A major miracle happened in our shelter and the FCHS community in the last 10 days. Unfortunately it is a miracle we have been having to reach for about every 10 days for the last 3 months. Last Thursday, 09/11 we sent 31 dogs to Central and Eastern Kansas and on 09/13 we sent 20 dogs to Colorado. However by the end of the day on 09/13 the shelter was already 90% full again! How does that happen you ask? Lots of reasons, but the primary reason is our throw away society. People move often in our community it seems, and a lack of pet friendly housing (and there is an unfortunate reason for that also) means that it is hard to find a place to rent where people can take their pets. People go out of town and fail to make proper arrangements for the care of their pets while they are gone. People fail to keep their animals properly contained in their yards, homes and kennels. People abandon their animals on county roads and strange neighborhoods. People fail to spay and neuter their animals and too many unwanted litters find themselves in homes unsuited for their breed or level of care required. The cycle is unending, but the common thread is people. But the miracle that happened is that through the dedication of Humane Society foster families, shelter staff, volunteers,donors, rescue partners, and cross posters, and van drivers, we managed to send another 34 dogs in two vans to Colorado today. And three lucky pitbulls will leave for South Dakota on Sunday. We are a village of untiring (albeit tired) dedicated and unwavering animal lovers. Unfortunately there are still way more of the people I described in the first paragraph, than in the second paragraph. To try to cutdown on the number of unwanted and uncared for animals in this community, the Humane Society is also addressing that issue by sponsoring the National Spay Alliances visit to our community. Please promote spay and neuter to your family and friends. It truly saves lives, tax dollars, and lots of man hours. Unfortunately no matter how hard we try, we will never be able to keep up with the constant inflows of unwanted pets into our shelter without more effort on the part of our community to stem the tide. And the only true answer to the dilemma is spay and neuter. Do your part. Spay and neuter your pets as soon as they are old enough, in most cases 4-6 months of age. Be part of the solution, and not a part of the problem.
Posted on: Fri, 19 Sep 2014 15:37:35 +0000
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