Quote from: "~Souza~"I tweeted the thread, but I don't understand something. Do they put down healthy animals in the US?
Souza - It depends on what kind of shelter the animal is left at. Some shelters in the US are "no-kill" facilities and will keep animals until they are adopted. However, unfortunately most shelters are not no-kill facilities and animals are eventually put down if they are not adopted. The length of time a shelter will keep an animal varies by shelter and space in the shelter. If the shelter has the space and means to support an animal for a lengthy amount of time, they will, but many shelters simply don't have the space or money. Unfortunately there are just too many irresponsible and/or heartless people who don't properly care for their pets and just dump them off somewhere.
One of my dogs is a stray that someone dumped off. I have had him for 4 years now, and just found out this past summer, to my horror, that he had been shot sometime in the past. I had to have him x-rayed because of a massive welt that developed under his chin (evidently he had been bitten by a snake and it was infected), and the x-ray showed a pellet embedded in his chest area. I don't know if it was just a pellet gun shot or a shotgun shot because the x-ray was cut off right next to the pellet and didn't capture much of the chest area. Now I understand why he is morbidly afraid of gun shots, fireworks and thunder. He's my little survivor!
