Animal Shelters Lack

Lack off money, publicity, volunteers, and food are what many animal shelters suffers from. Lately, I have read in numerous newspapers from the United States about many shelters that are having a difficult time adopting out their dogs. Only 100 dogs or even less a year. Why?

Some said it is because the price of gas and food have gone up, and people are now thinking twice about bringing in one more mouth to feed. --Ok, those who don't think twice, adopt a dog and only then realize how expensive it has became for them. Either they throw the poor dogs out on the street again or back to the shelter--.



Publicity is sometimes hard to get if you are dealing with animals. When journalists wanted to make an interview with me and my work --as an animal psychologist-- they had to write about my foundation, Animals without Limits (back then I was helping organizations in Bosnia.)

I remember one airline that wanted to write about me for their magazine (you know, those magazines you leaf through several times during your flight, because it is about all you have while trapped in your seat on the plane.) But they didn't want to write about the foundation; "We want happy travelers!" they said.

Or oblivious ones, I guess.

Since dogs have the same capacity to feel, think, remember, hunt, hurt, nurse, heal, and work, how can we then feel justified in euthanizing so many of them when they become "inconvenient"?

If the animals are healthy how can we allow this to happen?

Let us give the airline magazine and other magazines a happy ending for the readers.


Animals without Limits thanks Ylva Mercer (yes we have the same last name but no relation) and her husband for their generous donation. And Ingrid Kindahl who did a fantastic job translating the English press release into Swedish. They answered the call to help, will you? Please help, with donations so we can give the dogs (and cats) what we really owe them ... a helping hand!

You are great Amore help!