"The Myth of Pet Overpopulation" Nathan Winograd's Book

timsdat

I'm not sure that happens too much.

 I didn't mean to make it seem like it did.  I was just listing the problems with this particular shelter. 

timsdat

It might have happened in the past but I believe that they are getting their animals from people who are breeding specifically for research.

 Jackson County animal shelter here in MI will actually give you a choice.  You can pay an extra fee at turn-in and they'll just euthanize the animal.  If you don't, that animal could go to a research facility.  It does still happen, but as you said, isn't as prevalent as it once was.  Not all shelters do this. 

HoundMusic

You are confusing OVERCROWDING of indivigual shelters with a general overpopulation of animals.

 Could you explain why you feel they are not related?

timsdat

RoyallyYours

They also keep a lot of healthy animals off the floor to sell to research facilities.

I'm not sure that happens too much.  After all researchers aren't just looking for any animal for research purposes.  The have specific needs for their tests.  It might have happened in the past but I believe that they are getting their animals from people who are breeding specifically for research.  I know that our public shelter doesn't release any animals to research facilities.

Fact is it does happen. Depends on the research. Many researchers are only interested in the costs and they come cheap out of the shelters. Not all States allow it, but some states it is even required that the public shelters relinquish them. It wasn't too many years ago that my state changed the laws to not allow it. People lobbied for it to change, as before they had to allow it if they were a public shelter and it was happening.

Here's a link to a list of states and their laws regarding this issue.

http://www.banpoundseizure.org/yourstate.shtml