I'd like to adopt a dog sometime soon.  Possibly from a shelter.
That's a great idea. Critics say the new term, animal shelter, replaced the word pound.
Oh yes, the ol' pound.  Reminds me of the 90's for some reason.
I prefer no kill shelters that only euthanize terminally ill animals or too dangerous for public safety
I agree completely.  It would be a great thing if one day enough people adopted pets and the shelters needed to close or at least reduce in size.
At least 90% of the animals entering shelters are usually saved in no kill shelters.
That's a nice stat to know.  Sounds like we are progressing towards what I was just saying.  Always a good sign.
neutered to prevent the births of unwanted and accidental litters that could contribute to this dynamic.
Global effects.
Dealing with a population of unwanted domestic animals is a major concern to animal welfare and animal rights groups. Domestic animal overpopulation can also be an ecological concern. It is also a financial problem: capturing, impounding and eventual euthanasia costs taxpayers and private agencies millions of dollars each year. Unwanted pets are also commonly released to the wild, sometimes contributing to severe damage to ecosystems (e.g., the effect of introduction
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