Talk:Animal shelter
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I apoligize to anyone who may be upset by my substituting "killed" for "euthanized." Sadly, many shelters do not practice euthanasia, which is "pleasant", ususally described as "mercy," killing.
Public pressure caused our local shelter to abandon its previous method of animal killing and extra money was allocated to have local vets truly euthanize animals that have to go, as well as give pets for adoption essential medical exams and required shots. Both the public health and safety are thus improved and a lot of human consciences eased. Much better. Cecropia 14:21, 31 Mar 2004 (UTC)
I volunteer at our local shelter. I and a few others take what dogs and cats that we can until the can be adopted. When we can, we go the expense of vaccination, spay and neutering which does seem to up our adoption rate. I would take them all if I could.--Dakota (Talk)
This article really needs help with NPOV. The language is quite charged and one-sided. I hope we can agree to conform it to the NPOV policy. Bellemichelle 17:36, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
I've taken the liberty to edit and add more neutral language. Some of it still needs to be edited. I've replaced the word "kill" with "destroy" and clarified that MOST shelters euthanize. -- alienlovesong 19:43, 26 September 2006 ]]
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[edit] Dog Pound
I added a note about the term "dog pound", since "dog pound" automatically redirects here, and some readers may be interested in the origins of the term.
[edit] more NPOV
I removed the section that described where animals in shelters come from. This section was mainly a 'bash the backyard breeder' section, and wasn't really that accruate. Animals come to animal shelters through many many means. Having volunteered at one shelter for a while, the majority of dogs that I have seen had behavioral problems that are directly attributable to lack of training on the part of the owner (dog chewed up some valued object, dog wouldn't be housetrained quickly enough, etc..), or new owners not realizing the amount of work an animal is, or turnins for animals that are simply lost. I don't have sources, so this section should be removed. I also removed the section how to start up a tax-free shelter, as wikipedia is not a howto guide. - Trysha (talk) 19:58, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
- One more NPOV and reorg, i removed some of the soapbox-feeling language, expanding on the difference between rescue groups and animal shelters and reorganized it into a different types of shelters section. - Trysha (talk) 20:41, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
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- I've rejigged the layout, amended the text a little and removed the POV tag as the POV seems to all have been removed. Please edit or re-tag if necessary.
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- perfectblue 13:40, 4 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Even More NPOV
Let's please refrain from using language that describes living beings as meta or "thing". When an animal is killed, s/he is killed -not destroyed. Towsonu2003 04:29, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
Correct - destroyed, put down, etc. are euphemisms.
[edit] The incorrect redirection of 'Dog pound' to this article
Let us be honest here... the title of this article is, in itself, a euphemism from modern culture.
Let's be specific here. I'm no animal freak, in fact I don't like dogs very much, but I believe in mercy for all living things. However, even though I despise PETA and I dislike most dogs, the term 'animal shelter' is all to commonly used these days to refer to two VERY different types of facilities.
Any facility that kills animals is not a 'shelter'. By virtue of the fact that they are temporarily housing an animal with the intent to kill it at a certain duration (usually 5-7 days of not being claimed by an owner), that means it is not a shelter at all. This distinction should be made more clearly in the introductory paragraph, and less long-winded.
An animal shelter, in reality, is a facility which houses animals and DOES NOT kill them unless the animal has been thoroughly proven to be unadoptable by humans. An animal shelter helps place animals in good homes, and by no means will kill an animal unless it absolutely has to.
Somehow, this distinction must be made more clearly, more concisely, and sooner in the article. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.43.89.134 (talk) 11:22, 28 January 2007 (UTC).
[edit] I wish people would adopt more dogs instead of bloody buying them.
There's so many brilliant dogs out there that need a home and yet breeders still keep making lots more puppies which suckers buy at £500 a pop. It's just ridiculous.
[edit] This is going to sound rude..
But this article sounds like it was written by someone in middle school. It needs to be completely redone.
[edit] Release Back
For example in Turkey some animal shelters re-release strays into the city after spaying/neutering them (unless they are aggresive or are very sick). Shouldn't this be mentioned? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Armanalp (talk • contribs) 13:50, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
