This has been traveling around with no reference of source:
“I think our society needs a huge “Wake-up” call. As a shelter manager, I am going to share a little insight with you all…a view from the inside if you will.
First off, all of you breeders/sellers should be made to work in the “back” of an animal shelter for just one day. Maybe if you saw the life drain from a few sad, lost, confused eyes, you would change your mind about breeding and selling to people you don’t even know.”
Speaking as someone who has worked with rescue people, and interviewed (if not worked) and volunteered at multiple animal shelters, I’d just like to second this, and point out that, while the language is a bit emphatic and there may be slight exaggeration for emphasis, the exaggeration is slight. And the picture of the pile of cats? Absolutely, 100% true to life, or, rather, true to death. That’s a full-size walk in freezer, and imagine how many animals the pictured facility must “handle” per year that they needed to purchase such a thing. And that’s one facility.
Does this piss you off? Scare you? Make you want to hug your kitties? Do something about it. Donate to your local shelter so it can keep animals longer or pay for kennel cough treatment. Ask how you can help educate people about adoption and encourage people to adopt. Above all, don’t get mad at the shelters…they are just dealing, as best they can, with the problem. They didn’t cause it. Does this photo, this article, make you sick? Help your local animal shelter. Help fix the problem.
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