I started volunteering at the local animal shelter to pass time.
I did that as a kid, An animal shelter or pound is a place where stray, or lost animals are kept.
It was very rewarding to be at the animal shelter. Do you have any inside information?
While no-kill shelters exist, it is sometimes policy to euthanize sick animals. I dont know if a agree with this practice.
Yea that is a tough position to take. Some animal shelters just can not handle it all.
The word "pound" had its origins in the animal pounds of agricultural communities. The would keep livestock in them back then though.
You know, I never once thought where the word "pound" came from in animal pound.
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
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