Quote Originally Posted by Chester & Teagan
Hmm not sure where your from. But even in WA where Im at, you may see the people walking them. But it makes you wonder.. hmm a 6x4 kennel al day, in the company of other mad barking dogs. Dogs arent meant to be kenneled most of the day. Also, with short amount of volunteers and people working there, dogs hardly have enough walks suitable for them...
Neither are people. Yet, oddly enough, prison inmates aren't jumping at the opportunity for a death sentence.

Death is much better for them then a life in a kennel, and being over populated by the ever increasing unwanted cats and dogs. AT the ANimal shelter near us, they rarely get walked or run. They have a small 20ft long x 10ft wide kennel, and go out there three times a day.. for 15mins.. yeah.. what a Halocaust IMO...
For starters, who exactly deemed PETA, or you, the final arbitrator of whether death or a certain lifestyle is better? If you were in prison would you want to die? They live in very similar conditions. Yet most of them would just as soon live.

Dogs aremeant to run many many miles a day and all in the wild.. in cpativity, they dont get enough excersize as they would. And being caged isnt that fun. And regular interactions? R-ight. Surrounded by 30+ dogs, and only 10, MAYBE 10 people actually volunteering/working there to hndled, them.. the only interaction they get is form barking dogs, and MAYBE few people sticking their hands in the kennel to try and pet the poor thing... what fun...
Dogs aren't wild animals... we have bred them to domestication. A dog wouldn't survive "in the wild" very long at all. When people throw their dogs in the street, do you often see them running for the forest? Nope.

And yes, they get fed daily and most animal shelters are very good at what they do, even with the limited funding and assistance. And if your shelter is having a lot of problems with volunteers, perhaps you should offer your assistance, instead of advocating we kill them all.