A young puppy was picked up by animal control in the city of Shawnee. Shawnee is the home of the nearby gas chamber shelter. The puppy was brought in on Sunday and died that night in the shelter. It was not gassed. Instead he died alone in one of the bleak holding cells in the shelter. Blankets and beds are not provided at this facility. This poor puppy died alone on the cold hard floor of a completely uncaring facility.
The Shawnee shelter does not provide any vetting, no vaccinations, no vet exams, nothing. Volunteers are not allowed and this shelter is closed on weekends. This poor puppy had absolutely no chance at care. Animal control in Shawnee doesn't seem to be particularly caring, how could you be if you work in a shelter that uses a barbaric euthanasia method like the gas chamber? Maybe there would have been no way to prevent this death, it does happen. But what if this puppy could have been saved ? We will never know because he's dead. The Shawnee shelter needs reform, not just by removing the gas chamber, but on many levels. The people of Oklahoma are not overwhelmingly cruel or uncaring, 
but the attitude promoted by the state government and legislation in the state is.
RIP little one.
Tears for this puppy that even at death door it never experienced any love. Shame on the humans that destroyed him!!
ReplyDeleteI'm in OKC and have been sharing Shawnee's pets whenever I can. Let me know if I can help you out in getting this place revamped into a PROPER shelter!
ReplyDeleteThanks Tracy. This shelter needs all the help it can get. The community of Shawnee does too. After all, they are the ones failing to spay or neuter their pets and get them vaccinated. They allow animals to run loose and get picked up by animal control. I live in a very rural area and from what I've seen it's almost impossible to find low cost vaccination or spay/neuter clinics unless you are close to the OKC metro. This problem has several layers and anyone who can help with any of this is needed!
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