I have a bit of an issue with no kill shelters to be brutally honest. Some of the dogs I've seen in shelters have been kept caged for too long and have developed behavioural issues as a result
which unfortunately no amount of training and TLC will correct. It happens in cats too, but not as often for some reason and it's always devastating to see. Sometimes the more humane thing to do is to euthanise.
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Thu 4 Mar 2010, 23:54, 1 reply)

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, closed)