A Thankless Job
Service being reviewed:
West Plains Regional Animal Shelter
Reviews: 196 |
Posted: 1 year ago |
Avg Rating: 4.8
Supporting Shelter: West Plains Regional Animal Shelter
Supporting Rescue: Southpaw Rescue
Pros: Dedicated hard working staff, broad shoulders, faithful, big hearts
Cons: need bigger building & more volunteers
I have read the comments of people who call themselves pet lovers. If that were so, would they not understand that inorder for a shelter to take care of the animals properly they need an intake fee. All or most shelters I have been to ask for more than $10.00. This money is a drop in a bucket..This shelter feeds & cares for over 80 cats, which use litter (400 pds a week) food (150 pds a week). They get sick and go to the veternarian. The dogs go through 450 pds of dog food a week. The cats and the workers like to have a heated building, so thus a electric bill...cleaning supplies..etc. The shelter is funded only by donations and sales at the thrift store. They are not state or city funded.
The shelter has only two fulltime volunteers, I bet they are getting pretty tired. If you want to help out at a shelter that deserves a make-over go ask what you can do!!
This shelter is USDA inspected and is doing the best it can with the help it has.
This is a no-kill shelter, so if they are full they cannot take animals that they have no room for. That is just part of being a no-kill shelter!
Set aside your feelings and do whats right for the animals!
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[updated on 2008-05-03 03:27:41 GMT]:
Well it is over this year but we will be back next year . The only diffrence is next year wet willy wont be able to stop us .He got lucky so far but bull shit law suits dont go far they just set there. So no matter what we will be back this time to win WE HAVE THE BULEPRINTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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by Cornbread
1 year ago - Flag this
I would like to thank this shelter for their tireless efforts on behalf of the animals. I am the director of a small but over full shelter in Georgia and the every day struggles can be sometimes overwhelming. We all face all most the same problems, too little money, too little staff, too many animals and people that are becoming simply stressed to maximum. So I just wanted to say Thank you.