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Originally Posted by Carl in Tampa
I'm sure that whoever is leading this effort is aware that state law mandates that there be some "pet friendly" shelters. I wish you success.
Just an observation: I find it hard to conceive of a situation where there would be a mandatory evacuation in The Villages other than in the old section Mobile Homes and Manufactured Homes during predicted high winds, and that would be a relatively small group. Mandatory evacuations are in the coastal flood zones.
As I've said many times: The Center of the State is where people evacuate TO. The Villages just experienced "The Mother of All Hurricanes" with no deaths, major destruction of property, or significant flooding. I know lots of places who would trade what happened to them for the "lots of Palm fronds on the ground" that The Villages experienced.
I wish you success in getting more of the pet friendly shelters. I know my family would not leave their pets behind.
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THE FIVE RIGHTS OF ANIMALS IN SHELTERS
Every animal in every animal shelter is entitled to the following rights:
1. The right to live.
2. If social and healthy, the right to a home. If sick, injured, or traumatized, the right to rehabilitative care. If not social with humans, the right to be released back to his/her habitat.
3. The right to love, care, and attention, including socialization with people and other animals, nutritious food, fresh water, clean living environments, prompt and necessary preventive and rehabilitative veterinary care, behavior rehabilitation, exercise, play, and mental stimulation.
4. The right to a shelter that has comprehensively embraced protocols which reduce impounds, increase adoptions, increase redemptions, reduce killing, reduce length of stay, reduce illness, and maximize physical and psychological well-being.
5. The right to have shelter resources used to save and enhance the lives of all animals, in a facility where staff do everything in their power to promote, protect, and advocate for animals.
How confident are you that Sumter County government and facility management and staff are doing all things possible to find homes, adopters, fosters, and rescue's for the helpless, homeless companion animals unfortunate enough to end up at SCAS?
Here are the Facts for Sumter County Animal Services:
JULY, 2017 LIVE RELEASE RATE - 61 %
*This means that out of all the dogs and cats that actually had a record or document filed on their Intake, only 61% of these pets left the facility alive.
Our coalition thinks it's time to return the term "euthanasia" to its dictionary definition - the act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals (as persons or domestic animals) in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy.
"When we destroy animals which are suffering or are irremediably ill, that is euthanasia. Destroying healthy and treatable animals in places we call shelters using our tax dollars is not euthanasia. It is not merciful, it is not beautiful and it is not necessary. It is not “putting them down” or “putting them to sleep” or preventing “a fate worse than death.” We use those phrases – and many use the word euthanasia – to sugar coat the reality of the act. And because we have allowed ourselves to become so callous to, or complacent about, killing of shelter animals, we accept that word because it makes us feel better somehow, as if we did a good thing.
When we destroy healthy and treatable animals we are doing just that. We are destroying them and we are killing them. If you have ever had to euthanize a beloved pet which was genuinely suffering or so ill that any treatment would likely cause more pain or suffering, you know exactly what euthanasia means. And any person who ever lost a beloved pet to an “oops” killing at a shelter would not say their dog or cat was euthanized.
In no kill communities, healthy and treatable animals are not destroyed using our tax dollars and resources. Period. They are saved. And words are used for what they mean.
Let's stop calling this anything but what it is. Once we do that, we can have a realistic conversation about how we want our resources used in our communities."
~ Paws4Change