Shelter Worker's Creedo
As animal shelter personnel with various duties and responsibilities, we hereby make the following promises and declarations:
-We hereby promise to love and to care for the pets brought into our shelter to the best of our ability.
-We promise to make them as comfortable as possible in an impossible situation.
-We promise to do our best to find them new homes.
-When all else fails, we promise to end their lives humanely in order to make room for the endless supply of animals to follow.
HOWEVER, we also stand firm with the following:
-We did not cause these animals to be born into this overpopulated world.
-We did not cause these pets to become a problem or inconvenience to their owners.
-We did not cause their owners to move, to have kids, to become allergic to them, or to become ill.
-We will not accept, nor allow to be placed on us, the guilt that belongs to the owners of these pets.
IT IS NOT OUR FAULT!
Written by Patti Judd, Euthanasia Technician at the
Animal Welfare Association in Voorhees , New Jersey . |
