Locating a kill shelter

[Uabassoon]

There are also some great No-Kill shelters where the animals aren't caged. I got Tibby from a shelter like that.

[sasvermont]

I too thought this thread was going to be horrible, so I am just now getting around to opening it.

I know that all shelters will eventually pet an animal down if it is ill and beyond recovery.

Most shelters have difficult placements and would love to have someone take a special needs kitty.

As has been mentioned, lots of shelters are forced in to cutting the population at their shelters by putting pets to sleep.... and most will not say that over the phone.... although some will.... A cat/dog life is....no matter how you look at it....they all need to be adopted.....for one reason or another.... it should be the cat that works out for you....so that you will be happy and live a long life together....

I for one, just adopted a cat that is not for me, as it appears at this point anyway.... A careful evaluation of the pet/cat/dog should be your first item to consider.....after you decide on the shelter.... I didn't do this and I am very sorry.

Good luck in your efforts to find that perfect pet from a kill shelter.

I am sorry I was thinking so negatively about your thread title!

[marysmerrycats]

A cat/dog life is....no matter how you look at it....they all need to be adopted.....

exactly! that's why I am against breeders, they bring more cats into this world for profit, and then it takes away from the homeless cats that need adopting. and possibly makes them have to be put down...

Ua-
yes there are, you are right. like the hermitage, thats where I got Patches and Charlie. but they were in cages, because they were kittens, to be safe from the other grown cats, which were roaming free

sasvermont
I feel terrible for you, I do really, you have had so much pain this year. I'm sorry it has not worked out for you with the new cat
keep trying, there is a cat or kitten waiting for you, you will find the right one! good luck to you!

[moosmom]

SAS is right.

I know that all shelters will eventually pet an animal down if it is ill and beyond recovery.

When I did my orientation at the Dearborn Animal Shelter, they told us they are not a "totally no-kill" shelter, because there are times when they have to euthanize animals that are very VERY sick, or so dangerous they cannot be placed.

[marysmerrycats]

yes, that's right Donna and sas... of course they have no choice, they told me that at the hermitage, if a cat is sick then it is the humane thing to do. and if it is beyond adopting...

that's why I want to be careful where I place George and Henry, because at first, you would swear they are un-adoptable! but after a couple days, they calm down, and are totally different! its like jekyll and hyde but they are not scared of strangers...when my mother saw them they couldn't have been more friendy! its just new places that frighten them.

I mean, to WHO i give them to, not bringing them to a shelter... but I wouldn't want the people to think they are always going to be mean.

[Cisco's Mom]

Originally posted by Cheshirekatt
Usually the local "Animal Control" or "City Shelter" are the kill shelters and the "Humane Society" are the no-kill shelters. Typically the city/town/county animal services have the highest euthanasia rates.

Dido for me!!

[marysmerrycats]

odd. I guess each states/city's humane society is different!

[PayItForward]

It funny about the different opinions toward kill/no kill shelter.

Some people adopt from kill shelter , to save a life and I can understand this. But should we support these places.

I like to adopt from no kill shelters, in this way the no kill shelter should get more funding if the scheme is sucessful (i.e. If they have adopted more cats.)

I like to think that the adoption fee will go towards keeping a no kill shelter going.
As I have adopted cats from no kill shelters, they have spaces to take in cats, that might have ended up at a kill shelter.

I don't want to hand over money or encourage kill shelters to continue to run. I would rather support no kill shelters in the hope, that it becomes easy to adopt pets if your shelter is a no kill place.

This is why all three of our cats come from no kill shelters.

[marysmerrycats]

As I have adopted cats from no kill shelters, they have spaces to take in cats, that might have ended up at a kill shelter.

VERY good point! I had not thoughtof that! I was confused, because there are good and bad points of both, kill and no kill. but now after reading what you said...hmm. will the kill shelters ever go out of business though?

As I have adopted cats from no kill shelters, they have spaces to take in cats

yep... I remember when I got Patches and Charlie, I was there to pick up only Charlie, with my mother, when she saw Patches, so we brought them both home, and the guy said, good now we can get 2 more.

[PayItForward]

Kill shelters probually won't go out of business and indeed I wouldn't want them too, they still help a lot of pets.

But it would be wonderful, if these shelters decided to become no kill shelters.

[marysmerrycats]

that would be great!

[K & L]

http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/~laird/animal_rescue/shelters

[jenluckenbach]

Originally posted by Cheshirekatt
Usually the local "Animal Control" or "City Shelter" are the kill shelters and the "Humane Society" are the no-kill shelters. Typically the city/town/county animal services have the highest euthanasia rates.

Not true. The Lehigh Valley Humane Society, which is in the town I live in IS the local KILL shelter. The best thing to do might be to try going to petfinder and locate all the shelters in your area and then read about them and try to determine which ones are no-kill and which ones are not.