tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7211747217875691594.post5293997509230341333..comments2023-07-13T04:13:09.442-06:00Comments on Animal Sheltering ... then and NOW: Socialization and enrichment for sheltered animalsMichel Meunierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01396398586094293550noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7211747217875691594.post-83149305374563008952009-09-27T11:11:48.944-06:002009-09-27T11:11:48.944-06:00Having worked in shelters for many years, includin...Having worked in shelters for many years, including the shelter in Las Cruces, I can be a witness that cats are treated as "second class citizens".<br /><br />I believe that the LC shelter actually allows stress on purpose, killing a cat that is sick can be "excused". It looks better in the reports that the cats were sick, its a “good reason” to kill, its being “humane”. <br />The LC shelter has not had even an attempt at a shelter pet enrichment program for over three years. <br />I know; I was the one who attempted to put one in place when the shelter was still calling itself a Humane Society. At every turn I was blocked by shelter management,but the volunteers, did make some changes for the better. Only to have them disappear when the volunteer program fell apart after I left.<br /><br />The failure of animal sheltering in Las Cruces is one of the most frustrating and depressing situations that I have ever experienced.... Because it does not have to be this way, the answers are out there the opportunities that are available are being ignored, again and again.<br />The only change will come from the people of Las Cruces, the single voices that will join together to turn the tide and bring the walls of bureaucracy down and the light of reason in.Kimberly Donerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05355695843204550670noreply@blogger.com