NoKill Advocate, or anyone else, feel free to comment as you see fit.. -
espec. the ones where they claim to work with rescues and fosters.
I especially find interesting their wording when they say 'supports a very active spay/neuter program..'
Wow is that a mouthful! So we are to assume they 'support' this program but just choose to actively not engage in the program?
And the first line - "a sanctuary" I always thought sanctuary was a place of safety, not death.
Another goodie....indicating they make diligent efforts to find owners of lost dogs. I've talked with volunteers myself that have stated the Fritch's instructed workers not to tell owners coming in to find their lost dogs that their dogs were killed at the shelter. Most times without even an effort on the part of employees to notify owners their dogs were there. Some diligent effort.
Also, I have yet to hear of their animal behavior program in action. The last I heard was from animal trainers who have offered their services free of charge to help socialize animals and were refused by the Fritch's.
Here's the full list that is on the Lehigh Co. Humane Soc.'s website:
What the LCHS does for the Lehigh Valley as a full-service shelter:
• Provides sanctuary and care for all strays and injured animals
• Maintains facilities to provide extensive medical care
• Accepts owner relinquished animals
• Encourages adoptions of animals by qualified, new owners
• Makes diligent efforts to find the true owners of stray animals
• Supports a very active spay/neuter program through the shelter’s well
equipped surgery clinic
• Conducts cruelty investigations
• Provides emergency ambulance service on a 24/7 basis
• Supports an extensive education program for children, high school
students and adults
• Houses and quarantines suspected rabid animals for Lehigh County
• Works with reputable breed rescue groups
• Fosters animals to selected foster groups
• Maintains an animal behavior program to make animals more readily
adoptable
• Sponsors a Seniors for Pets program at preferred adoption rates.
• Supports an intensive, accredited two-year training initiative for
veterinary technicians at the Lehigh Carbon Community College and the
Northampton County Area Community College
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Anyone ex-employees of the shelter who know the truth about the shelter?
ReplyDeleteI can tell you that when I wanted to bring in a trainer/behaviourist to evaluate a pit bull I was considering adopting, they looked at me like I had three heads. All I wanted was a temperament test.
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