no kill shelters?

I like the idea of no kill shelters, however in my area we have one and the dogs are basically left in their cages with the only contact being when they are fed, or looked at by possible adopters. They are not brought to any houses for foster as the woman who runs the shelter lives on the property, however she has been accused of many things. An ex employee/volunteer spoke of dogs being buried in the backyard, and money laundering. So, as far as that one goes I say Quality of life, not quantity.

It depends on the shelter. Some are excellent places; some are horrible. Same with people. You could say that people keeping pets at all is "just plain wrong" because people abuse their pets, but the fact of the matter is that only some people abuse pets; others absolutely love their pets and spoil them rotten. The same is true for shelters.

It depends on how the animals are housed and kept. Most no kills have foster homes the animals live in. They are living with families in a normal atmosphere. It would be wrong to "warehouse" the animals in cages where they have no normalcy in their lives. No kills assess their animals for several adoptability traits. Ones who are deemed unadoptable due to illness or temperament are put down to make room for those who are adoptable.

It's not like they take in every animal. They go to kill shelters, pick out animals that are healthy and adoptable but are close to bein g euthanised and keep them at their shelter until they find homes. This way healthy, adoptable animals aren't killed.

I fully support them. I volunteer for a great one that's helped me with many strays and ferals. http://qcawc.org/about/

I personaly like no-kill shelters. I worked at one for 3 years and our dogs were spoiled rotten. They were taken care of and loved like our own. Many times we would bring them to our house for sleepovers so they will have a change. They got christmas prestents (ham bones) on christmas and on thier b-days they go rawhides. They were brought to the park too and taken on many walks. I could tell you every spot on every dog. So I like no-kill shelters.