history: I was thinking about volunteering at an animal shelter, do you know anything about them?
knowledge: A ''no-kill'' shelter is an animal shelter that does not kill healthy or treatable animals even when the shelter is full, reserving euthanasia for terminally ill animals or those considered dangerous to public safety.
response: Oh cool.   Well I know about "no-kill" shelters.   Even if it's full, a "no-kill" shelter will not kill treatable or healthy animals.  They only use euthanasia for animals that are dangerous to the public, or if they are terminally ill.
history: I was thinking about volunteering at an animal shelter, do you know anything about them?
Oh cool.   Well I know about "no-kill" shelters.   Even if it's full, a "no-kill" shelter will not kill treatable or healthy animals.  They only use euthanasia for animals that are dangerous to the public, or if they are terminally ill.
I think the no-kill shelters are much better than the alternative. Do you know anything else?
knowledge: In Europe, of 30 countries included in a survey, all but four (Czech republic, Germany, Greece, and Italy) permitted the killing of healthy stray dogs.
response: Well most european countries actually prevent the killing of healthy stray dogs.
history: I was thinking about volunteering at an animal shelter, do you know anything about them?
Oh cool.   Well I know about "no-kill" shelters.   Even if it's full, a "no-kill" shelter will not kill treatable or healthy animals.  They only use euthanasia for animals that are dangerous to the public, or if they are terminally ill.
I think the no-kill shelters are much better than the alternative. Do you know anything else?
Well most european countries actually prevent the killing of healthy stray dogs.
That's very thoughtful of them, I'm glad to hear that. Do you know when animal shelters first started?
knowledge: Critics believe the new term ''animal shelter'' is generally a euphemism for the older term ''pound''.
response: No I'm afraid I don't.  Did you know that " animal shelter" is a euphemism for "pound," an older term that was used?
history: I was thinking about volunteering at an animal shelter, do you know anything about them?
Oh cool.   Well I know about "no-kill" shelters.   Even if it's full, a "no-kill" shelter will not kill treatable or healthy animals.  They only use euthanasia for animals that are dangerous to the public, or if they are terminally ill.
I think the no-kill shelters are much better than the alternative. Do you know anything else?
Well most european countries actually prevent the killing of healthy stray dogs.
That's very thoughtful of them, I'm glad to hear that. Do you know when animal shelters first started?
No I'm afraid I don't.  Did you know that " animal shelter" is a euphemism for "pound," an older term that was used?
That makes sense, what's the distinction between a shelter and a pound?
knowledge: The word ''pound'' had its origins in the animal pounds of agricultural communities, where stray livestock would be penned or impounded until claimed by their owners.
response: Well a pound is a place where stray livestock would be impounded until they were claimed by their owners.