I currently volunteer at an Animal Shelter during my free time.
Well thank you for doing that.  It's kind of nice how people have changed the name pound, to animal shelter, to change the thought process associated with the word.
Yes it definitely sounds better!
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
Humane Society of Pinellas
The Humane Society of Pinellas is an animal shelter located in Clearwater, FL which houses nearly 400 animals at any given time.
History.
The Humane Society of Pinellas was founded in 1956, then known as the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals of Clearwater or SPCA Clearwater. In 1988, after the founding of another local animal shelter, the SPCA Clearwater changed its name to the Humane Society of North Pinellas. The shelter underwent another name change, and in 2000, officially became