I enjoy volunteering at our local animal shelter. we take care of strays, sick and abandoned dog and cats.
That would be hard for me, I would love helping them but hate seeing them leave. Do you neuter them?
That is one of the processes done here. Another familiar term for 'animal shelter' is also pound. 
Our community does not have a shelter or animal control so I try to trap the cats and take them to the University for their fix and release program.
That is interesting. Some shelters also take in sick tropical animals.
That is something I didn't know, I wonder what kinds they get in , they must have to learn so much about the different species.
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
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