Surrendered animals may be destroyed immediately. Sixth, The greatest tragedies of live animal drop off facilities are the animals abandoned inside them. Living,sentient animals suffer fear,abandonment, and frequently injury. Unwanted animals, victims, are punished for irresponsible behavior on the part of owners and narrow- minded thinking on the part of public officials. Some who use live animal drop boxes argue that these facilities are in the public interest because they protect human citizens from diseases such as rabies.
Rabies occurs most often in wild animals.
Dogs and cats are best protected against rabies by effective vaccination programs, not by drop off facilities. Every state has rabies control programs. Relatively few resort to the use of severely ill designed and ill equipped drop boxes, bins, or cages. Please consider the use of these live animal drops and, perhaps, the general state of animal cruelty laws. Click on the links below to sign petitions for the State of North Carolina, to learn how you can actively participate in closing drop sites now open, and in establishing legislation to make live animal drop sites permanently illegal.