David,
The abridged version would have been nice. In any case I still believe it was not justified especially in the case of Beaumont who was a special needs dog and as I stated before in the case of the HCSPCA many of those dogs were deemed unadoptable but we were successful in finding homes for all of them with no incidents. The End.
Diana

David,
Although I was grateful for your passionate and diligent efforts in the closing of the SPCA I was disappointed in your one sided views in regards to LHS. Yes there was an overcrowding situation there that desperately needed to be addressed but the outcome of that should not have been to euthanize.
I for one as an SPCA volunteer was fearful of some of the dogs there and had doubts if they could be rehabilitated and adopted. But I found that the dogs that I deemed questionable (Vinny a.k.a. Iceberg, Cassey a.k.a. Sasha, Dodger, Tank, Stella a.k.a. Misty, Nigel a.k.a. Max...etc) were all adopted in forever homes and have not had any issues with aggression.
I do not condone death threats of any kind and I was shocked and disgusted to hear that the board members had been threatened. It's awful that this is happening because it diverts the attention of the issues that need to be addressed and labels all No Kill individuals as mentally deranged.
My only hope is that LHS will begin to endorse and embrace programs and procedures to become a no kill shelter and in by doing so they can regain the public's trust.
Diana

The No Kill Resolution-
The right to live is every animal?s most basic and fundamental right.
Societies for the prevention of cruelty to animals and other humane organizations were founded to establish standards for humane treatment of animals, to promote their rights, and to protect them from harm.
Traditional sheltering practices allow the mass killing of sheltered animals.
Every year shelters in the United States are killing millions of healthy and treatable animals who could be placed in homes, and are also killing millions of feral cats who do not belong in shelters.
Life always takes precedence over expediency.
The No Kill movement in the United States has successfully implemented new and innovative programs that provide alternatives to mass killing.
Lifesaving change will come about only if No Kill programs are embraced and further developed.
Failure to implement No Kill programs constitutes a breach of the public?s trust in the sheltering community.
No-kill is not one solution. It is many.

Diana