Donna-

I suggest you take yourself to another shelter and focus your helpful efforts there.
You can't beat your head on a brick wall for long without starting to feel it.

There are a lot of deserving kitties out there.

It was hard for me to understand why our rescue was breaking ties with Hillsborough Animal Services when I got so many nice cats from there, including my loving Bella. But, it wasn't their practices, it was the overload of shelters asking us to take cats and other things I couldn't understand. I just kept on thinking of all the ones we'd lose from there. But, there are other deserving kitties elsewhere too.
We shouldn't have to fight for them, they should gratefully hand them to us folks involved in rescue, it lowers their numbers. I wouldn't think we'd have to become that involved in the inner politics of the shelter.
Right now, I feel the less I know the better for my mental health, and I can concentrate on the ones I do get.

Rose

Godspeed to the bridge little ones, sorry you never had a chance.