The NV SPCA will and does kill on demand without proof of ownership. I strongly believe we should not support this practice. Secondly, how do we not know that some of these animals have not been taken down to the shelter by annoyed neighbors or just plain creeps and had them destroyed just so they would not return. We have made similar phone calls to every branch of the Vancouver SPCA, and not once were we urged to reconsider, to find a home for our dog, or an offer that they have us surrender the dog to them so that they could find a new home for it. The NV SPCA does not approach alternatives such as fostering, working with animal rescue groups, breed specific groups, web pages, aggressive marketing of the animals i.e. mobile adoption clinics or volunteers acting as people greeters, animal matchers, a log of animals either being given up or wanted by the public that are still at homes.
Most people find shelters depressing.
Or maybe just because they're matted, or bark too much, or are terrified of the cold, brutal hell they suddenly find themselves in, abandoned by the family they would sooner die for than abandon. Cat rescue also has to sneak cats out of SPCA's. Breed rescue organizations are treated the same way. Malamute Rescue of Coquitlam sent notices to all the Vancouver SPCA's telling them that they would take any malamute, or malamute cross that was scheduled for destruction. The answer was that when they were ready to put a dog down, they didn't have time to phone.