Comments on: Shelter cancels plan to euthanize 50 dogs http://www.ohmidog.com/2009/06/19/shelter-cancels-plan-to-euthanize-50-dogs/ a site for dog lovers Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:21:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Cygnet http://www.ohmidog.com/2009/06/19/shelter-cancels-plan-to-euthanize-50-dogs/comment-page-1/#comment-9142 Cygnet Sat, 20 Jun 2009 13:53:34 +0000 http://www.ohmidog.com/?p=10209#comment-9142 Keeping pit bulls seized in dog fighting raids alive for the months or years that it takes to bring accused dog fighters to justice is another (largely unnoticed) cost of the pit bull crisis. And since most of these dogs are doomed, their caretakers suffer horribly, too. A MUCH better solution is mandatory spay/neuter of all pit bulls and pit bull mixes except AKC and UKC-PR registered show dogs. This would provide an easy and FAST way to get pit bulls out of the hands of dog fighters (they will not agree to spay/neuter their dogs) and will eliminate the need to spend huge amounts of money warehousing doomed pit bulls. Keeping pit bulls seized in dog fighting raids alive for the months or years that it takes to bring accused dog fighters to justice is another (largely unnoticed) cost of the pit bull crisis. And since most of these dogs are doomed, their caretakers suffer horribly, too.

A MUCH better solution is mandatory spay/neuter of all pit bulls and pit bull mixes except AKC and UKC-PR registered show dogs. This would provide an easy and FAST way to get pit bulls out of the hands of dog fighters (they will not agree to spay/neuter their dogs) and will eliminate the need to spend huge amounts of money warehousing doomed pit bulls.

]]> By: Aja http://www.ohmidog.com/2009/06/19/shelter-cancels-plan-to-euthanize-50-dogs/comment-page-1/#comment-9138 Aja Sat, 20 Jun 2009 02:46:00 +0000 http://www.ohmidog.com/?p=10209#comment-9138 Well, there are two pieces of good news here. They chose to find another shelter to let the current population live. . .AND, this shelter has more than one dog per kennel. (12 kennels and 50 dogs = about 4 dogs per kennel) This pairing concept is not understood by most shelters. It's better for the dogs AND it increases the number of dogs that can be saved. Kudos to the New Mexico shelter. Well, there are two pieces of good news here. They chose to find another shelter to let the current population live. . .AND, this shelter has more than one dog per kennel. (12 kennels and 50 dogs = about 4 dogs per kennel) This pairing concept is not understood by most shelters. It’s better for the dogs AND it increases the number of dogs that can be saved. Kudos to the New Mexico shelter.

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