An Act Of Dog

[lizbud]

Portraits of Shelter dogs hopes to raise awareness of the thousands who never get that second chance.


http://abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/slideshow/painter-immortalizes-5500-doomed-shelter-dogs-20145033

[Karen]

How tragic. I have such mixed feeling about the whole thing.

[lizbud]

How tragic. I have such mixed feeling about the whole thing.


About the no kill movement? I don't see much to brag about in the current handling of unclaimed animals through the existing shelter systems.
Surely we can do better.

[Casper]

Hopefully it really does raise awareness... even if it just changes a few peoples' minds and convinces them to adopt, I think it'll be worth it. Volunteering at our local animal control was a rewarding experience, but coming in Monday evenings and seeing so many familiar faces were gone due to overcrowding really made it hard. Its been a few years, but even now I remember so many individual dogs that were golden in so many ways. They deserved so much more.
Ugh, it makes my heart ache. :(

[Karen]

About the no kill movement? I don't see much to brag about in the current handling of unclaimed animals through the existing shelter systems.
Surely we can do better.

No, I have mixed feelings about spending all this effort on the deceased dogs, rather than the ones who still have a chance at getting a home ...