by Maddie's Fund President, Rich Avaizino
"Many shelters say they don’t want to publish their statistics because the organization will look bad. If an agency fears looking bad, something is going on -- perhaps it’s not getting enough funding to do the job well, or it’s not properly supported by other animal welfare groups or the community. But if the organization isn’t getting the resources or backing it needs and large numbers of dogs and cats are dying as a result, shouldn’t the public know that? Don’t we owe it to the animals to tell the community what’s taking place in the shelter system, especially in public animal control facilities? Not only does the public have the right to know, but once the information is exposed, there is greater opportunity for solutions to be found to reduce the killing. If the community doesn’t know what’s happening, it can’t help."
Read the rest of his editorial HERE and ask yourself if you really know what is going on in the local shelters in regards to euthanasia, numbers of animals being saved, etc.
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