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On Tue, 18 Nov 2003 21:20:59 -0800, "Not so quick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
"Kalyahna" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"Not so quick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
It seems to me that the policy of 'euthenizing', oops I meant killing a cat after a few days is barbaric. Cats that are picked up should be photographed, their pictures put on a website and posted outside of the shelter so that people can easily find them, and maybe a poster should be put up in the neighborhood where it was picked up.
All incoming strays (held for a full seven days) to our shelter are photographed, given revolution, tested for FIV/Felv, given a basic health exam, vaccinated for URI/calici, checked for microchips. The photos are
put
on the website. We don't have the manpower to send people into a city of 250,000 people to put up posters on every stray cat. Then add in that
we're
a -county- shelter, not just a city shelter.
Other posters have gotten the right of it. The owner is ultimately responsible to find their wandering cat. We do what we can. We have a book for people who come in or call with descriptions of their missing pets,
and
we call them if we have a potential match. But it isn't our responsibility to post pictures on every door for people too lazy or irresponsible to
look
at the website or drive over.
As for the cats that are euthanized in our shelter? Bite cases. Severely ill. Aggressive. Unclaimed cats testing positive for FIV or Felv (though there are sanctuaries with which we may work in the future for the healthy positives). But it's no one's favorite part of the job. In fact, my boss specifically chooses people he KNOWS will give a shit about each and every animal put down because it should never be something we do mindlessly or without compassion.
There wouldn't have to be photos on the posters, just some kind of indication that a cat had been picked up. It could be done while picking up the cat. Someone smarter than me could figure out a where to put the announcement. (maybe some of the people who do yard sales) It could be in big letters: CAT PICKED UP BY ANIMAL CONTROL and then have little check boxes to indicate color, size, and age.
It's illegal in most citys -- ok, at least in NYC -- to post signs on poles. In fact, I go out of my way to rip down signs. You know, OWN A COMPUTER, WORK FROM HOME, FREE MONEY FOR SPAMMING EVERYONE. That kind of thing.
I do not rip down signs of missing animals of course, but shelters posting signs of cats would definitely not be a good idea. If my cats ever went missing I would put up signs myself and contact the local shelters and vets. Just common sense I would think.
No, the real problem here was that the guy must not have made clear to the shelter folk that these were not strays, which he likely knew. And no shelter should kill a cat in less than 24 hours. That just isn't enough time.
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