No-Kill Shelters Vs Animal Shelters

Homelessness is not a new issue, it has been around for many many years, but for not only people, this includes animals as well. The unfortunate reality is that there are not enough people for the number of animals that are living on the streets, which is where animal shelters come in as an important role in this issue. There are two specific types of animal shelters, and the two different types are opposites. There are no-kill shelters, which don’t use euthanasia unless that is the only option and kill shelters which use euthanasia as a way of controlling the stray population.

Many pet activists believe strongly in shelters strictly being no-kill, in order to help keep the rights of healthy animals that have a chance at adoption. The reason no-kill
No-kill shelters believe that by no euthanizing the animals in their shelter for space, and just adopting them all out, no matter how long it takes, is the best way to go. On the other hand, kill shelters believe that the only way to stop the population from increasing is to euthanize the unwanted animals that have been in the shelters for an extended amount of time, since once space clears up, they can bring in more animals from the street. But, PETA believes that the best way to come about the animal overpopulation is to stop it at its source, which I agree with. This means that things like puppy mills are stopped, and once they are no longer breeding more, than the stray population will go down. This would benefit both types of shelters, considering they would no longer have to take in stray animals. Then, if that works out like PETA hopes, then all the current animals in shelters would be adopted, since buying puppies from puppy mills wouldn’t be an option. This is a good action plan, since it stops the problem at its source. This would help both shelters, as well as people in different