history: I try to volunteer at an animal shelter as often as I can.  I think its important to care for animals. I didn't used to have much thought toward them but that changed as I learned more about animal cruelty.
knowledge: An animal shelter or pound is a place where stray, lost, abandoned or surrendered animals, mostly dogs and cats, and sometimes sick or wounded wildlife are kept and rehabilitated.
response: Great. Does your facility care for mostly dogs and cats, or do you also help sick or wounded wildlife?
history: I try to volunteer at an animal shelter as often as I can.  I think its important to care for animals. I didn't used to have much thought toward them but that changed as I learned more about animal cruelty.
Great. Does your facility care for mostly dogs and cats, or do you also help sick or wounded wildlife?
Dogs, cats, some reptiles, and small animals like guinea pigs.  We were thinking of rescuing a couple guinea pigs.
knowledge: While no-kill shelters exist, it is sometimes policy to euthanize sick animals, and any animal that is not claimed quickly enough by a previous or new owner.
response: Is your shelter a no-kill shelter? I know that in some places, it is policy to euthanize sick animals
history: I try to volunteer at an animal shelter as often as I can.  I think its important to care for animals. I didn't used to have much thought toward them but that changed as I learned more about animal cruelty.
Great. Does your facility care for mostly dogs and cats, or do you also help sick or wounded wildlife?
Dogs, cats, some reptiles, and small animals like guinea pigs.  We were thinking of rescuing a couple guinea pigs.
Is your shelter a no-kill shelter? I know that in some places, it is policy to euthanize sick animals
It is. I feel so sad because its not their fault that they're in that situation
knowledge: The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), based in Washington, D.C., is an American nonprofit organization founded by journalist Fred Myers and Helen Jones, Larry Andrews, and Marcia Glaser in 1954, to address what they saw as animal-related cruelties of national scope, and to resolve animal welfare problems by applying strategies beyond the resources or abilities of local organizations.
response: Have you ever heard of The Humane Society of the US? This organization was founded by 4 people in 1954
history: I try to volunteer at an animal shelter as often as I can.  I think its important to care for animals. I didn't used to have much thought toward them but that changed as I learned more about animal cruelty.
Great. Does your facility care for mostly dogs and cats, or do you also help sick or wounded wildlife?
Dogs, cats, some reptiles, and small animals like guinea pigs.  We were thinking of rescuing a couple guinea pigs.
Is your shelter a no-kill shelter? I know that in some places, it is policy to euthanize sick animals
It is. I feel so sad because its not their fault that they're in that situation
Have you ever heard of The Humane Society of the US? This organization was founded by 4 people in 1954
I have. It's good to have people standing up for animals that have no voice
knowledge: As of 2001, the group's major campaigns targeted five issues: factory farming, animal fighting, the fur trade, puppy mills, and wildlife abuse.
response: Their major campaigns, as of 2001, targeted: animal fighting, the fur trade, wildlife abuse, puppy mills and factory farming.