About SNR - Shelter, Neuter Return of Cats Nathan Winograd has an interesting article on his Facebook wall today about a fairly new acronym related to cats: SNR - shelter, neuter, return. It is one we think is timely in consideration of what we are told is taking place at our shelter regarding cats. If the cats are truly lost or abandoned, shelters should not forget that they have a mandate to help reunite families. Since the choice presented—SNR or death—is a false one, breaking up families by simply releasing animals back on the streets without trying to find their existing home is at odds with that mission. This view loses sight of what, in fact, is one of the primary functions and mandates of a taxpayer funded, municipal animal shelter: to provide a safe haven for the lost animals of local people and a place where they can go to find them. And if the family does not show up, if cats are truly without a human home and they are social with people, they should be given one. In fact, the shelter is obligated to find them a loving, new one. That’s their job.
Posted on: Thu, 23 Oct 2014 20:57:08 +0000
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