This came up on my wall on Facebook and I figured this was as good a place to start. And since the rules say FACTS only I figured I would use Wilburton Animal Control (local pound) as case in point. The info about them is copied directly off of their Facebook page and linked back if you would like to verify it. I picked this group because they are one of the ones that were involved in our raid and calling us inhumane and abusing our animals.
NO KILL REVOLUTION
7 hours ago
PUPPY MILLS AND POUND KILLING: WHAT IS THE CONNECTION? With Respect to Animals by Tina Clark...
Puppy mills are horrible places, and must be closed down... Killing of animals in pounds is unconscionable, and must stop... However, these are two completely separate issues, because overpopulation is a myth, and buying a pet store puppy is not what is causing the killing in the pounds. What is causing the killing is a failure on the part of the leadership of the pounds to do what it takes to end the killing. We already know how to do this, with a proven set of protocols, the No Kill Equation.
Read More...http://withrespecttoanimals.blogspot.com/2012/11/puppy-mills-and-pound-killing-what-is.html
Well this brought up the question if it were true that there are 17 million possible homes for shelter dogs why don't people just go to the pound/shelter and adopt?
Here are a few reasons:
Screwy hours that are not compatible with a working family (See the post below by Patrica Gregory the director(?) of the pound here in Wilburton.
Wilburton Animal Control
July 2
Okie dokie...Lets clear up some confusion here...ACs hours of operation are usually, but not always, 7 am to 3 pm...Most of the time I'm on duty by that time...Except when I'm not...If you want to see the inmates in the pound facility you should make arrangemments before 2pm...If you want to bail one out...do it by 2 pm Monday thru Friday. If you are one of the lucky people who somehow got my phone number and you feel the need to call late in the evening after I already have my boots off and my fat girl clothes on...well...""After Hours" are for emergencys ONLY..Ummm...Noooo...A bat in the post office is NOT one!
Well with those kind of hours how do you expect to adopt out any animals? No weekend hours for families to come by, no after school/work hours for the working stiff. This woman calls the dogs "inmates"? And to adopt you have to pay at a different location than the pound. So I guess that means you pay either sight unseen or have to make TWO trips to the pound to get your pet. See below. So WHO do you call when you have a bat in the post office? Or some other thing that does not involve blood and guts but to you is an emergency?
Wilburton Animal Control The dog has to have its rabies shot and registered with the city if its being adopted to someone living with the city Limits, before it can be released from the pound
October 28 at 8:52pm · Like
Wilburton Animal Control FYI..ALL pound fees are paid at the City Hall...NO money for fees or fines, is accepted at the pound office!
November 1 at 5:46am
Reason #2 Pounds are nasty, depressing places
Wilburton Animal Control
July 2
Things are looking up at the pound! We're getting uptown now! For those of you who haen't visited in awhile...Golly last year we actually got a real office out there...Yep...before that my AC truck was my filing cabinet, and when I turned a corner too fast A,B,C became WTF!! Last month the powder room was plumbed,(I say powder room cause I AM a girl) got running water and I finally was able to throw the bucket away..Last week Boss Mayor approved the purchase of a computer and printer for the new office...Our Administrative Assistant will get some relief from me being so needy...Need copies, need for letters, need more business cards...Just a few more finishing touches and I'll have y'all out for doughnuts and coffee..Yep thats right...I even have my very own coffee pot!!
Who would want to visit a pound that does not have "facilities"? Or an office to keep the records of the care of the animals there (that is if there is any care done ! I do remembering that it is said on the FB page that YOU the adopter have to arrange to have the dog get its rabies shot by a vet BEFORE it can leave the pound)
Wilburton Animal ControlJuly 1
We have had a few people donate much needed fans to the pound. They are much appreciated. Its unbelievably hot under that metal roof and the fans give the animals at least a bit of relief.
All I have to say to this is that on that day it was in the 100's can you imagine? And why would you want to go out in the heat to possibly adopt a dog? This is a city run shelter and they did not have the money to go out and buy a couple of big fans to the tune of a few hundred bucks????
Reason #3 No one knows who is available, how to adopt, or where the shelter is.
Wilburton Animal control has been around for years and just now started posting on Facebook in June of this year. Before that there were no ads or publication of available shelter animals, hours or where the shelter was located or how much it costs to adopt or what the requirements are to adopt. There is not even a listing in the phone book for you to call for any animal related needs! There is no where on line that you can go to see all the animals available, adoption fees, or adoption requirements as of today. The address given for the shelter is the City hall (no the animals are not housed there Btw the pound is located next to the water sewage plant !)
These are just the top three reasons people just do not adopt shelter dogs and why NO Kill is not working like it should. And that falls directly on the shoulders of the the staff at local shelters, not the public. Now do not get me wrong shelters would have less animals available if OWNERS were more responsible with their pets and realize that owning an animal is a responsibility in good times and in bad, just cause money is tight or you are moving( or the other millions of reasons owners give for surrendering a pet ) does not mean you dump FIDO or Fluffy at the local pound.
For more reading and information:
Dogged blog_
The pitfalls of adopting a shelter pet
Do shelters make it too hard to adopt?
NO KILL REVOLUTION
7 hours ago
PUPPY MILLS AND POUND KILLING: WHAT IS THE CONNECTION? With Respect to Animals by Tina Clark...
Puppy mills are horrible places, and must be closed down... Killing of animals in pounds is unconscionable, and must stop... However, these are two completely separate issues, because overpopulation is a myth, and buying a pet store puppy is not what is causing the killing in the pounds. What is causing the killing is a failure on the part of the leadership of the pounds to do what it takes to end the killing. We already know how to do this, with a proven set of protocols, the No Kill Equation.
Read More...http://withrespecttoanimals.blogspot.com/2012/11/puppy-mills-and-pound-killing-what-is.html
Well this brought up the question if it were true that there are 17 million possible homes for shelter dogs why don't people just go to the pound/shelter and adopt?
Here are a few reasons:
Screwy hours that are not compatible with a working family (See the post below by Patrica Gregory the director(?) of the pound here in Wilburton.
Wilburton Animal Control
July 2
Okie dokie...Lets clear up some confusion here...ACs hours of operation are usually, but not always, 7 am to 3 pm...Most of the time I'm on duty by that time...Except when I'm not...If you want to see the inmates in the pound facility you should make arrangemments before 2pm...If you want to bail one out...do it by 2 pm Monday thru Friday. If you are one of the lucky people who somehow got my phone number and you feel the need to call late in the evening after I already have my boots off and my fat girl clothes on...well...""After Hours" are for emergencys ONLY..Ummm...Noooo...A bat in the post office is NOT one!
Well with those kind of hours how do you expect to adopt out any animals? No weekend hours for families to come by, no after school/work hours for the working stiff. This woman calls the dogs "inmates"? And to adopt you have to pay at a different location than the pound. So I guess that means you pay either sight unseen or have to make TWO trips to the pound to get your pet. See below. So WHO do you call when you have a bat in the post office? Or some other thing that does not involve blood and guts but to you is an emergency?
Wilburton Animal Control The dog has to have its rabies shot and registered with the city if its being adopted to someone living with the city Limits, before it can be released from the pound
October 28 at 8:52pm · Like
Wilburton Animal Control FYI..ALL pound fees are paid at the City Hall...NO money for fees or fines, is accepted at the pound office!
November 1 at 5:46am
Reason #2 Pounds are nasty, depressing places
Wilburton Animal Control
July 2
Things are looking up at the pound! We're getting uptown now! For those of you who haen't visited in awhile...Golly last year we actually got a real office out there...Yep...before that my AC truck was my filing cabinet, and when I turned a corner too fast A,B,C became WTF!! Last month the powder room was plumbed,(I say powder room cause I AM a girl) got running water and I finally was able to throw the bucket away..Last week Boss Mayor approved the purchase of a computer and printer for the new office...Our Administrative Assistant will get some relief from me being so needy...Need copies, need for letters, need more business cards...Just a few more finishing touches and I'll have y'all out for doughnuts and coffee..Yep thats right...I even have my very own coffee pot!!
Who would want to visit a pound that does not have "facilities"? Or an office to keep the records of the care of the animals there (that is if there is any care done ! I do remembering that it is said on the FB page that YOU the adopter have to arrange to have the dog get its rabies shot by a vet BEFORE it can leave the pound)
Wilburton Animal ControlJuly 1
We have had a few people donate much needed fans to the pound. They are much appreciated. Its unbelievably hot under that metal roof and the fans give the animals at least a bit of relief.
All I have to say to this is that on that day it was in the 100's can you imagine? And why would you want to go out in the heat to possibly adopt a dog? This is a city run shelter and they did not have the money to go out and buy a couple of big fans to the tune of a few hundred bucks????
Reason #3 No one knows who is available, how to adopt, or where the shelter is.
Wilburton Animal control has been around for years and just now started posting on Facebook in June of this year. Before that there were no ads or publication of available shelter animals, hours or where the shelter was located or how much it costs to adopt or what the requirements are to adopt. There is not even a listing in the phone book for you to call for any animal related needs! There is no where on line that you can go to see all the animals available, adoption fees, or adoption requirements as of today. The address given for the shelter is the City hall (no the animals are not housed there Btw the pound is located next to the water sewage plant !)
These are just the top three reasons people just do not adopt shelter dogs and why NO Kill is not working like it should. And that falls directly on the shoulders of the the staff at local shelters, not the public. Now do not get me wrong shelters would have less animals available if OWNERS were more responsible with their pets and realize that owning an animal is a responsibility in good times and in bad, just cause money is tight or you are moving( or the other millions of reasons owners give for surrendering a pet ) does not mean you dump FIDO or Fluffy at the local pound.
For more reading and information:
Dogged blog_
The pitfalls of adopting a shelter pet
Do shelters make it too hard to adopt?
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