Are No Kill Shelters, REALLY No Kill Shelters??

[animal_rescue]

Hmm I work at a Humane Society and while we don't have a specific set time for animals. We do euthanize; only distressed, very sick, hurt, or aggressive animals though. However we're starting to work on our foster program more now, so hopefully we don't have to do it.

[BC_MoM]

Our humane society is "no-kill".. but they do euthanize when dogs are overly aggressive (they have a fantastic behaviourlist) or very sick or injured beyond the point of recovery.

[CathyBogart]

My local HS is no-kill. It's quite simple....they stop accepting dogs when they are full, so other shelters or animal control get the excess and end up euthanizing them. No fewer animals are killed because of no-kill shelters, they exist because the public likes to hear "no-kill", and it's easier on the people who work there.

[binka_nugget]

The shelter we adopted Kaedyn from was Canada's first no-kill shelter. They also will only euthanize if the dog is overly aggressive, or is ill and has no chance of recovery. They never seem to be completely full though.. we're lucky that there are a lot of independent rescues that work closely with our shelters.

[junescrater716]

Yes but I think it's kind of ironic how they tell everyone that no kill means that they don't kill no matter what. Then they send the sick, aggressive, and old to another shelter to be euthanized. Most people don't know that the "no kill" shelters kill any animals because they don't read up on stuff like this.

[buttercup132]

Yes but I think it's kind of ironic how they tell everyone that no kill means that they don't kill no matter what. Then they send the sick, aggressive, and old to another shelter to be euthanized. Most people don't know that the "no kill" shelters kill any animals because they don't read up on stuff like this.

Obvioulsy there is going to have to be SOME eunthinsea. It would be cruel to keep a very sick dying dog alive just because they are called no kill, and it would be dangerous if there was a dog who attacked people they would have to put it to sleep.

[Suki Wingy]

the one by me doesn't send them off, they DO keep the sick, miserable, poor animals alive. There's two that have been there all their lives and their seniors. They've become really messed up.

[animal_rescue]

Yes but I think it's kind of ironic how they tell everyone that no kill means that they don't kill no matter what. Then they send the sick, aggressive, and old to another shelter to be euthanized. Most people don't know that the "no kill" shelters kill any animals because they don't read up on stuff like this.

We DON'T send animals to another shelter to be euthanized. And we don't tell people we never kill an animal. When they ask about no kill we tell them we don't have a time limit for animals and keep them until they can't handle it anymore. Example: kennel crazy.

[Christmas_Hamster]

A local animal shelter FurryFriends they are called are a no kill animal shelter. The usually only take cats but if another animal is offered they cannot say no. They come to petsmart everyweekend and adopt out pets there and every month or so at petsmart they hold a adoption day where thye bring in all of the animals that are adobtable and they usually always find homes They only euthanize aniamls that are very sick, miserable, poor aniamls.

Even the SPCA has asked this aniaml shelter to take a few pets off their hands so that they do not have to be euthanized.