I am volunteering at a local animal shelter.  Do you like animal shelters? 
I wish they didn't have to exist. Plus, in this country there's no federal organization overseeing these places, some of which need it. Others are fantastic. Good for you volunteering - very worthwhile.
Why do some need federal oversight? Are  the animals being abused? 
I don't mean that, but a couple I've been to could do with an upgrade or a good clean. At least some individual states have regulations regarding shelters, so that helps.
Ah the shelters are in bad shape.  Are other countries shelters ran by the federal government? 
There is some regulation, but I don't know how much. I do know that only four European countries ban the killing of healthy strays.
Maybe other countries will adopt the practice.  But the USA is woefully behind them in terms of progressiveness.
earliest comprehensive measures was the "Georgia Animal Protection Act" of 1986. The law was enacted in response to the inhumane treatment of companion animals by a pet store chain in Atlanta. The Act provided for the licensing and regulation of pet shops, stables, kennels, and animal shelters, and established, for the first time, minimum standards of care. The Georgia Department of Agriculture was tasked with licensing animal shelters and enforcing the new law through the Department's newly created Animal Protection Division. An additional provision, added in
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