It would have been better to have been built on some flat land and had a really good design from the beginning. But what I want more than anything is for us to have a really good law department. We get so many phone calls of cruelty cases. We see abused animals coming in here, and we know the people bringing them in are also abusing them, but there's absolutely no way we can prosecute these people or do anything about it. And while a shortage of workers and volunteers keeps Liz busy at the shelter, she does try to visit schools whenever asked.
Kids here are very frightened by dogs.
They're taught that dogs bite, so when they see a dog they instinctively freeze or run away. I find by the end of an hour, the kids are taught and everyone's petting the dog. I think that, rather than talking a lot, actually is a better way to put across animal welfare.