Vet forced to euthanize 5 healthy dogs in one day

[Catherine]

A South African vet was devastated when she had to put down five healthy dogs at an animal shelter on the same day. Her last words to them were a sad apology for how humans had failed them. This time she posted that message on Facebook to try and reach people. She encourages people to adopt  dogs from shelters. She has also started a dog sterilization project to try and prevent this from happening again.

https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/vets-de...e-25234930

We don't always think about the vets who actually do the euthanizing of unwanted animals. This is not what they trained for. They care about the animals, but they are forced to deal with unwanted pets in a way we can't imagine.  If people would be responsible about their own pets this would not happen. If people would adopt shelter pets this would not happen. 

The vet is right to start a sterilization program. In the end it is the only way to reduce the numbers of unwanted dogs. There will always be people who give up healthy pets to the shelter, but if there were less puppies available, the shelter dogs would stand a better chance of being adopted.  I hope her campaign goes well.