[RP TownTalk] PG Animal shelter

[Euniverz at aol.com]

I'm glad Audrey's experience was a good one.  Yes, the facility is  bright 
and shiny and new but the kill rate in that shelter is very, very  high.  
Needlessly high.
 
Everyone, please think long and hard about bringing dogs and cats to that  
facility.  If brought there, it only has about a 30% chance of making it  
out alive.  We have demanded, and received, their shelter statistics from  
which this statistic is determined.  And with "better shelters" achieving a  
much higher save rate, PG's rate is abysmal.  
 
Just in case anyone else comes across a baby possum in the future, keep in  
mind the shelter does have the option to kill it, and, judging by the 
euthanasia  records I have recently reviewed, they do so often.
 
Just keeping it real
 
Adrianne Lefkowitz
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Date: Sat, 14 May 2011 20:29:51 EDT
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Subject: [RP TownTalk] Riverdale  Wildlife
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Found this little guy in a bush in our back yard  Friday night.  He was  
the 
3rd one!  First one was dead,  second was injured and barely making it  and 
this one was ok and  healthy.
I called the Prince Georges County Animal Management for the 2nd  one and  
they came within 10 minutes and took him.  This one  spent the night with 
us  
in a box ate some cat food, drank some water  and then we took him down to 
the  management facility where he would  go to a rehab unit until he could 
go  
back into the wild.  He is  cute.  I would have loved him as a pet, but  
must 
be  realistic.
Anyway, want to tell everyone that the PGC Animal Management  is  
wonderful. 
Very responsive.  And Great!  They thanked  us for  bringing him in and 
said most people would just ignore  them.  I also toured  the facility 
while I 
was there and was  very impressed with the cleanliness and  the care the 
animals  get.  I usually donate to the humane society, but I  will be 
adding  PGC 
Animal Management to my list.  I just love  them.

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