Shelters need to work with the Public
”Shelters that use an overly broad, meaningless definition of “unadoptable” ignore the fact that some adopters want older animals who are less excitable and more sedate to match their lifestyle. They ignore the fact that if shelters let people know how they can help, the public responds. And they ignore the importance of people wanting to be heroic by saving the life of an animal who someone else failed to love. Making the mental leap that the public is capable of such great compassion, unfortunately, conflicts with the shelter viewpoint that sees the public as the source of the problem.” -Nathan Winograd in his book Redemption
