Mila Revelle’s Post

It is essential that the public understand what is going on across the nation. When live outcomes decrease, the "keyboard warriors" tend to start blaming their local shelter and its employees/volunteers. While it is important to hold people accountable, it is just as important to understand that most of them are doing the best they can with what they've got. Times are hard. When you find out your local animal shelter has started euthanizing again for space, take a breath before you write that angry post or letter. Chances are the people at the shelter are just as devastated and furious (or more) about the situation. After you have taken that breath, look and see how you can help. Can you foster? Can you adopt? Can you use your social media presence to promote animals for adoption? Can you clean cages or do laundry? Can you bring the staff lunch? Or can you use your voice to advocate for better funding or programs? The issues that lead to euthanasia in shelters come from deep within a community and cannot be solved inside the shelter alone. If your local shelter has started euthanizing and that upsets you, step away from the keyboard and do something about it (unless that something involves the keyboard!).

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I absolutely support your comments about this post. Those “keyboard warriors” have quite a lot to say and little to no action behind their words. For those of us who work in open admission shelters, most often there is no worse outcome than euthanasia and that sacred, end of life act is carried out with a heavy heart each time regardless of circumstances. Advocates of the “no-kill” movement cleverly advocate for saving every animal’s life through gaslighting techniques painted to advertise to the lifesaving rescues they have performed. Don’t get me wrong- there are rescues out there who identify as “no-kill” and perform amazing work helping animals. But a vast majority of those advocate leaders work for or support companies that are not obligated open admission shelters. Instead, they are allowed to cherry pick the animals that come into their care and bash other open admission shelter who are just trying to do their best with what they have. To back this up, the best funded open admission shelters receive approximately 1% of a city’s or county’s overall budget and a greater majority of city or county funded open admission shelters receive approximately 0.5% of general funds. Let’s imagine the reality of an open admission shelter: Animal Protection Officers seize 80 cats from a hoarding house. Regardless of the health of the cats, they are required to intake each an every one of them. Now imagine that 50% of them have an incurable disease or are simply too sick to recover and so half of them have to be euthanized while the other 40 cats recover and are adopted out. Based on that statistic alone, that shelter then has a 50% live release rate which would be admonished among the no-kill advocates. That’s insane. It would be a great relief to see the public foster or adopt more shelter animals and those “no-kill” advocates financially contribute to amen a change they desire to see in live release rates. To simplify what I said, they need to put their money where their mouth is instead of demanding change with no funds or resources to back that change we all desire. What is more distressing is that there are no statistics for those companies that turn away animals in desperate need of veterinary care or sheltering such as Best Friends Animal Society. Open admission shelters are required to intake any animal for any reason regardless of their health status or ownership with no surrender fee. Animal welfare workers and advocates have too many other battles to fight and shouldn’t be arguing and creating rifts amongst each other. We all have a common goal in mind: to save as many animals as possible. It isn’t just about how many lives we safe; it’s also how we get there that matters.

A shocking statistic out of the US. If anyone needed reminding that the companion animal adoption boom is over. Anyone breeding puppies right now should be taking note, and taking responsibility that they have adopters lined up. It is a tragedy how many animals are in the animal shelter system (and how much time and energy good people spend on these animals) because of a myriad of issues. Issues can include lack of thought at adoption, unethical (over)breeding, lack of desexing, lack of identification, or poor socialisation which means animals are relinquished to shelters. But let's try and give a positive spin! What a great opportunity to raise awareness about how to adopt, to advocate for better standards of breeding, to encourage desexing and microchipping and to endorse better training. Little by little, we aim to improve the culture of pet 'ownership' and raise the standard of animals lives so that they all live A Good Life. Let's hope for a positive 2024!!

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When dogs do not find the right home the 1st time - one where they will be accepted as members of the family, here's the result. Is this fair? Is this acceptable? Is this justifiable? The answer is No to all of the above for all dogs. Cutting corners to speed up adoptions backfires - and it backfires on those without a voice. I get it - shelters and rescue groups are overcrowded. Dogs don't belong there. The goal should always be to find them loving and forever homes. I may be petite but I have a voice and I'll stand on a soapbox if need be and use it for the welfare of all dogs. These canines aren't the problem. The people responsible for simplifying the adoption process are the ones who need to do a lot of rethinking. It's about what's in their best interest, and their future, not the policy changers. #lesleyosbornposts #dogsarefamily 🐾💞🏡 #storyteller #author ✍️📚 Follow Lesley Osborn Canine Consulting.

Did you know of the 4.76 million cats and dogs that entered U.S. shelters in 2023, 3.97 million were saved? Shelter intake in 2024 is at an all-time high, #foster homes are locked down with adoptable pets, adoptions have slowed down, and the rescue world is facing challenges we are all trying to navigate to save as many as us animal lovers can. If you have considered #volunteering and/or #fostering now is the time. Whatever free time or contributions you can make, you are making a difference and saving a life. Check out our website to learn more about how you can get involved: https://lnkd.in/eHxGCHjN Featuring adoptable da Vinci, an adorable #sharpei mix #puppy looking for a home of his own. 🩵 Adopt: https://lnkd.in/eRcUDfcm