Come on Capital supporters! You know you want to do better than 85%euthanasia rate for our cats- lets start saving lives rather than taking them- there is a way and we can do it if we just TRY! We are all on the same side here- lets fix whats wrong with ourselves so we can turn this blog discussion about networking and adoption and spay/neuter and ideas for cohesive rescue work in Central Ohio or ALL OF OHIO! You're all right on one thing- THIS BLOG IS A WASTE OF TIME! But how can we point the finger at the puppy millers and the catteries and the backyard breeders and Petland if we are killing everything that comes to us and not even pretending like we care? They AREN'T getting thousands of dollars in grant money but they are "finding homes" for thousands of puppies and kittens every year. They are doing such a great job that they WANT more puppies and kittens in this world- why is it so wrong to ask where we are failing?
Work with us! Lets find some solutions for the killing problem together. For any of this to happen, Capital Area Humane Society has to take a leadership role in innovative rescue programs, otherwise, like we said earlier, we're all just spinning our wheels.
Jodi, here's your chance be the re-inventor of the Capital Area Humane Society that has plagued this community's cats for so long. We are tired of explaining away needless death, tired of hearing that shelters are "so sad", tired of detouring everyone with a cat or a kitten away from the beautiful, inviting, spacious, well funded, high profile Capital Area Humane Society. Everybody knows there will still be some euthanasia, everybody knows we won't save everything overnight, but I guarantee that anybody worth their salt will throw their support behind a Capital who really, sincerely tries.
And wouldn't that be something?
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I could not agree more...let's all step back and take a breath. To Jodi and the board of directors of CAHS, this blog site should have at least called your attention to the fact that there are many people in Columbus who care and sincerely want to help in any way they can. Please let them help! Throw down the white flag and get everyone on the same side of the field - the animal's side. Please come to the realization that an 85% euthanisia rate is not acceptable and please try to find a way to work together to lower that number. Please come to the realization that money has to be spent (other than painting and decorating), to make CAHS a healthier environment, not only for the health of the animals, but for the employees as well. This is not only about cats, it is about the dogs as well. I recently found out about two dogs who have been held in crates for one month waiting to be evaluated. I hear they are shy and very hard to get out of their crates. I wonder why? One month in a crate for a dog is extremely detrimental to necessary socialization. Why isn't someone on your staff keeping these dogs in their office on a daily basis instead of in crates? If you are that short on staffing, please ask for help. The citizens of Ohio stand ready to help, if you would only lower your wall of defense and realize, there might be a better way. Together, we can make Columbus stand out on the map as being one of the best humane societies in the country. If the necessary changes were made, other humane societies would begin to turn to CAHS as a role model. I am not a person who asks for much, but in my mind, that would be about one of greatest accomplishments we could ever ask for.
You contradict yourself, first you say CAHS doesn’t do enough for adoptions because they don’t have a program like Mingle with the Mutts. Which is an adoption event that they could host so that more people will come out and adopt? Then, they need to do more off site adoptions because no one wants to go to a shelter that is so horrible and has so much death.
Now, which is it? Franklin County Dog Shelter has horrible numbers when it comes to the dogs and they won’t even help a cat in this community. Why aren’t you attacking them?, I ask myself. If you really want to change things and feel you are entitled, why aren’t you going after the entity to that using you tax paying dollars?
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