Cinder and Smoke,

I don't believe you're" on the wrong side of the fence". This
subject is rarely discussed & the practice is not widely publicized.
Most people don't know this goes on, but it does. When I read
this section of the article on pound seizure here;


http://www.stoptakingourpets.org/about.htm


" In a perfect world there would be no need for animal shelters so there would be no pound release. However the world is not perfect. For one reason or another people find they can no longer keep or care for their family pets. They take them to the animal shelter hoping they will find a new home. Or, pets somehow become lost. They and their families depend upon the kindness of others who may find these animals to take them to the shelter so they can be reunited. Or the shelter confiscates animals who are victims of cruelty and abuse. For these poor creatures the animal shelter may represent the first decent meal and first roof over their heads they have ever known. And for these abused pets - who have known only fear, pain and suffering for their entire lives; and for the pets given up by their families thru no fault of their own; and for the strays whose owners may not know where to look for them - what do we offer them? A chance at a new home and a new life? A humane and speedy ending if no new home is found? Or a terrifying trip to the B dealer as they await an even worse fate at the hands of who knows what kind of research or industrial product testing. "

and then look my own
pup sleeping at my feet, I pray he is never in that situation.


Spay & Neuter clinics properly funded by cities & towns
would actually save taxpayer money & animal lives.I think we
could all agree on that.