I was just reading about another breed who was seriously tracking their breed
coming in shelters. They were joining with rehoming groups throughout a few
states and monitoring their breed as they were listed in the shelters, working
to get them out, cooperating with rehoming groups to find the best fit for the
dogs, ignoring (or at least overlooking) the different requirements of the
different groups in order to move the dog.
This was another very popular breed.
I was wondering if our GSD rehoming groups work that well together, keeping
count of the purebred GSDs in shelters, working together to get them out,
giving a good tracking of how many were in the shelters, how many were owner
reclaimed, how many returned to shelters, how many ended up euthanized, how
many were successfully placed. This breed did not track them beyond placing,
except to not any returns to shelters.
I would think that would be a valuable project. This came up after the NAIA
Shelter project that found that across the country, there might be variances in
purebred dogs in shelters, but overall there it was found to be 5%, a much
lower number than has been touted by animal rights groups and rehoming groups.
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