Shelters here in Phoenix are up to their eyeballs in pitbulls and chihuahuas. Worse, the overcrowding is so bad that there is a persistent epidemic of Upper Respiratory Infections that they cannot get a handle on because they can't separate the dogs enough. I actually had an argument with one of my volunteers because she thought that we should bring strays to the shelter because that is where people would go to look for a missing dog. She's probably right but I'll be damned if I'm going to take a healthy dog and put it into those conditions so that when we get it back 3 -6 days later we have to pump it full of antibiotics because of an infection that it picked up in the shelter.
I do sympathize with the county shelter workers. I don't know what else they are supposed to do.
I do sympathize with the county shelter workers. I don't know what else they are supposed to do.
