Robeson County Animal Shelter North Carolina. Is anyone nearby that can verify this?

[Shugardrawers]

I don't care one bit. They're animals. Animals which have been overbred by all the idiots who just have to have kittens and puppies and think its mean to spay and neuter. Who cares, they will have a full shelter in a month.

Now saying that I think this is all a fake story anyway. They don't say anywhere on that site that the animals will be killed. They say to contact by the 22 because they are going to be close for Christmas. I don't know many shelters open on everyday, that doesn't mean they kill their animals every time they close.

FIRST, THE FACT THE SHELTER WILL BE CLOSED MAKES NO DIFFERENCE IN WHETHER ADOPTIONS WILL/WIL NOT BE MADE! MANY SHELTERS ADOPT/ GIVE THEIR EMPLOYEES TIME OFF ON HOLIDAYS AND THOOOOOOSE SAME DOGS/CATS ARE ADOPTAGLE ON THE DAY BEFORE AND AFTER A HOLIDAY! THEY ARE NO PUT DOWN BECAAAAAAAUSE IT XMAS OR TUIRKEY DAY OR EASTERR OR WHATEVER. PEALEASE DO YOU HOEWEORLK!!! iF YO WANAT A SSHELTER DOG OR CAT, IT WILL BE THERE FOOR YOU, EVEN AFTER A HODLIDAY, IF YIOU REQUEST. YOU OLNY HAVE TO QASK.

YES I FEREELY ADMIT TO DIRNKING TONNIGHT. TTHAT DDDOES DNOT MEAAAAAAN I DON KNW WAAHTAT I'M TAAAAALK,ING ABOUT!!! MANTY DOG AND CATTTTT LLUOVERS WIL COME BEHINND ME AND TEL YOU SAAME THIHNG. pLEASE TRY THE SHELTER 1ST. IGNNNRORE THE SXTUPUD URBASSND LEGANDS AND ASKS HERRE FOR REAAL ANDDD RTURE HELP....mANY OF US THINK ANIMAL ARE IOMMPIORTANT ENOUTH THAT WE'LL GET Y9O THERE

 

[Dax]

FIRST, THE FACT THE SHELTER WILL BE CLOSED MAKES NO DIFFERENCE IN WHETHER ADOPTIONS WILL/WIL NOT BE MADE! MANY SHELTERS ADOPT/ GIVE THEIR EMPLOYEES TIME OFF ON HOLIDAYS AND THOOOOOOSE SAME DOGS/CATS ARE ADOPTAGLE ON THE DAY BEFORE AND AFTER A HOLIDAY! THEY ARE NO PUT DOWN BECAAAAAAAUSE IT XMAS OR TUIRKEY DAY OR EASTERR OR WHATEVER. PEALEASE DO YOU HOEWEORLK!!! iF YO WANAT A SSHELTER DOG OR CAT, IT WILL BE THERE FOOR YOU, EVEN AFTER A HODLIDAY, IF YIOU REQUEST. YOU OLNY HAVE TO QASK.

YES I FEREELY ADMIT TO DIRNKING TONNIGHT. TTHAT DDDOES DNOT MEAAAAAAN I DON KNW WAAHTAT I'M TAAAAALK,ING ABOUT!!! MANTY DOG AND CATTTTT LLUOVERS WIL COME BEHINND ME AND TEL YOU SAAME THIHNG. pLEASE TRY THE SHELTER 1ST. IGNNNRORE THE SXTUPUD URBASSND LEGANDS AND ASKS HERRE FOR REAAL ANDDD RTURE HELP....mANY OF US THINK ANIMAL ARE IOMMPIORTANT ENOUTH THAT WE'LL GET Y9O THERE

OK I had to at this one...Just made my morning.

 

[Shugardrawers]

OK I had to at this one...Just made my morning.

I'm glad it made YOUR morning because I have quite the now. I was most definitely Dising under the influence for a few hours there In any event, I meant well.

The urban legend of shelters putting all the animals in their care down so their employees can have a holiday off is exactly that: AN URBAN LEGEND!!! I know this because I've worked MANY MANY MANY holidays for the Humane Society and SPCA as well as countless other small organizations. Absolutely NO ANIMAL WELFARE ORGANIZATION would EVER put down all the animals just because it's a holdiay. The people that work there are far, FAR too loving, caring and involved for that to happen. Often times, these people work for minimum wage or simply volunteer because they feel called to be there for the dogs and cats that society throws away. PLEASE, don't believe everything you see or hear! Call that shelter and ASK them! DO YOUR HOMEWORK BEFORE YOU GET DOZENS OF STRANGERS ON AN INTERNET BOARD WORKED UP!!!

If anyone SINCERELY feels called to help, PLEASE, I BEG OF YOU, go here

http://www.preciouspurrsandpaws.com/

We need all the help we can get. We are currently housing and attempting to rehome a couple of Michael Vick's "victims" and funds have dried up. We're working out of our own pockets strictly. My little Petey is this year's calander's Mr. January so it's WELL WORTH the money to order a copy and all proceeds go to care for these so called "unadoptable" souls.

Can you tell this is my passion?

 

[sorul82?]

FIRST, THE FACT THE SHELTER WILL BE CLOSED MAKES NO DIFFERENCE IN WHETHER ADOPTIONS WILL/WIL NOT BE MADE! MANY SHELTERS ADOPT/ GIVE THEIR EMPLOYEES TIME OFF ON HOLIDAYS AND THOOOOOOSE SAME DOGS/CATS ARE ADOPTAGLE ON THE DAY BEFORE AND AFTER A HOLIDAY! THEY ARE NO PUT DOWN BECAAAAAAAUSE IT XMAS OR TUIRKEY DAY OR EASTERR OR WHATEVER. PEALEASE DO YOU HOEWEORLK!!! iF YO WANAT A SSHELTER DOG OR CAT, IT WILL BE THERE FOOR YOU, EVEN AFTER A HODLIDAY, IF YIOU REQUEST. YOU OLNY HAVE TO QASK.

YES I FEREELY ADMIT TO DIRNKING TONNIGHT. TTHAT DDDOES DNOT MEAAAAAAN I DON KNW WAAHTAT I'M TAAAAALK,ING ABOUT!!! MANTY DOG AND CATTTTT LLUOVERS WIL COME BEHINND ME AND TEL YOU SAAME THIHNG. pLEASE TRY THE SHELTER 1ST. IGNNNRORE THE SXTUPUD URBASSND LEGANDS AND ASKS HERRE FOR REAAL ANDDD RTURE HELP....mANY OF US THINK ANIMAL ARE IOMMPIORTANT ENOUTH THAT WE'LL GET Y9O THERE

What exactly were you drinking and why didn't you share with the rest of us?

 

[jodifla]

This is very, very sad, but I'm surprised anyone is surprised. I'm sure it's a myth that animals are put down because shelter workers want a day off. I had a shelter dog and will hopefully have another one some day soon.

But animals are put down all the time because there are too many of them, and not enough owners. Particularly in very poor areas. It goes to the wealth of the people on these boards that folks can't understand what's going on here, that areas may feel they simply can't care for any more animals.

There's an explosion of unwanted animals in the Detroit area. With the economy in recession here for years, people are losing the homes, can't feed their families...so of course they can't take care of animals. And with everyone thinking they might lose their jobs tomorrow or next month, others don't take animals in.

It's sad, but it's nothing like the story in Detroit where a mother watched her own mother and children BURN to death because they had no money and were staying in a squalid, unsafe home that caught on fire. The mom got out, but the children, who were right behind her, didn't, in the darkness, confusion and panic.

THAT'S a tragedy.

 

[hiwaygal]

What exactly were you drinking and why didn't you share with the rest of us?

Most likely it was Two-Buck Chuck and my guess is it's gone

 

[WDSearcher]

Everything you have said may be true. That said, this thread amy have saved one dog. One cat. Everyone of them counts and kudo's to the person that started this thread. Every call and E-mail to the media, the shelters etc helps. We cant save them all, but can save them one at a time~~~

But that's kind of my point. The OP was frantic about this animal shelter that she heard about in an e-mail chain. This thread was started, and people are beside themselves trying to find out exactly what's happening, and to find help for these animals in NC. So yes, perhaps the OP who started this thread saved a dog in NC. At the same time, a dog or cat closer to the OP's home was put down because they were not adopted and had reached their "last day" and no one was frantic and starting threads and getting that animal saved. That was kind of where I was trying to go. That it's great to have this rally ... this flurry of action and indignation and anger about this one shelter. But it means nothing if tomorrow comes and you forget.

 

[Planogirl]

I volunteer with a rescue group. I have 3 kittens that are adopted that will go home tomorrow and I'm picking up four more from a shelter tomorrow, that will go up for adoptiong. I"m leaving for Disney for two weeks in January..but I have to make sure my home is empty of kittens first. There are many more at that shelter where I am picking up tomorrow, and space is tight. If you really want to help, offer to foster and work adoption clinics. Get the word out to spay and neuter One male and one female cat, unfixed and all their offspring will produce 240,000 kittens in 7 years. It seems that even though we spay and neuter upwards of 30-50 a week, we never catch up. So much of our resources go for the s/n clinics. We are always thinking up creative ways to get money to pay for this. Our adoption fee oof $80 only covers a small portion of the care these cats take.

We get phone calls daily from people not able to feed their children, let alone their cats. We try to give them a three month supply of litter and food to get them through. We can't take their cats in..we simply have no more room. We have to save what room we have to take the cats the shelters are about to put down..

Right now we have 37 feral cats that we will never get homes for, in our shelter. It's expensive to feed them and burn out among volunteers helping with the cleaning is high. There is just so much work involved. At this time we now trap them, spay or neuter, and return them to where we found them (and take all the flack for it..but what are we to do with them?). We have volunteers whose only job is to go out in the field and feed the ferals. It's so easy for people to tell us that is wrong to put them back, but just where do they think the cats should go? Do you have room in your house for a cat that will take months and months to even think of sitting on your lap? Is anyone here reading this from Upstate NY, that would like to take in a few cats that are unadoptable? Do you ahve a warm barn, and be willing to feed a couple of ferals? Just let me know.

Are you giving to your local shelter? I just went to Sams Club and picked up $200 worth of canned food. How long do you think that will last? Besides the ferals, we have about 30 cats waiting for a place in our adoption area and that number never goes down. We were just given two pregnant mama's..that means we need at least two foster homes right now, and four when it's time to wean. It's a 12 week commitment. Can you give 12 weeks? Often these kittens are born with parasites, they often have diahrrea and they crash quickly, so you have to know if they need fluids, or extra replacemnt milk. and everyone who fosters has to be able to vaccinate. Are you willing to take the time to learn all you need to know to foster?

How about working at our adoption clinics? We need two people each day for 2 hours, 4 hours on the weekend..for no pay. You have to be realiable. We also need two cleaners a day..one in the morning and one in the afternoon. My husband and I have cleaned the last four days, because the weather is so bad, the regular people didn't show up (we can't fire them for not showing..we don't pay them and are grateful for the time they give us), and we live closest to the Pet Store where we have our adoption clinics and keep the cats waiting to be adopted. Tonight the store lost power, and if it didn't come back on, we had to find warm homes to place the cats and transport them. That's just the people needed for the clinic. We have several who go to the shelter daily to help clean. We have people who trap the ferals, people who go dumpster diving, because someone heard meowing, and those kittens often are sick. Our vet bills are unbelievable. It just isn't a matter of..why can't you keep the cats forever.

Just thought I'd give some insight from the other side. I could go on and on about the work involved with saving our cats, and the lack of money to do it. Our adoptions are up..but so are our expensese. Fuel to keep our cats warm is the highest it's ever been. I've done 8 loads of laundry just from the adoption area in the last 4 days..other volunteers have also been doing laundry. Until you live it, you just can't judge the shelters. It's hard, and it's expensive. Again, please give to your local shelters and rescue groups. Let your wallet do the talking..

Thanks for posting this. I've heard these things before but this is a good reminder and hopefully eye-opening for a few others. Thanks for the work you do.

 

[hiwaygal]

But that's kind of my point. The OP was frantic about this animal shelter that she heard about in an e-mail chain. This thread was started, and people are beside themselves trying to find out exactly what's happening, and to find help for these animals in NC. So yes, perhaps the OP who started this thread saved a dog in NC. At the same time, a dog or cat closer to the OP's home was put down because they were not adopted and had reached their "last day" and no one was frantic and starting threads and getting that animal saved. That was kind of where I was trying to go. That it's great to have this rally ... this flurry of action and indignation and anger about this one shelter. But it means nothing if tomorrow comes and you forget.

I believe the OP is very involved in animal rescue in her locality...as many of us who posted here are. This is not something that only gets our attention once a year.

The outrage had to do with the rumor that this particular county run shelter was putting animals down because of the holidays.

We are realistic that about 4-6 MILLION animals are euthanized each year at shelters across the country. We know this...and we all try to help when and how we can. If we posted about this everyday, then this would soon be a Pet Rescue message board and there are already many of those.

If we have alerted others who would otherwise not know about the situation and encouraged them to help in any way they can, then maybe we have done more good all around and not just at this one shelter.

 

[burberryplaid]

I know this posted before on a previous page, but here is the Animal Rescue Click A Day site again:

http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com/clickToGive/home.faces?siteId=3

One the right hand corner is a link that says "Daily Click Reminders" If you sign up for that you'll get a daily e-mail to remind you to visit the site. I've been getting the reminders daily for a year now.

They also have a shop online with pet toys and gifts. A portion of each sale goes to the charities sponsored by the site.

 

[Youarehere]

I know this posted before on a previous page, but here is the Animal Rescue Click A Day site again:

http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com/clickToGive/home.faces?siteId=3

One the right hand corner is a link that says "Daily Click Reminders" If you sign up for that you'll get a daily e-mail to remind you to visit the site. I've been getting the reminders daily for a year now.

They also have a shop online with pet toys and gifts. A portion of each sale goes to the charities sponsored by the site.

I have shopped from this site- everything was excellent quality- the hooded fleece jacket is the thickest warmest fleece I own- better than my Land's End or North Face fleece.

They also do e-gift certs and the selection is huge- my recipients loved them.

 

[java]

I just saw on the news that NC sent a bunch of puppies up here to NJ. To try to save them. They didn't say exactly where they came from just NC. So I wonder if they found other shelter placements. *hmmm maybe we do need another dog.

 

[GoodFairies]

HBO showed this documentary a few years back.

It was hard to watch, but eye opening to see what the realities of life and work in an animal shelter are like: http://www.shelterdogs.org/

I watched that also. It was very sad. The shelter workers DO care about each and every animal, but there is only so much they can do.

 

[JoiseyMom]

I just saw on the news that NC sent a bunch of puppies up here to NJ. To try to save them. They didn't say exactly where they came from just NC. So I wonder if they found other shelter placements. *hmmm maybe we do need another dog.

They came from Ashville NC.

 

[Ppufi]

I don't care one bit. They're animals. Animals which have been overbred by all the idiots who just have to have kittens and puppies and think its mean to spay and neuter. Who cares, they will have a full shelter in a month.

Now saying that I think this is all a fake story anyway. They don't say anywhere on that site that the animals will be killed. They say to contact by the 22 because they are going to be close for Christmas. I don't know many shelters open on everyday, that doesn't mean they kill their animals every time they close.

Wow, someone overdosed on her ***** pills.


Those poor animals! People who kill harmless animals for no reason should be rounded up and shot, as well as be left to die painfully. That is cruel, what they are doing.

 

[GoodFairies]

Wow, someone overdosed on her ***** pills.


Those poor animals! People who kill harmless animals for no reason should be rounded up and shot, as well as be left to die painfully. That is cruel, what they are doing.

It's not NO reason. There is simply no room left in the shelter. Have you read beyond the first page?

 

[Glenn]

I recently talked to a friend 2 states away and their local shelter is doing something different to stretch funds & also help low income owners. Their staff, volunteers & lately others have been dropping off coupons that cannt use themselves for pet food, litter and even paper towels. What the shelter doesnt use they have been giving away to people down on their luck to help keep pets in their homes. Just a little savings might help someone keep that beloved pet. Just a suggestion for other groups to think of trying.

 

[Youarehere]

Wow, someone overdosed on her ***** pills.


Those poor animals! People who kill harmless animals for no reason should be rounded up and shot, as well as be left to die painfully. That is cruel, what they are doing.

No....

Perhaps the folks who dumped the pets in the first place. Perhaps folks who don't think their special snowflake needs to be fixed. Perhaps folks who think it is fun to have kittens and they will all be adopted anyhow. Round 'em up, shoot em down.

Do not blame the shelter workers. Just try doing their job. I know I would not sleep.

 

[Shugardrawers]

What exactly were you drinking and why didn't you share with the rest of us?

Nobody was up to join the party at 3am?

Most likely it was Two-Buck Chuck and my guess is it's gone

You know me much too well


The very very sad fact of life is that there are far too many unwanted pets in this country. We can't care for them all. Every day cats, dogs, small critters etc are put down in shelters all over the country because there's no other choice. As someone who's assisted in that heartwrenching procedure countless times I can tell you it's not fun. If it were up to the shelters, no animal would ever be put down and ESPECIALLY not just for a day off

The director of Petey's preschool (yes, my poodle goes to preschool, go ahead and laugh now) showed me an article in a shelter assoc. magazine that said: If we pooled ALL the government funds, donations, private shelters, volunteers, EVERY SINGLE RESOURCE this country has available, including dumpster diving for supplies AND requiring welfare receipients and jail inmates across the country to work community service solely dedicated to this one single cause....there would still not be enough resources to care for more than 60% and that's a highly optimistic estimate.

And as someone else said, it's wonderful that people are angry today. But will you still be tomorrow? What are you willing to do about it besides post angry smilies? I'll be right there in the trenches tomorrow, next month, next year, until they drag my carcass out of there. Dropping a single bag of dog food or cat food, some old blankets or $25 at the nearest shelter is incredibly easy, cheap and makes a world of difference. Don't complain if you aren't willing to do something.

 

[Magalex]

I think this is sad there is many misunderstandings about this shelter. What I can understand what is said about this "shelter" that it is more like the old fashion "pound". If you talk to a senior citizen about humane societies and all the services for animals that we have today they would probably tell you they remember visiting a pound and getting a dog for less then $10 and not knowing anything about the breed or condition of the dog. These "pound" like shelters(the ones that animals have less then 5 days) seem to be in rural, poor areas. I volunteer for the humane society in Pittsburgh and we have lot more services to offer and advantages to earn donations. I know it has been mention that we are trying to bring up puppies from the south because there is an area that are so over run by puppies. For our local rescues/shelters we have a large intake of adult pitbulls because of the urban setting we live in. So I think all rescues/shelters have their one big "challenge" or "goal" depending where they are located.