There are always more unwanted animals than we can house. It's Thursday morning now. A morning like every other morning except for the weekly task that looms before me every Thursday. There is a full house of animals at the Animal Control Center this week. As I walk down the gravel road that separates our facilities I can hear them barking and see some of them in their outside cages.
Every single cage is filled to capacity with several animals in each one.
Animals that never asked to be on this earth or in this place. When I open the door to the kennel area, a chorus of excited doggy voices greets me. Run two holds a very old Golden Retrimever, two small briar scarred Beagles and a shy German Shepherd. Run three holds four dogs held for biting and four has two Terrier mix puppies, five shepherd crosses and a small puppy so mixed in breed no recognizable one can be named. Run five holds several dogs unavailable for adoption at this time and six holds twelve different puppies varying in size, shape and breed.