Have you ever adopted  a stray from an animal shelter?
Yes my last two cats were adopted from a kill shelter.
That is great! I really support no-kill shelters. It's so sad how many animals get put to sleep!
Me too! I abhor kill shelters and that is why I adopted a brother and a sister.
I can see euthanizing sick animals, but it's such a shame for a healthy animal to be put to sleep.
These were four week old babies whose owner dumped at a kill shelter. They are both so beautiful today. I've had them five years.
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