Humane Society and Animal Shelters

Humane Society and Animal Shelters Do A Wonderful Job
Humane Society and Animal Shelter employees give pets a second chance. They make it possible for us to adopt dogs and cats that are loving, loyal, and grateful for a new home. These wonderful people take on the difficult tasks of supervising, feeding, and cleaning abandoned dogs and cats. They also assume the most difficult task—euthanizing them.

These individuals refuse to mistreat dogs and cats just because are homeless, and every year, they lovingly hold 10,000,000 pets as the life passes out of them.

We’re grateful to the thousands of humane society and animal shelter workers, and this year, we’re particularly grateful to Diana Townsend. Diana Townsend is the euthanasia technician from Gallatin, Tenn., who videoed a veterinarian mishandling pets at Summer County Animal Control. Ms. Townsend took this action after expressing concern to her supervisor, Hank Thompson, who did not investigate. Because Mr. Thompson did not act, Ms Townsend surreptitiously filmed Dr. Barber,the veterinarian hired to euthanize pets, as he stepped on them, plunged a syringe into the heart, and euthanized them in an inhumane manner.

Everyone associated with pets, from those trained to administer euthanasia to those who've never thought about what's involved with killing an unwanted animal, realize this approach is unnecessarily cruel. Because Ms. Townsend released the video to the media, it will be stopped. Dr. Baber has been charged with criminal malpractice and incompetence.

We believe most humane society and animal shelter employees have the same level of concern and courage that Ms. Townsend has, and this holiday we acknowledge them all.

Thank you for your undying optimism and for creating an environment of hope for abandoned dogs and cats.