Please...be pet responsible!

Just a special, heartfelt request to everyone in our area. Please, be pet responsible. Please, do not bring your unwanted dogs & cats to the pound and just dump them there. Or anywhere else for that matter! Dumping animals is a form of animal cruelty, which is now a felony in the State of Kansas. Not only that, for puppies that are barely weaned and have little or no ability to fend for themselves, they can very easily fall victim to predators like Coyotes, or worse yet, be run over by traffic.

The Eureka Pound has a very limited number of available cages. While every effort is made to find homes for every animal we take in, it is a hard truth that in in the last year and a half, over two hundred dogs and cats have had to be euthanized, because there are simply not enough homes for them. That statistic alone, for a town this size, is very disturbing. But not nearly as disturbing as the number of animals that have been dumped at the pound over the past couple of months.

If you have animals you cannot find a home for, and you have made every effort to do so, please call me, and lets try working together for a possible solution. Every animal that is dumped at the pound places an increased pressure on those that have been waiting for a home, and forces a decision as to which dog or cat can stay, and which one might have to be euthanized in order to make room for the new arrival. Perhaps , before you make that decision to leave an animal behind, you would like a opportunity to look into the sad & desperate faces of the animals already there, and choose for yourself which one must go. It seems only fair.

So please, be pet responsible. Spay or neuter your current pets, and if you have animals you don't want, think before you act. Call me, and lets see if there is another option that may be more equitable for all.