Lincoln Co Pound Manager Threatens to Kill Up to 100 Cats for Convenience

Tipped over in his carrier for a photo, this cat is listed as an adoptable pet by the Lincoln Co pound on Petpoint.



On Wednesday, David Workman, the manager at the long troubled Lincoln Co pound in NC, issued a public threat to kill up to 100 cats if they didn*t get adopted by Friday. The pound had 184 cats on Wednesday.

Workman wanted the media to know that killing is a last resort, which totally jives with giving the public less than 2 days notice to adopt 100 cats. And that hey, you know what? * there actually is a sad in this story:

[N]one of the employees enjoy doing that process [of killing animals] so that is the most unfortunate thing about it.

Most unfortunate thing. Not the mountain of dead pets who had the right to live but fell victim to pound workers who fail to do their jobs. The staff at the Lincoln Co pound won*t enjoy killing 100 cats. *sniff* Gosh, that is truly tragic.

Also:

Workman added that overpopulation can be avoided if families just remembered to get their cats spayed or neutered.

Pet overpopulation is a myth. But even if it was real, it does not give shelters the right to kill pets. And most owners neuter their pets. The reason that some don*t is not because they freaking forgot. It*s because they can*t afford it, do not have (or know about) low cost spay-neuter clinics in their area and/or lack transportation for the pet to and from the clinic. And since spay-neuter is not magic, the Lincoln Co pound would do well do start addressing its*actual problems and stop blaming the public for its failings.

You know what I*ve heard is an enjoyable thing at animal shelters? Getting all the healthy/treatable pets out alive. The most unfortunate thing is that Lincoln Co seems content to operate in the dark ages.

(Thanks Arlene for the link.)







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