Shelters across the US are in trouble. I have spent considerable time with a team of rescue volunteers and have developed a rescue shelter model. Part of the solution resides in the idea that government WILL NEVER BE good at animal rescue. Government isn't capable of doing this well, and it should instead privatize as much of their operations as possible. Governments are good at collecting taxes and enforcing laws. They shouldn't be in the animal welfare business.
We now have shelters across the country patting themselves on the back for engaging in "managed intake", and touting their "no kill" statistics. These numbers are inevitably manipulated to give the impression that things are fine. They are not. When you can control the number of pets in and out, and how those numbers appear in your reports, then you can make them look any way you wish. The result, deserving pets are being turned away, or not being picked up by animal control, that need help. It is all an illusion.
It is time long past time to have these conversations in your home town. If it is government run, you can almost guarantee it is being mismanaged.
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