Well, I have my own stories to tell about the Indianapolis Humane Society. One of them involved why they didn't utilize the facilities at PetsMart like several of the other rescue groups did. Apparently, the then director of the IHS had some prejudice against the PetsMart policy of not selling animals like cats and dogs. Last I heard, they have pretty much taken over the Adopt a Pet areas at PetsMart in Indy.

There is a low cost spay/neuter clinic in Indianapolis on Massachusetts Avenue. I forget the name at the moment, but it was one that Bob Barker helped to support. Also, there are a couple of no kill shelters, like Southside Animal Rescue (I believe that's their name) and they worked with PetsMart on the southside (Greenwood) and on East Washington Street. I haven't been back to Indy since last Christmas, so don't know what else is there most recently, but Lizbud, you can find other places to take animals. Many of the vets were doing some work along those lines and ARPO -- something about Responsible Pet Owners -- was going into the Castleton PetsMart before I moved south. If Debbie is still a cashier (evenings and weekends) at the Castleton store, she could tell you more about some of these things.

It truly is a shame that an organization like the Indianapolis Humane Society with their larger, more modern facilities, can't do more along the "no kill" lines, but when you consider the population of Indianapolis and the fact that they have had to take over the operations of Animal Control (which was a TOTAL mess), they're really trying to do the right thing as best they can. As I understand it, Animal Control (before IHS) was worse than horrible about care of the animals they picked up. I remember that we used to donate damaged bags of food to them and one of our managers would try to go there and rescue cats from them for the adoption center. It got to be a real hassle and often the cats were ill. Now, the IHS is trying to clean up that facility and make it work. Probably the best thing we could do is perhaps start a letter writing campaign and see if we can't get them to change some of their policies?????