history: Hi, I used to work at an animal shelter back in college.
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: Did they rescue mostly cats and dogs, or was there any wildlife there as well?
history: Hi, I used to work at an animal shelter back in college.
Did they rescue mostly cats and dogs, or was there any wildlife there as well?
Mostly cats and dogs. Have you heard of no-kill shelters?
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: I sure have!  They sometimes have to euthanize animals that are sick though.  They also may euthanize an animal that's not claimed quickly enough.
history: Hi, I used to work at an animal shelter back in college.
Did they rescue mostly cats and dogs, or was there any wildlife there as well?
Mostly cats and dogs. Have you heard of no-kill shelters?
I sure have!  They sometimes have to euthanize animals that are sick though.  They also may euthanize an animal that's not claimed quickly enough.
That is terrible. Such shelters should not exist!
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 hear you.  You might be interested to hear that in the US there is no organization run by the government that provides oversight of the shelters.
history: Hi, I used to work at an animal shelter back in college.
Did they rescue mostly cats and dogs, or was there any wildlife there as well?
Mostly cats and dogs. Have you heard of no-kill shelters?
I sure have!  They sometimes have to euthanize animals that are sick though.  They also may euthanize an animal that's not claimed quickly enough.
That is terrible. Such shelters should not exist!
I hear you.  You might be interested to hear that in the US there is no organization run by the government that provides oversight of the shelters.
We should pressure the government into providing protection for this.
knowledge: However, many individual states do regulate shelters within their jurisdiction.
response: Perhaps.  In some cases though, the individual states do regulate shelters.
history: Hi, I used to work at an animal shelter back in college.
Did they rescue mostly cats and dogs, or was there any wildlife there as well?
Mostly cats and dogs. Have you heard of no-kill shelters?
I sure have!  They sometimes have to euthanize animals that are sick though.  They also may euthanize an animal that's not claimed quickly enough.
That is terrible. Such shelters should not exist!
I hear you.  You might be interested to hear that in the US there is no organization run by the government that provides oversight of the shelters.
We should pressure the government into providing protection for this.
Perhaps.  In some cases though, the individual states do regulate shelters.
Oh, well at least thats something. Its important that there should be some regulation of shelters!
knowledge: One of the earliest comprehensive measures was the ''Georgia Animal Protection Act'' of 1986.
response: There is a measure that is pretty comprehensive called the Georgia Animal Protection Act of 1986.