New Animals Australia ad against puppy mills

[Catherine]

Thank-you for posting the Lost Dogs Home article. I hadn't hear about this.
I did not like the way the director blamed the widow for her dog getting put down after she called. He never accepted responsibility or said they were sorry for making a mistake. His remark was that is was a "lesson for all of us to register and identify our dogs better".

That is a little harsh isn't it. The widow called in. She trusted them to hold her dog until she could get there.

You are right, they need to be transformed into a no kill shelter. That means they need new management, a new board of directors and the staff could use some retraining.
If they have 12,000 dogs a year then they need to do some serious work on adoptions and set up a spay neuter clinic to slow down the numbers of dogs being born. It means changing their focus, but in the end it is the right thing to do. When they kill dogs there are always more to take their place. Encouraging responsible pet ownership will bring things under control.