history: I feel bad for dogs in an animal shelter.
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: I see. They also keep cats and some other types of animals.
history: I feel bad for dogs in an animal shelter.
I see. They also keep cats and some other types of animals.
Why are they in the shelter?
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: I don't know, but I know that most countries in Europe allow the killing of stray dogs who are healthy.
history: I feel bad for dogs in an animal shelter.
I see. They also keep cats and some other types of animals.
Why are they in the shelter?
I don't know, but I know that most countries in Europe allow the killing of stray dogs who are healthy.
That is sad. Are the laws regarding that in America?
knowledge: One of the earliest comprehensive measures was the ''Georgia Animal Protection Act'' of 1986.
response: I don't know about all of America, but there's a law in Georgia called the Animal Protection Act that was passed in 1986.
history: I feel bad for dogs in an animal shelter.
I see. They also keep cats and some other types of animals.
Why are they in the shelter?
I don't know, but I know that most countries in Europe allow the killing of stray dogs who are healthy.
That is sad. Are the laws regarding that in America?
I don't know about all of America, but there's a law in Georgia called the Animal Protection Act that was passed in 1986.
Who voted on that protection act?
knowledge: The law was enacted in response to the inhumane treatment of companion animals by a pet store chain in Atlanta.
response: I'm probably not the best system to ask for that information, but the law came about after a pet store in Atlanta was found to be mistreating companion animals.
history: I feel bad for dogs in an animal shelter.
I see. They also keep cats and some other types of animals.
Why are they in the shelter?
I don't know, but I know that most countries in Europe allow the killing of stray dogs who are healthy.
That is sad. Are the laws regarding that in America?
I don't know about all of America, but there's a law in Georgia called the Animal Protection Act that was passed in 1986.
Who voted on that protection act?
I'm probably not the best system to ask for that information, but the law came about after a pet store in Atlanta was found to be mistreating companion animals.
Did they hurt the pets?
knowledge: In the United States there is no government-run organization that provides oversight or regulation of the various shelters on a national basis.
response: I have no clue. Getting back to laws, there's actually no federal organization that has oversight on animal shelters.