Hi! I volunteer at a pet shelter on the weekends!
Oh great! Even though there are no-kill shelters, sick animals and animals that aren't claimed get euthanized.
Really? How does that work?
Animal shelters include surrendered, abandoned and sometimes sick or wounded wildlife.
Do the shelters try to help the sick or injured animals?
Well, in Europe, most countries permit the killing of healthy stray dogs.
Do the shelters get really crowded then?
dogs. Critics believe the new term "animal shelter" is generally a euphemism for the older term "pound". The word "pound" had its origins in the animal pounds of agricultural communities, where stray livestock would be penned or impounded until claimed by their owners.
United States & Canada.
In the United States there is no government-run organization that provides oversight or regulation of the various shelters on a national basis. However, many individual states do regulate shelters within their jurisdiction. One of the
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