Not all. Take the (Bucks County PA) Bensalem PA Women's Humane Center...LOVELY FACILITY! You would never know walking in the it is a "shelter"; it looks like a high school on the outside. Low cost state of the art vet center, clean, clean, clean facilities, outside FENCED rally & agility courses where lessons are offered at low or no cost to the community, indoor center that I'd LOVE to have for classes, or heck you could fit a specialty in there w/ parking galore...well lit, fully matted, HUGE!, children and after school programs, conference rooms. In addition, if they can get their hands on a dog and there is something between the dog's ears it is NO KILL. Then we have in Berks County the Animal Rescue league. VERY NICE. Our Berk s County SPCA also has a low cost or no cost clinic AND they have the equivalent of meals on wheels for peoples' pets. They noticed about a year a go an awful lot of families/seniors having trouble and rather than have them give up their pets they started a stream of volunteers to deliver food for those that couldn't come and get it. For those that CAN come, they have scheduled times & give-aways. There are good guys. Lumping all shelters together is like lumping all breeders together. Kathy, member GSDCA, DVGSDC Celebrating generations of Dual Titled TC'd Champions visit www.geocities.com/pinehillgsds In a message dated 2/21/2009 1:10:52 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, stormy435@xxxxxxx writes: Animal wellness and health??? just before the kill them? **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1218822736x1201267884/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Fwww.freecreditreport.com%2Fpm%2Fdefault.aspx%3Fsc%3D668072%26hmpgID %3D62%26bcd%3DfebemailfooterNO62) ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2008. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================