Thread: PETA Killed 95 percent of adoptable pets in its care last year.

Compared to the ASPCA's 64%.....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_...nimal_shelters

So? If people weren't obsessed with buying purebreds from breeders and pet stores then these animals wouldn't have to be destroyed.

Who among here bought a purebred from a breeder or a pet store? You killed a shelter dog with your choice.

If you want a purebred, go to a rescue group.

Otherwise, adopt a mutt.

Always find the source of the problem people.

Originally Posted by cop1991

Compared to the ASPCA's 64%.....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_...nimal_shelters

That isn't the ASPCA's number. That is the number from a survey done by the Humane Society that polled "1000 shelters" and arived at the following results:

According to the American Humane Association, an estimated 9.6 million animals are euthanized in the United States every year. Out of 1,000 shelters responding to a survey, 2.7 million of 5.3 million animals or 64% were euthanized. 56% of dogs and 71% of cats that enter shelters were euthanized. 15% of dogs and 2% of cats were reunited with their owners; 25% of dogs and 24% of cats were adopted. The majority of these are euthanized at animal shelters, typically after a standard period of time (ranging from several days to several weeks for unclaimed stray animals).

None of which is cited or backed by any sort of evidence. I wouldn't be surprised if those numbers aren't true but again, they have no evidence or sources backing them.

Originally Posted by Arreo

Originally Posted by cop1991

Compared to the ASPCA's 64%.....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_...nimal_shelters

That isn't the ASPCA's number. That is the number from a survey done by the Humane Society that polled "1000 shelters" and arived at the following results:

According to the American Humane Association, an estimated 9.6 million animals are euthanized in the United States every year. Out of 1,000 shelters responding to a survey, 2.7 million of 5.3 million animals or 64% were euthanized. 56% of dogs and 71% of cats that enter shelters were euthanized. 15% of dogs and 2% of cats were reunited with their owners; 25% of dogs and 24% of cats were adopted. The majority of these are euthanized at animal shelters, typically after a standard period of time (ranging from several days to several weeks for unclaimed stray animals).

None of which is cited or backed by any sort of evidence. I wouldn't be surprised if those numbers aren't true but again, they have no evidence or sources backing them.

Touche. But 81% of the animals that PETA, the leading "don't kill animals they have feelings just like us" organization, had ownership of were killed.

Originally Posted by Captain Coors

So? If people weren't obsessed with buying purebreds from breeders and pet stores then these animals wouldn't have to be destroyed.

Who among here bought a purebred from a breeder or a pet store? You killed a shelter dog with your choice.

If you want a purebred, go to a rescue group.

Otherwise, adopt a mutt.

Always find the source of the problem people.

Exactly.

I have worked for the Humane Society. It was a shelter that euthanized animals. It was really tough to watch some of the dogs and cats be put down.

But you know what was way tougher?

Having to intake a pair of St. Bernards who were all but dead because their owner kept these two big dogs in a 4'x3'x6' foot concrete box. They both had raw, bleeding leasions from the abrasion with the concrete that were infected for weeks. One of them had a foot that had been broken in multiple places for over three months and was never treated. She lost her leg below the knee.

Or the dogs that cowered in fear from me because I was a tall man and in their experience tall men only abused them, beat them or kicked them around.

Or the cats that were starved to within an inch of their life. Who had every form of parasite known to science. Who's hearts were surrounded and being eaten by heartworms because their owners couldn't spend $10 a month to get them heartworm pills.

Or the black labs who people abandoned on the sides of roads because one time they thought it would be great to mate their lab with a buddies lab without bothering to think of how to take care of the puppies.

Or seeing animals that would never, ever be adopted because they had such deep seated behavioral issues that no amount of love would ever solve. Issues they developed after being abused, ignored, or unloved by the very people who bought them.

The problem isn't PETA killing animals, the problem is the stupidity and indifference of people that puts animals in situations where the only humane thing to do is put them down.

Originally Posted by Captain Coors

So? If people weren't obsessed with buying purebreds from breeders and pet stores then these animals wouldn't have to be destroyed.

Who among here bought a purebred from a breeder or a pet store? You killed a shelter dog with your choice.

If you want a purebred, go to a rescue group.

Otherwise, adopt a mutt.

Always find the source of the problem people.

A mut does not pick up ducks. I own purebreds, does that make me a monster? My dogs get the best love and care a dog could have. So two shelter dogs died because I bought purebred labs with a great blood line? I can live with that and will sleep well tonight.

Nuck

Way to completely miss the point of the thread nuck. The lab is the most popular dog in the USA according to AKC. You really think all those people are training and hunting them?

And if they are...why not go to a retriever rescue and pickup a dog or two that someone else has grown tired of?

I an digressing with this comment: But bloodline can sure be compensated for by good trainer handling and skill, unless you are a competitive handler or military/law enforcement then I concur every edge on bloodline does matter.

For the record I have a "secondhand" golden retriever and "secondhand" sheltie and I'm well versed in workdog handling with both of them... so don't feed me bloodline, "need them from the breeder" bullshit.