Totally and completely true
That's why the good ones, like the organization above, either work extensively with fostering, so the animals have long-term "homes" until adoption, or they're like PAWS, which has developed an interesting no-cage shelter. There's also a cat organization near my home which has a large, old house that they've split into different sections--each type of cat gets to live in its own section (Kittens, seniors, ill/weak animals, etc.)

There are a lot of stupid people that just say "OMG THE KITTEHS SHOULDN'T DIE!", but there are also a lot of intelligent folks that really strive to provide decent quality of life.

I honestly don't think it's feasible, yet, to have nothing but "no-kill" shelters, but I do like to reward the ones that do it well.
(herbivorous, Fri 5 Mar 2010, 15:27, Reply)