Shelter animals deserve longer adoption period
Shame on the Burlington Animal Shelter! Would it have "killed" the shelter to wait a mere 24 hours before killing Petey? At least this poor dog would have had a prayer of being adopted had he been given these extra 23 hours — since apparently he was killed within an hour of Lee Dickinson dropping him off there.
I would advise all animal lovers, indeed all humanitarians, to deluge the shelter with letters demanding that it adopt a 24-hour no-kill policy as is practiced by the Guilford County Animal Shelter. There is nothing remotely humane about sending a pet to a premature death within one short hour of being left by his/her owner in the hopes of the shelter finding someone to adopt him/her into a better home.
Hopefully, this excruciating experience for Dickinson has served the purpose of opening the eyes of pet owners and that they will be vigilant in asking questions and getting everything in writing when they are dealing with any animal shelter but, sadly, most particularly the Burlington Animal Shelter.
Deborah W. Stanton
Greensboro
The writer is a former resident of Burlington.
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