I would love to volunteer at an animal shelter where stray, lost and abandoned dogs and cats are kept until they are rehabilitated or adopted.
that's very cool and admirable, I have contemplated doing the same.
I could only work at a no kill shelter because I could not handle the euthanizing of healthy animals because they were claimed.
Yes I don't think I would be able to either there are so many animals that need our help
A true no-kill shelter does not kill healthy or treatable animals even if the shelter is full. They only euthanize terminally ill animals or those that are dangerous.
That is very good, are there a lot of them in the US?
I don't know the number of no-kill shelters but I know that at least 90% of the animals that come into the shelter are usually saved.
Wow that is a very big number I was not expecting it to be that high!
No-kill shelter
A "no-kill" shelter is an animal shelter that does not kill healthy or treatable animals even when the shelter is full, reserving euthanasia for terminally ill animals or those considered dangerous to public safety. A no-kill shelter uses many strategies to promote shelter animals; to expanding its resources using volunteers, housing and medical protocols; and to work actively to lower the number of homeless animals entering the shelter system. 10% of animals can be killed in a no-kill shelter and
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