no kill does NOT mean they suffer...
This no kill thing, I honestly thought it meant they didnt put animals down just because they cant find parents for them. I didnt realize that no kill meant literally no kill no matter what. So that means even if a cat IS dying, lets say from a car accident, they just let it be in pain until he passes away? To me that is more cruel than not giving him peace. I would never put a cat down or any other pet if I thought there was a chance of recovery but the way the vet told me about king , thats what it looked like to me. And noone saw him scream in pain the way I did. It was horrifying and Ill never forget it
First off I will say.. Babs I understand that you are upset so please do no take this the wrong way or read any deeper into it than it states. I speak from first hand experience.. But.. please don't jump to conclusions like the one above. that is a tough field to work in.
Whether I am on ignore or not I do have to speak up on this
one issue here. (I am not going to say a word about ALL the rest of it)
A NO KILL Shelter does NOT mean they do NOT put an animal down AT ALL!
(my career prior to vet tech started at a boarding kennel which had a small NO KILL shelter that could hold 10-12 dogs and 10 cats in the back. If need be look it up "holiday kennels" WAS located in Brockton Massachusettes,, the owner Mr. Sebell sold out to "best friends" but when the Sebell's owned it there was a NO KILL shelter in the back. I worked there
while working nights at a 24 hour emergency animal hospital)
NO KILL shelters first off are very, very hard to come by. BUT
it does not mean that they will NOT put down a suffering cat or dog. The percentage rate is aproximately 98%.
They will NOT let any animal suffer. IF they need medical attention they WILL get it and if at all possible the animal WILL be saved!
In all my years in the field I saw 1 (one) dog put down at the no kill shelter.. and that was because he pinned a worker up against a wall in a rage! that was after a previous attack on another worker! there was no way to place an animal that aggresive without putting any perspective adoptive owner in jeopardy.
IF AN ANIMAL IS SUFFERING THEY SEEK PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL ATTENTION AND IF NEED BE EUTHANIZE.
I watched a dog brought in to the 24 hour emergency animal hospital by the animal control officer. He was hit by a car and had his side literally split open. He had a collar..
BUT he had NO tags and NO tatoo... WE could not do anything EXCEPT try to keep him comfortable while we tried to find the owners. When that failed we had to euthanize him because we could not perform medical treatment on him without
written consent. therefore I think it is more inhumane to let a dog run around with no collar or tags or tattoo.
Also There were so many scenarios where one of US tech's took on the financial burden and adopted an animal in this situation because we could not bear to watch them suffer and we "fell in love" or he had a "great personality".. and we did this knowing that the owner may come forward and we would have NO claim to this animal. We did our job because of our LOVE for animals. period.
btw, IMO .. It takes a great heart to work with animals under these/those conditions and everyone I ever worked with had a heart of gold.