Unfortunately we do have to euthanise animals and we are really not silly. We have been doing this for years and we all know that some animals cannot be saved due to illness, injury or behavioural issues.
If you go through our bill at the vets you will see a huge amount is spent each month on euthanising cats with broken backs and dogs with serious health problems that people find on the street. Most people will not make a decision to euthanise an animal no matter how obvious it is that they are suffering and so dump the animal on us and we have to make the decision and pick up the bill. We all know how many cats get hit by cars here but how many do you think die instantly? Not many and the rest are brought to us where all we can do is relieve it of it's suffering as quickly and painlessly as possible. And add it to our bill.
A lot of our vets bill is also routine neutering, deworming, vaccinations, tick collars, antibiotics, post-neutering medication, ear drops, eye drops, health checks, kitten & puppy formula.. All very basic and not necessarily expensive but when you look at the number of animals we have at the shelter it all adds up. The vets are great and do give discounts but if we don't have any money then it doesn't matter how little they charge - we still can't pay it!
We do ask new owners to help with covering the vets bill but very few actually pay the total balance for their new pet. They may cover the neutering but we still pay for everything else.
Please don't think we are throwing away money on hopeless cases.
Unfortunately we do have to euthanise animals and we are really not silly. We have been doing this for years and we all know that some animals cannot be saved due to illness, injury or behavioural issues.
If you go through our bill at the vets you will see a huge amount is spent each month on euthanising cats with broken backs and dogs with serious health problems that people find on the street. Most people will not make a decision to euthanise an animal no matter how obvious it is that they are suffering and so dump the animal on us and we have to make the decision and pick up the bill. We all know how many cats get hit by cars here but how many do you think die instantly? Not many and the rest are brought to us where all we can do is relieve it of it's suffering as quickly and painlessly as possible. And add it to our bill.
A lot of our vets bill is also routine neutering, deworming, vaccinations, tick collars, antibiotics, post-neutering medication, ear drops, eye drops, health checks, kitten & puppy formula.. All very basic and not necessarily expensive but when you look at the number of animals we have at the shelter it all adds up. The vets are great and do give discounts but if we don't have any money then it doesn't matter how little they charge - we still can't pay it!
We do ask new owners to help with covering the vets bill but very few actually pay the total balance for their new pet. They may cover the neutering but we still pay for everything else.
Please don't think we are throwing away money on hopeless cases.
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