The myth of pet overpopulation?
An article from the San Francisco Gate has been making its way (several times over) through my inbox the past few days. The scandal: Nathan Winograd, former director of operations for the San Francisco SPCA, and his new book, "Redemption: The Myth of Pet Overpopulation and the No-Kill Revolution in America". At first take, it may seem Winograd is akin to those who say that the Holocaust never happened or that the Earth's population isn't booming. That's not the case. Winograd isn't denying that there is a crisis in America's shelters, but in fact shifting the perspective - and the mantle of blame - from the notion of 'too few homes for shelter animals' to the very staff of these shelters, saying "If a community is still killing the majority of shelter animals, it is because the local ... shelter has fundamentally failed in its mission." The article is here: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2007/10/02/petscol.DTL I'm still digesting this, and have not read the book, so I am limited in my appraisal of Winograd's statements. Related: ChanelMartin's blog | login or register to post comments | printer friendly version | Tags: news | newspapers | opinion | pets
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But we have a ANIMAL CONTROL DIRECTOR that does not have any programs in Place to rescue or to prmote ADOPTIONS.if fact there is limited hours of adoption and does not promote the public to get involved.Discourages VOLINTEERS to try to help,and keeps ANIMAL CONTROL for her own place to rule, That she's NOT DOING A VERY GOOD JOB AT. Maybe if everybody calls our COUNTYCOMMISSIONERS and tell them what kind of ROTTEN JOB the clay co animal control diector is doing maybe .....just maybe they will look in ANIMAL CONTROL....YES MISS MARTIN you should read Mr.Winograd's Book its very inlighting and very doable