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Originally Posted by OKCCrime
No. All it takes to have a no-kill shelter is for us to make the choice that we won't kill any more animals and that we will do something else instead. Mass killing isn't the only option, it isn't the least expensive option, it isn't the ethical option. Why do we keep doing it?
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No....what it takes is for us as a society to make a choice that we will stop the indiscriminate breeding.
Then we can achieve the goal of a no kill because there will be very few animals going to the pound in the first place.
The solution begins with the individual pet owner
When that pet owner realizes that it is better and more cost effective to have their animal fixed then other things will ultimately begin to happen......only then when we change the mentality of the pet owner that these living animals are just that and not a consumable item to be used up and discarded then and only then can we begin to close the shelters.................what about that concept is so hard to under stand.
By using your own numbers for the OKC animal shelter with over 25 thousand a YEAR going to the shelter and only 7 thousand being adopted out..... at that level of adoption then the market becomes flooded and no one else will adopt...........
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2004-2005: 25,034 accepted, 15,554 euthanized
•2005-2006: 27,836 accepted, 14,979 euthanized
•2006-2007: 28,688 accepted, 19,365 euthanized
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http://newsok.com/article/3230098/1208234036
Todays news paper the Oklahoman. The numbers are theirs sooooooo...
Then what......................? Do you think I am arguing for killing the animals.
Hell no I'm...... not......I'm arguing about the irresponsible pet owners who let their pets wander loose to be hit and killed, be picked up and or impregnated and if it makes you feel better to use the word ACCIDENTALLY than I will use that word but it is still an irresponsible act on the part of the pet owner that we the tax payers will ultimately pick up the tab for........
The carnage at doggie dachaeu can be stopped if the average pet owner will be responsible.
