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Bori Gonbutoren,
Reindeer Herder
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Many traditional animal shelters are switching to no-kill.
No-kill shelters can only maintain their status by turning some animals away.
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Billie Kirgan,
Machinist
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She is passionate about rescuing and helping abandoned animals and encourages everyone to spay and neuter their pets and to support their local no-kill animal shelters.
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Shane Kelly,
Bar Tender
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Shelters don't want to kill all these animals but they don't have a choice.
All animal shelters would like to be "No Kill" but there are too many animals in Oregon at the present time to accomplish this.
No-kill shelters need people to clean cages and work with or handle the animals.
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Chrissie Tanner,
Homemaker and Mom
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No Kill shelters will screen unwanted animals for behavior or health problems that would make them unattractive to a family looking for a pet.
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Thomas Owens,
Police Officer
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Although there are more no kill shelters than ever before, many facilities still must destroy animals because of limited funding or overcrowding.
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Craig Leveaux,
Blogger
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Here is something to consider: Animal shelters across the nation are forced to kill an estimated 15 million dogs and cats every year , most of which are young and healthy.
Some of these No Kill shelters are run by people with little experience running a business or even caring for a large number of animals.
This is especially important for shelters with high kill policies - those who only keep animals for a certain number of days before the animals are put down.
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Bob Greenberg,
Congressional Candidate
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Low kill shelters make every effort to get the animal adopted; euthanasia is a last resort, not a policy.
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