whats up with the difference in animal care

 Simply put, situations change, and peoples reactions are different all over the globe.  Animal welfare in the states in controlled by individual counties and communties rather than federally.

moya

i saw that animal cop show on animal planet

Remember that you are watch a TV show not necessarily 100% true life.

I'm not sure what the question is?  I've never heard of people adopting dogs to eat them, or people putting glass in dogs food for animal control.

I volunteer at a local shelter and they take in any dog or cat.  They have a vet, vet techs, trainers, and a behaviorist on staff, so every animal is given medical treatment and temperament tested before it goes up for adoption.  If the animal has extreme health problems affecting quality of life or the animal is very aggressive, it is put down, but any other animal is up for adoption.  The adopters have to continue with basic vet visits and vaccinations, but the shelter provides the initial health care, vaccinations, and spay/neuter.  The county shelter is the same.

If you fed glass to an animal on purpose, you would be charged with animal cruelty. 

Short answer, jurisdictions and money.  Larger metropolitan areas like NY can put more money into the programs and the ASPCA funds a huge portion of those costs.  The authorities remove animals from owners who *refuse* to get vet care for their animals.  If they seek assistance in obtaining vet care, they typically aren't charged.  However, I do see a ridiculous contradiction where the owner is required to surrender the animal so that it can get vet care and then it's adopted out but I guess that's because the owner clearly can't provide the needed care and that would rule it out as an adopter.  But then, no one checked my bank account when I adopted any of my animals, so it seems like a Catch 22 to me. 

moya

i saw that animal cop show on animal planet where they have an ambulance for animals, pay for animals vet bills before putting them up for adoption. then they pay for vet bills for owners on public assistance, but take dogs away from people who cnt afford et bills but arnt on assistance. im not sure how it is elsewhere, but here in hawaii if a dog has something wrong with it, they put it up for adoption and say you need to have it taken care of by your private vet. if there is something thats too expensive, they put it to sleep. also, i heard it is legal to humanely kill and eat your own dog in hawaii. even if its not, people take dogs from the pound and slaughter them all the time.*content removed, racial content* my friend who moved to some small town in indiana told me people put glass in dog/cat food there as animal control. my concern is why is there so much effort put into animal well being in one situation and little or none in another?

I'm not sure what town in Indiana your friend moved to, but I have lived in Indiana my entire life and have never heard of such a thing.... 

moya

sorry if i sound racist, im not. its a macho thing for some men in countries like china, korea and the philipines to eat dog. they come here to hawaii which has a majority of asians, and do th same here.

Speaking as a Moderator to answer your question on racial content...

Those would be your assumptions. In future if you have questions about an edit...PM a moderator or Admin to discuss it.

 I was born and raised in Hawaii... what's the question?  Maybe I can help?

Lani, what's your experience - did you encounter a lot of dog-eating in Hawaii? (I think this is the question) 

Personally no.  Being a strict vegetarian... i probably wasn't paying much attention, though! I've had a few friends ACCIDENTALLY try dog meat (they didn't know that it was dog when they ate it, but found out afterwards. They all were horrified.) But, as a general rule of thumb it's know that there are ethnicities that are known for "adopting" dogs (or stealing them) and ... then eating them, yes.   Very, very sad.  As it maybe a custom in some countries, but not in the US.... Hawaii however is a bit of a melting pot for a lot of different customs. The Humane Society can't do much about it either, since they can't prove the intent of those adopting the dogs.  It's a tragic problem that gets very little attention.  In fact it's a running joke with some ethnicities... I've been told Nik wouldn't be much more than an appetizer (as a joke) ... and that when I got my weim, (the preference is towards black dogs, as apparently they are the most 'tender';) that he'd be good for ethnicities mixed with white/caucasian, since he's gray.  Also a "joke". 

But I chose to share those "jokes" as they are indicators of how casual, known and prevalent the problem is.
 

There is differences in care due to one thing. MONEY. If you think a shelter needs to do more caring for their animals - give them more donations. Most shelters run soley off of donations, they get no funding from HSUS, ASPCA, etc.

I live here, in the USA...which isn't another country. That being the case, I don't assume every Asian person I see in a shelter, or stopping to pet my dog is grocery shopping. I'd never be that presumptuous or willing to stereotype. In fact I'd never assume to know someone's race simply by looking at them.

Lani thank you. Personally to me, eating a dog and feeding glass to a dog are a completely different things.

As to the question...if there is one...Erica has it right...money...resources...and the wishes of the community being serviced.