A Day at the Shelter

[andrea.delgaldo at highstream.net]

I read it yesterday, Pam. Made me want to adopt even more animals...
Quoting Pam Racich <windsorcastle at cox.net>:

>
>
> In a world of big important stories about Irag or the bird flu or
> Britney Spears, some of the important smaller stories often get lost.
> "A Day at the Shelter" is an important story written and photographed
> by my friend Sherrie Buzby, a photojournalist at The Arizona Republic.
> Many of us have no clue how many hundreds of animals must be euthanized
> daily just in Phoenix due to the irresponsibility and ignorance of many
> supposedly "pet loving" owners – and statistics show the problem seems
> to be getting much, much worse. However, it is also a story about the
> humanity of the AHS workers in their daily struggle to save animals and
> not lose hope.
>
> Here are direct links to the article and the slide show about this
> growing problem and the hundreds-of-thousands of innocent animals who
> must pay the ultimate price for our sometimes reckless vanity. 
>
> *Note that the newspaper is a business that keeps track of hits on
> stories and pictures, so if this receives a lot of traffic it will
> influence their editorial choice of whether or not to cover this issue
> more extensively in the future. Click early and click often, and don't
> be shy about forwarding it to others. It might help spread the word and
> actually influence the news process:
>
> A Day at the Shelter (Article)
> <http://www.azcentral.com/community/phoenix/articles/0628phx-
> humane0628Z3.html>
>
> Slide show
> <http://www.azcentral.com/php-bin/slideshowx.php?
> ssid=3976&slide_nbr=1&HTTP_REFERER=http://www.azcentral.com/community/
> phoenix/articles/0628phx-humane0628Z3.html>
>
> -- Michael J. Novack
>
> "Everybody wants to save the earth;
> nobody wants to help Mom do the dishes."
>
> -- P.J. O'Rourke
>
>