I would love to volunteer at an animal shelter where lost or abandoned animals are kept. These animals are usually cats and dogs.
That sounds awesome!  It's great that they exist in order to help the poor animals!
I could only work at at a no-kill shelter where they only euthanize animals that are sick.
That's really great!  Killing animals just because nobody wants them just isn't right!
I completely agree! The no-kill shelters do not kill treatable or healthy animals. They only euthanize animals that are terminally ill or those animals that are dangerous.
Good for them!  What happens with the animals that are healthy?
Generally, 90% of animals at no-kill shelters will be saved!
That's fantastic!  Hopefully there are lots of people that want to adopt them!
Pet adoption
Pet adoption is the process of taking responsibility for a pet that a previous owner has abandoned or released to a shelter or rescue organization. Common sources for adoptable pets are animal shelters and rescue groups. Some organizations give adopters ownership of the pet, while others use a guardianship model wherein the organization retains some control over the animal's future use or care.
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Animal shelter
An animal shelter or pound is a place where stray, lost, abandoned or surrendered animals, mostly dogs and cats, and sometimes sick or wounded wildlife are kept and rehabilitated. While no-kill shelters exist, it is sometimes policy to euthanize sick animals, and any animal that is not claimed quickly enough by a previous or new owner. In Europe, of 30 countries included in a survey, all but four (Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, and Italy) permitted the killing of healthy stray