Although that could be a good warning shot, they may just ignore you and not doing anything.
The way to change things is to go to, say, the city council, or whomever hired them, and tell them you do not like what this pound is doing. Whatever you do, act professional. Dress professionally and tell them calmly you are a constituent who is concerned about what is going on. On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 9:11 AM, Alev Durmus <alev_dur...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Hi Christiane, > > Thank you so much...I am so sorry to find out about all these a little too > late...Yes, they show kittens, young cats, but very few seniors on their > website for adoption...They are a kill shelter and people do not know this. > People are happily donating money thinking they are helping the animals, > but they are helping them to be killed too. What can I do to change this? I > want to send them an email, what should I say? I want to say the right > things and not sound like a crazy woman... > > Thank you so much for your kind words, maybe River will be the reason that > this shelter does something about their policy. You (and the animals in > that area) are very lucky. Take care, > > Alev > ------------------------------ > *From:* Christiane Biagi <ti...@mindspring.com> > *To:* felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > *Sent:* Tuesday, October 16, 2012 12:49 PM > > *Subject:* [Felvtalk] "No-kill" animal shelter killing FeLV+ cat > > The caveat to the “no kill” (as defined in the Asilomar Accords) is that > all it means is they will not kill adoptable animals. Unfortunately, its > up to the individual shelter/rescue to define what they consider > “adoptable”. All too often, facilities that advertise themselves as “no > kill” really mean that they will kill all ill, senior, problem behavior, > etc. animals but never kill a healthy easily adoptable animals. These > kinds of facilities never ever publish their "euthanasia matrix” which is > where they define their policy on who they will kill. True no kills (as we > think it means & as defined by Nathan Winograd) are tough to find. I > volunteer for one such shelter in New Orleans (ARNO) & the handful of > animals they’ve put down have been terminally ill animals who were either > comatose or in intractable pain. They never put down for fiv or felv! > > The shelter you cited clearly is a kill shelter & why they wouldn’t have > alerted you to the cat’s test results & given you some time demonstrates an > attitude that is unfortunately all too common. I’m so sorry this happened > to you but please know that River had love from you—something she likely > hadn’t had in a very long time. > > *From:* Felvtalk > [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org<felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org>] > *On Behalf Of *Alev Durmus > *Sent:* Tuesday, October 16, 2012 11:15 AM > *To:* felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > *Subject:* [Felvtalk] "No-kill" animal shelter killing FeLV+ cat > > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > -- ---------------------------- Go Get a Life---Go Get a Shelter Animal! If you can't adopt, then foster "bottle baby" shelter animal, to save their life. Contact your local pound for information. <http://www.laanimalservices.com/volunteer_fostercare.htm> If you can't bottle feed, foster an older animal, to save their life, and to free up cage space. Ask your local animal pound to start saving over 90% of their intake by implementing the No Kill Equation: http://www.nokilladvocacycenter.org/shelter-reform/no-kill-equation/<http://www.nokilladvocacycenter.org/> Here's the current growing list of true No Kill communities: http://www.no-killnews.com/<http://www.nokillhouston.org/no-kill-shelters-in-north-america/> (see the right sidebar) Legislate better animal pound conditions: http://www.rescue50.org More fun reading: http://www.nokilladvocacycenter.org/shelter-reform/guides/ More fun watching: http://vimeo.com/nokill/videos especially http://vimeo.com/48445902 Local feral cat crisis? See Alley Cat Allies' for how to respond: http://www.alleycat.org/page.aspx?pid=537
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