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From:mcminnville tn usa
Registered: Jul 2003

posted 09-10-2003 01:05 PM            

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I do community service at my local animal shelter for a scholarship program at my school, and because i love helping animals. well, last week, there were some dogs there that were WAY TOO SKINNY!!!!! This german shepard (which i would absolutely love to own, but can't bcuz i have dogs already) he was starving, i gave him a whole bowl of food and he just devoured it within minutes, i know that my animal shelter is good to their animals, but the community service people are supposed to feed them! Seeing that i only work on saturdays bcuz i do a child tutoring program during the week, i can't monitor their feeding. our shelter unfortunately, is not a no-kill shelter. I wish it was that way though, but until people start taking responsibility for their animal by getting them neutered/spayed our county has too, we don't have the money to house so many animals, about 4 pupies come in EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK and about 50 kittens EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK! on labor day weekend there were 20 pupies on the doorstep! I just want to know what to do about feeding!! how can we become a no kill shelter?

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From:,Calif. U.S.A.
Registered: Dec 2002

posted 09-10-2003 04:43 PM         

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I'd say that the animal groups in your town should be having petions signed and sent to the major or prominate people that are are in charge. It will take a long time probably but if you are all persistant it can happen. Our town major was even threatened to have his house picketed. Not long ago he had made a speech saying that hopefully within the next 5 years that L. A. would be a no-kill county. 6 new shelters are to be built. Our town has one that is to be built within the next year. It is the smallest in the L.A. county. So from what I understand lots of work ahead is needed. I don't exactly know of all thats involved but I know they had petitions signed.

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posted 09-10-2003 06:58 PM            

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Perhaps you can appeal to some rescue groups who might come in and take some of the dogs that are purebred (or look purebred). Also, we have a number of organizations in our town that are "shelters" without a building - all the animals are fostered in people's homes. You might try advertising and organizing such a group.

Jamiya

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