This is the problem with most "sanctuaries." It's a flawed business model. A "sanctuary" by definition offers lifetime care So they fill up fast and, as the population ages, become more and more expensive to maintain. And usually the people who try to start sanctuaries keep taking in new animals, sometimes because they need the surrender fee to keep the operation running and sometimes because they simply have a hard time saying "no." This is just not a sustainable model.
The few good long term sanctuaries really limit the population. And they very often have an adoption component that allows them to make space by placing animals in good homes. You just can't keep taking animals in with no way to decrease the population. It becomes unwieldy very quickly. --- On Thu, 2/24/11, Edna Taylor <taylore...@msn.com> wrote: > From: Edna Taylor <taylore...@msn.com> > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FW: Cats Suffer and Die at Animal 'Sanctuary' > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Date: Thursday, February 24, 2011, 12:37 PM > > There is a place in the Houston area and I have first hand > knowledge of what a horrid place this is, yet people still > take their cats there. It is called Cat Nap Estates > and IN MY OPINION, the woman running it should not care for > potted plants. I had her hold two feral cats for a > couple of months while we were moving and our house was > being built. They went completely vetted, yet they > came back with a litney of illnesses and so terrified. > The vet said she didn't think the female was ever let out of > her carrier because it stunk so badly they had to throw it > away. I called the SPCA and made a cruelty report and > some of the cats tested positive for Feluk and these cats > were in the general population. I have heard other > horror stories about her and her "sanctuary" from others > too. > > She may have started out with good intentions, but the road > to h*ll is paved with good intentions. > > > > Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 10:12:39 -0800 > > From: create_me_...@yahoo.com > > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > > Subject: [Felvtalk] FW: Cats Suffer and Die at Animal > 'Sanctuary' > > > > This is why I warn people to thoroughly check out > "Sanctuaries" This happens time & again. > > > > Dont Litter, Fix Your Critter! www.Furkids.org > > > > > > > > > > From: atlantares...@yahoogroups.com > > > [mailto:atlantares...@yahoogroups.com] > On Behalf Of > > kitty.cat > > Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2011 12:30 PM > > To: > > spotsoci...@yahoogroups.com; > atlanta Rescue Groups > > Cc: > > georgiaanimalres...@yahoogroups.com > > Subject: [atlantarescue] Fw: Cats > > Suffer and Die at Animal 'Sanctuary' > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2011 9:48 > > AM > > Subject: Cats Suffer and Die at Animal 'Sanctuary' > > > > >A PETA > > undercover investigation exposed the chronic > deprivation and > > >suffering > > of approximately 300 cats being kept in filthy, > stifling, > > >dungeon-like, > > disease-ridden storage units at Sacred Vision Animal > > >Sanctuary (SVAS) in > > Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. > > > > > > The operator of this so-called > > "sanctuary" warehouses cats in > > > cruel, disgusting > > conditions. Many of the animals have endured these > > > conditions for > > years. One cat captured on video--Winky--was found > > > convulsing and dying > > in a litterbox inside a cage. The operator refused > > > repeated offers for > > free emergency veterinary care and instead left Winky > > > > in a filthy > > bathroom to languish for more than an hour before the > cat > > > finally > > died. > > > > > > Please click the link below to help end the > suffering and > > death of cats at > > > SVAS now! > > > > > > To take action on this > > issue, click on the link below: > > > http://www2.peta.org/site/Advocacy?s_oo=PtJIyHJzakKAPa-52Eez-A..&id=3583 > > > > > If the text above does not appear as a link or it > wraps across multiple > > > > > lines, then copy and paste it into the address area of > your > > browser. > > > > > > If you no longer wish to receive email messages > sent > > from your friends on > > > behalf of this organization, please follow the > > link below: > > > http://www2.peta.org/site/TellFriendOpt?action=optout&toe=c1008561306ab8401a47ff9682e23217733f619a56c5115e > > > > > > > > > > > __._,_.___ > > > > Reply > > to sender | Reply > > to group | Reply > > via web post | Start > > a New Topic Messages > > in this topic (1) > > Recent > > Activity: > > > > Visit > > Your Group > > > > Switch to: Text-Only, > > Daily > > Digest • Unsubscribe > > • Terms of Use > > > > > > . > > > > __,_._,___ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Felvtalk mailing list > > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
