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ISPCA/Animal Shelter Question

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  • 22-07-2010 5:42pm
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    ABajaninCork
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    I read somewhere that animal shelters and the ISPCA are inundated with unwanted pets due to the recession. People moving abroad, folk who have lost their jobs, and feel they can no longer look after their pets...

    Is it true that due to the numbers, that animals are now being put down as there's a shortage of good homes?:eek:


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    seamus
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    No, it's not necessarily true.

    The ISPCA are single organisation not necessarily affiliated with any other SPCA. Some SPCAs run county dog pounds, other SPCAs run animal shelters/rescues.

    There are also a *lot* of other animal shelters out there which do not use the SPCA suffix - EGAR and ASH are the two that spring first to mind.

    Many shelters operate a "no-kill" policy, which means that they will never euthanise an animal unless the animal is too sick or injured to have any semblence of an enjoyable life.

    Other facilities (but mostly pounds) will euthanise animals which can't be rehomed or which would cost significant money/resources to nurse back to health.

    Just because one shelter puts healthy animals to sleep, that is no indication that another shelter will do so, even if they both come under the SPCA banner.

    You are correct in that since the recession hit, the number of animals being surrendered and abandoned has skyrocketed.

    In general, shelters operating a "no-kill" policy have not changed from that and are not euthanising healthy animals. However, some have to refuse to take in animals because they are at capacity and many are encouraging people to hold onto their animals while the shelter attempts to rehome them, or are giving them out to foster homes.


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