of 'great' dogs...) and illustrates when low-kill is a better option than no-kill If you are intent on being no-kill, better have a lot of resources: money, space and people. If you are running out of any of these, you must reconsider what you are doing as you are doing a disservice to the animals that you already have and those that you still taking in. Nature started bringing some equilibrium with diseases (panleuko is one sad but effective way of reducing a cat population..) Luckily, private shelters and SPCAs without pound contracts have the ability to refuse new arrivals if they can't care for them. There are a couple of basic ground rules when running a shelter: putting arrivals in quarantine for at least 10-15 days, isolating sick animals, not putting all 'safe' animals together to reduce the spread of disease, isolating puppies/kittens from the rest of the population, basic hygiene, vaccination of any animal past the quarantine stage if need be (when no proof of vaccination). If you can't do that, then you have to reconsider what you are doing: are you really helping out or are you just replacing death by euthanasia with death by disease and neglect? As for the new rules: the 72-hour rule doesn't apply to all but to "animals deemed unfit for adoption, such as those that are old or sick". "The shelter will vaccinate animals when they arrive and will keep those considered adoptable alive up to 120 days." (http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/...n/4559811.html) As for vaccination upon arrival, I'm no expert but you usually wouldn't vaccinate sick or stressed animals nor spay/neuter/vaccinate at the same time. But then you look at their shelter (http://www.liedanimalshelter.org), (http://www.liedanimalshelter.org/liedshelterinfo.html) and you'd think they're not too bad off. Tons of pitbulls (:sad Last edited by Aodhan; February 16th, 2007 at 05:08 PM. Reason: Incorrect information in earlier news report |
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