I really don’t know who I can contact regarding this but I’m very upset. Our local SPCA shelter has been turning away people who have been wanting to drop off cats. First of all, I am a cat lover with four of my own, and I don’t agree with people only taking in a pet until it becomes too inconvenient for them. But I thought the SPCA was supposed to be there for the animals regardless of what their irresponsible owners do. I have heard that people who have taken cats/kittens into the SPCA have been told the shelter cannot accept them because they already have too many. People said they are not going to leave with the cats/kittens and so they have been told by the shelter that the shelter will only accept them for euthanasia.

These poor animals didn’t ask to be brought into this cruel world and now they have to pay with their lives! Could the SPCA not check into other shelters around the province or other groups? Do you know the appropriate person to contact regarding this situation? It needs to stop. Over the weekend, approximately 40 cats/kittens were euthanasized because the shelter was too full.

I have tried speaking to the branch manager in the past but she doesn’t give out real statistics in my opinion. For example, months ago I heard parvo was going through the shelter. I had heard from a very reliable source (foster family and a shelter volunteer) that a total of 6 dogs/puppies died from this. When I asked the manager she said they had not lost one dog or puppy from parvo!!

Any advice you can offer would be appreciated.

Our reply
AAS is glad if your SPCA is starting to refuse to take in all animals and kill a lot of them because there are more surrendered animals than there are homes for them.

But it is disturbing to learn that this SPCA will take in animals knowing it will kill them. As you may have noticed, telling people you are going to kill, doesn't stop most of them from handing the animals over. The only honest policy is to say you won't take the animals at all. If you do, and then kill them, you are just an animal disposal plant.

And yes, the SPCA is the compiler and the keeper of SPCA death statistics, and so there is no way to trust them, even if the SPCA hadn't clearly fudged the figures for so many years.