bigredpoodle

I agree these people signed on to take care of these poor critters. OMG how sad ! These folks had to be disturbed in some way... Does the Toronto area have a poodle rescue?
Is that avatar an Elvgrin ? Love it !

aki

This is just really horrible. I understand not wanting to euthanize and such, and that every animal should be given a chance...but letting them suffer and slowly die a horrible and painful death all alone?

Euthanasia is the humane thing to do in those situations.

I think these people may have had good intentions in the beginning, which have twisted into something grotesques and macabre.

As the saying goes, the path to hell is paved with good intentions.

Spencer

I just read both articles and looked at the pictures. Horrible. How could ANYONE in their right mind think that they were helping or doing good?

Locally, about a month ago, several shelter employees were fired for not properly euthanizing animals - taking longer to die - and for killing animals not scheduled for euthanasia. This past summer, when we got our kitten, his foster mom told us that if it didn't work out, to not call the shelter or take him back there... but to call her and she would take him, because recently they had killed all the cats and kittens at the shelter. The only ones left alive were the ones in foster care.

I understand euthanisia... someone finds a dog roaming the streets and has no option but to take it to the shelter, where it is found that the dog has cancer. Most likely, no one wants to adopt a dog with cancer, and it is too expensive for the shelter to fix... so to be humane, they kill the animal... but it's not left to linger and die horribly in it's cage. That just makes me sick! What a horrible group of people!

bigredpoodle

I understand euthanisia... someone finds a dog roaming the streets and has no option but to take it to the shelter, where it is found that the dog has cancer. Most likely, no one wants to adopt a dog with cancer, and it is too expensive for the shelter to fix... so to be humane, they kill the animal... but it's not left to linger and die horribly in it's cage. That just makes me sick! What a horrible group of people![/QUOTE]
Sometimes euthanasia is the only way, why make the poor critter suffer?I agree 100%. But when paid folks, that are there to care for and nurture animals, Then I think that is just sick that they would do these things to these poor critters. I cannot imagine why someone would take a job at a place such as this and do these things. Perhaps they pulled the wings off flies when they were children? It is just wrong and I hope that the Canadian authorities make them face up to what they have done. Please keep us posted....