Are No Kill Shelters, REALLY No Kill Shelters??

**buttercup132** · 01-06-2007, 12:44 PM

Originally Posted by 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.

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** · 01-07-2007, 05:54 PM

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.

**BitsyNaceyDog** · 01-07-2007, 06:10 PM

Just think of them as 'low kill' shelters rather than 'no kill' shelters. Some shelters, like the one in my old town, will only keep a dog for a maximum of 7 days then they are euthanized no matter what.

Originally Posted by 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.

That's really sad. It would be so much more humane to let them rest peacefully at RB.