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If someone is going to kill them, should that agency be an animal welfare society?

Kelly Aitkin was caught when she worked for the Newfoundland SPCA, as so many compassionate workers at humane societies have been, in the problem of what should be done with society's unwanted pet animals. Kelly asked, "When the last foster home is filled and your neighbor's cat has yet another litter, where do we put them?"

The short answer is a question: If someone is going to kill them, should that agency be an animal welfare society, supported by animal lovers, or an government agency paid for by taxpayers?

AAS began saying many years ago that the disposal of pet animals is a government responsibility and that for an animal welfare society to do this is corrupting in that it almost always leads to cruelty, secrecy, and dishonesty by the disposing societies. We proved many times over that this happened in BC.

But it is said with greater authority by the leader of the no-kill movement, Richard Avanzino, a lawyer who became president of the San Francisco SPCA in the 1990s, who says, "We were founded to protect our communities animals and provide for their well being, not to perform animal control or kill cats and dogs. The killing function is a government responsibility and passing it off to a humane organization through a contract is a disconnect."
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Maple Ridge SPCA buck provincial trend
Is any SPCA no-kill?
The SPCA's list of 56 reasons it can kill for while saying it doesn't kill except to end the suffering of an animal that is 'beyond medical help'
I currently have a cat hanging around my house who meets #21, #13, #25 and #55 on the SPCA's list of 56 reasons to euthanize
SPCA: #27 - Head trauma and/or #38 - Neurological problems and consequently require #18 - Behavior assessment!
I rescued a mother cat and her 3 beautiful kittens and turned them over ...
Experiences at the NFLD SPCA raises questions
If someone is going to kill them, should that agency be an animal welfare society?
Simple: just be honest and soon there will be nothing to criticize and no more critics to threaten to sue
Why are fewer animals being left at SPCA 'shelters'?
People are trusting the alternatives to the SPCA
Action for Animals in Distress "takes senior cats from shelters like the SPCA where they would normally be euthanized"
Bad personal experiences means more people trust the alternatives to the SPCA
My experience with most of the staff all those years is that they were uncaring and even rude and arrogant
Hard to choose my favourite reason to kill on the SPCA's list
If goverment had a list like this for humans, think of the money that would be saved
Same old, same old: #17 'Excessive vocalization'
What reasons on the '56 Reasons' list did the SPCA use to kill Richmond resident Michael Carich's cats? *LINK*
#11 'Declared dangerous' - Raymond's video
This is why some SPCA staff are still stealing animals from SPCAs
I think the public deserves to know so it can decide who to donate to based on true facts
Faith destroyed
Where I live there is a humane society that is the same as your SPCA
One way to relieve distress is to kill the distressed
Re: One way to relieve distress is to kill the distressed *LINK* *PIC*
Please honour Gwen by reading her story *LINK* *PIC*
Do the SPCA fine words match its actions?
Not the case for small animals
How many of the SPCA's reasons are reasonable?
L.A.: Settlement Sets Stricter Rules for Animal Killing at Shelters *LINK*
Shamefully, animal advocates in BC will have to make the BC SPCA limit the reasons it can kill
"Our limited resources are better used in caring for animals than in litigation,"

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