I don't know how you came by this information about no-kills but mine says
something different. When the no-kills have space here is what I know about.

No-kills accept cats from other shelters (thus eliminating your cream of the
crop theory) to spear them from euthenasia.
No-kills have fostering programs so when they are filled to capacity some of
the cats are taken into private homes to be fostered.
No-kills have accepted cats from other areas besides their own. I know this
to be true because one of them did take in a cat that I rescued and I was in
a different city.
No-kills mean exactly that. They do not kill and will do everything they can
to find a cat a good and loving home.

I find it interesting that you state how experienced you are but totally
give mis-information when it comes to no-kill shelters.

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"Sharon Talbert" wrote in message

The alternative for some "no-kills" I know about:

Refusal of all but the cream of the crop
Acceptance of only "adoptables" from the immediate area
Euthanasia of the "unadoptables"
Transfer of the surplus animals to a public shelter for euthanasia
Tethering of suplus animals in alleyway behind shelter

Sad but true.

I respect the work that the "no-kill" shelters do, but I have zero
respect for those who look down their nose on the shelters who do
euthanise when there are no alternatives.

Ditto all over the place. And of course "no-kill" must logically be
accompanied by "kill." I recently communicated with a public shelter
employee who actually referred to her shelter as a "kill shelter."


The local city shelter will
euthanise any animal that has not been adopted in x number of days.
That should be unacceptable, but there are too few of us to change the
city's policy.


Not necessarily that there are too few of you, but that there are too many
unwanted pets pouring into the shelters. And, sadly, more than ever
pouring into (or attempting to, anyway) the so-called "no-kill" shelters.
People are assuming these private shelters are a safe haven for their
throwaway pets.

Sharon Talbert
Friends of Campus Cats

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