Suzanne, I think my message was that there ARE horrible shelters. Let's be careful not to include those who aren't like that. Some of L.A. county shelters are terrible....walk through the South L.A. one and cry! But others in the county aren't. I look at the areas in which these shelters are located, and can almost tell without further research which are o.k., which are pretty darn good, and which are horrible. Follow the money, just like neighborhood schools. This is for L.A., I can't speak for what I can't know about. Stormy In a message dated 2/6/08 4:27:25 PM, tsaligsds@xxxxxxxxxxx writes: > Thank You, Stormy!!! This has always been my pet peeve - shelters and > shelter employees who are there because they love animals portrayed as > killers to > make rescuers feel better. Remember that in many cases shelter workers are > the very ones who 'rescue' the animals from deplorable conditions and that in > many instances shelter conditions are far better than where the animals came > from!!! I'm not saying that conditions couldn't be better but attacking the > folks and facilities who are trying to help isn't helpful either. And folks > wonder why shelter workers are not friendly, happy, bubbly people. Just try > it for a week and walk in their shoes....... you'd understand why some > shelters are not 'rescuer' friendly..... > JMO. > "You may never know what results come from your action. But if you do nothing, there will be no result." Mahatma Gandhi Stormy Hope *~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~* Dog's love is different, it requires no return www.FairhopeGSD.www ************** Biggest Grammy Award surprises of all time on AOL Music. (http://music.aol.com/grammys/pictures/never-won-a-grammy?NCID=aolcmp003000000025 48) ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2007. 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 - www.showgsd.org ============================================================================