LynnO commented on 'Miami Herald has bad advice for shelter reformers'
YES! Thanks. If we all say it and repeat it over and over again, maybe more will hear it and believe it?!? Here's hoping...
View ArticleAnother Christie commented on 'Miami Herald has bad advice for shelter...
Nice piece... really demonstrates the difference between those actively involved in animal rescue, and those who advocate for shelter reform. The point of spay/neuter is to decrease shelter intake, so...
View ArticleAnother Christie commented on 'Miami Herald has bad advice for shelter...
"“Community wide failure”? Seriously? Was “the community” on the city payroll and tasked with doing animal sheltering?" Did the shelter conjure the animals out of nowhere?
View ArticleK.B. commented on 'Miami Herald has bad advice for shelter reformers'
Another Christie, I've been following this thread, and one of us has a comprehension issue. Can you please point out to stupid lil ole me where the No Kill advocates are "downplaying the importance of...
View ArticleChristie Keith commented on 'Miami Herald has bad advice for shelter reformers'
"Another Christie" wrote: "What stands out about communities like Reno and Austin is the cooperation between shelters and rescues. How is that going to happen when “No Kill” advocates are so busy...
View ArticleDavid S. Greene commented on 'Miami Herald has bad advice for shelter reformers'
Tammy commented: far too many shelters make excuses rather than find solutions I'd like that statement bronzed, with a big plaque and a 24/7 spotlight on it, so the point is crystal clear. The minute...
View ArticleAnother Christie commented on 'Miami Herald has bad advice for shelter...
Christie, I am really sick of the sanctimonious attitude of "No Kill" advocates, and their methods of DOING IT, which seem to consist of vilifying the shelter and its staff with no consideration of the...
View ArticleChristie Keith commented on 'Miami Herald has bad advice for shelter reformers'
Another Christie, I'm really sick of this whole sanctimonious "you need to go work in a shelter and do rescue instead of talking about shelter reform." First, I've done rescue and so has, to the best...
View ArticleAnother Christie commented on 'Miami Herald has bad advice for shelter...
"Who is “stirring up hatred”, BTW? Not moi, not the people I talk with. Seems to me that the hatred is fomented by those who oppose positive change." Check out the Yes Biscuit blog, and now the...
View ArticleAmelia commented on 'Miami Herald has bad advice for shelter reformers'
"That’s because spay/neuter is always “someday.” It does nothing to save the lives of animals already born, nor those in the shelter right now. This means people put all their effort and energy into...
View ArticleChristie Keith commented on 'Miami Herald has bad advice for shelter reformers'
I think it's about people in New Mexico not wanting a shelter director with a bad track record of lifesaving taking over one of their shelters. If they were considering hiring him in my community, I'd...
View ArticleKateH commented on 'Miami Herald has bad advice for shelter reformers'
Wow, Amelia - way to miss the point completely. I used to be one of those "evangelizers" yelling about spay and neuter (and sort of yelling AT people), until I realized that I was pissing off people...
View Articledb commented on 'Miami Herald has bad advice for shelter reformers'
What I'm reading is that spay/neuter is ONE PIECE of the pie that needs to be in place to achieve a decrease in the numbers of animals entering a shelter. And, yes, it is demoralizing to volunteers to...
View ArticleAnother Christie commented on 'Miami Herald has bad advice for shelter...
I believe that the notion that shelters are for "taking care of animals" must have been widely misinterpreted as meaning a more permanent sort of "taking care"... Why are you and other "No Kill"...
View ArticleChristie Keith commented on 'Miami Herald has bad advice for shelter reformers'
"Ideally there would be no need for shelters at all..." I hate this concept. We'll always need shelters. I love the idea of animal shelters -- real ones, not slaughterhouses bearing that name -- places...
View ArticleTammy commented on 'Miami Herald has bad advice for shelter reformers'
As the former director of an open admission shelter with an animal control contract that went from killing about 70% to saving 86% of all animals coming in and did it in an old antiquated shelter with...
View ArticleYesBiscuit! commented on 'Miami Herald has bad advice for shelter reformers'
If we all just change our Facebook status to "SPAY & NEUTER" and add like 25 exclamation points and then we all click "like" on each others' statuses, we could become a no kill nation, some year.
View ArticleCait commented on 'Miami Herald has bad advice for shelter reformers'
Amelia - the thing is, how many of those cats are owned? How many of them are feral? Statistics show that the vast majority of pets ARE altered already- something upwards of 75% for cats, IIRC. The...
View Article
