(March 11, 2018 at 9:35 pm)Tiberius Wrote:(March 11, 2018 at 9:20 pm)TChad32 Wrote: Why is it necessary to kill animals in the shelters? Too expensive to just neuter and raise them to old age?
Pretty much. That and space. Also I suspect PETA are “against” neutering as well. So it would be more hypocrisy. Most shelters kill animals, and the “no-kill” shelters have caveats and kill animals too. Unfortunately killing animals in shelters is a necessity. Some are too ill, some are too aggressive and can’t be retrained, some just have no hope of being adopted.
This. I do volunteer work with the Humane Society, and there simply isn't room to house all the homeless animals. Plus that, as Tibs said, some animals are aggressive toward humans. These animals cannot ethically be placed on the adoption market and so have to be put down. Most shelters are basically there to provide food and shelter for animals until they can be returned to their owners or adopted out. They are not homes for animals that don't have them.
Groups like PETA are more about advocacy than animal welfare. At least, that's my opinion...
