https://www.peta.org/blog/viral-photos-abandoned-dog-open-admission-shelters-vital/
Viral Photos of Abandoned Dog Shows Why Open-Admission Shelters Are Vital
Published May 19, 2022 by
Sara Oliver.
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Baby Girl and Her Guardian Were Turned Away by Seven Animal Shelters
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Baby Girl’s guardian had reportedly been rejected by
seven animal shelters, even after explaining that she is unhoused and undergoing chemotherapy.
One shelter told her that she must wait an entire week before they could accommodate Baby Girl, denying the dog the immediate care she desperately needed for her untreated diabetes—which can be fatal. Even the Wisconsin Humane Society, the shelter that ultimately took Baby Girl in, instructs people who want to surrender an animal to make an appointment, pay a surrender fee, and provide a photo ID—requirements that many people cannot or will not meet.
Why Would a Shelter Not Take In an Animal in Need?
Baby Girl’s story is common, and many situations like hers don’t have a happy ending. Instead, thousands of abandoned animals won’t be found by caring people and will be hit by cars, be shot, or endure an equally grisly death, including by starvation.
Animal companions depend entirely on their guardians for stability, protection, and all aspects of their care. Sometimes, the best decision a guardian can make is to surrender an animal. Shelters that have surrender fees, waiting lists, and other misguided and
downright dangerous “no-kill” policies are directly responsible for many instances of abandonment.
Shelters are
turning animals away and refusing to accept sick, elderly, or unsocialized ones—or any cats at all—
because taking them in hurts their “saved” statistics. When shelters make it difficult (or impossible) for people to do the right thing and bring in unwanted cats and dogs, they put the animals in grave danger....
