BEHIND CLOSED DOORS...............
Delaware County SPCA kills thousands of helpless dogs, cats, puppies and kittens each year.
          Example: In May 1999 alone, approximately 249 dogs and 281 cats were unnecessarily killed.
Shockingly, the SPCA refuses to staff a veterinarian to assist animals in need.
More shockingly, the board of directors permits kennel hands to routinely kill animals by lethal injection.
Under current Delaware county SPCA practices, animals may only have three days or less to be adopted
          before they are killed.
 

MEASURES NEED TO BE ADOPTED NOW.............
(Our Delaware County SPCA has the financial resources to implement similar policies, but currently refuses
to do so.)

Adopt 'NO KILL' Policies
Staff Veterinarians to care for sick and injured animals and rehabilitate them for adoption.
Require animals to to be spayed or neutered before they are adopted.
Staff animal behaviorists to train pets which our Delaware County SPCA would label "unadoptable" and,
         therefor, kill.
Encourage community volunteer programs to care for animals until they are adopted, i.e.dog walking,
         playing, training, fostering, etc.
 
  Caring for animals should be a community effort. Doing nothing sends a clear signal to the abuser that
the community tolerates and even condones such cruelty.  I am only one resident of Delaware County
speaking out against this inhumane injustice, for all the animals that can not speak up and protect their
own life.
What kind of world will not try to make life better for the ones who cannot speak for themselves?????