![]() A spokesperson for the facility said that it was not safe for her to be around other animals. According to the report, she had been at the facility for her entire life. June 2022/Kankakee, Illinois: reported that a dog named Cindy Lou had been warehoused for six years at a self-professed “no-kill” facility doing business as Kankakee County Humane Foundation. According to the report, he had been returned both times because “his medical needs were too much for the adopters.” When he was first admitted to the group’s facility in October 2021, he was reportedly “underweight, barely had any fur due to an allergic reaction, flea-infested and had a bad ear infection.” He was adopted out a third time. June 2022/Eugene, Oregon: reported that a cat named Phoenix had been adopted out twice over a period of just months by a self-professed “life saving organization” doing business as Greenhill Humane Society. Residents who found animals in need of aid were told to care for them themselves or try to track down owners, including by using social media, among other irresponsible and dangerous suggestions. It wasn’t known how long the facility would be turning them away. June 2022/Gainesville, Florida: reported that the county’s public self-professed “no-kill” shelter doing business as Alachua County Animal Resources & Care had stopped accepting homeless animals and animals from owners who couldn’t-or wouldn’t-care for them any longer. It’s a daily struggle working with the county’s animal control officer to ensure space will be available.” No additional information was available. In a letter sent to the county mayor, the group’s board of directors said, “Lately and more frequently, we have had to tell residents that our facility was full to capacity and we were unable to take animals that they wanted to surrender. According to the report, the group “had received inquiries from county commissioners asking why they were refusing animals” and the facility was so crowded that employees were taking animals to their personal residences because there was no room to house them professionally. June 2022/Newport, Tennessee: reported that a self-professed “no-kill” group doing business as Friends Animal Shelter of Cocke County had ended its contract with the county to provide animal-sheltering services. Here are some of the “no-kill” animal shelter failures that made headlines in recent years for making animals suffer a fate far worse than a kind death. The lucky ones are taken to well-run open-admission animal shelters, where they either find a well-screened, permanent home or are painlessly euthanized in the arms of professionally trained, compassionate people.
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