I have addressed this before, but there is nothing more disheartening than hearing of a No Kill rescue that really isn't No Kill. No Kill as defined by the No Kill Advocacy Center is NOT euthanizing any adoptable animal. ““Non-savable animals include irremediably suffering animals. ““Irremediably Suffering”” shall include any animal with a medical condition who has a poor or grave prognosis for being able to live without severe, unremitting pain.”
Something I have been learning, is that not all shelters and rescues that claim to be No Kill are really No Kill. Take locally. Kindred Kitties in Kenosha, Wisconsin told me to consider euthanizing a cat with litterbox issues.
Today I read a statement on an Ohio rescue's Facebook- West Side Cats.. They claim to be No Kill, but they have a policy to euthanize all cats w ho test positive for FIV or FeLV. The sad part about that is that some of these cats have been pulled from kill shelters. They are not transferred, they are killed. If another rescue had saved them, a real No Kill rescue, maybe they would have lived.
The facts are that FIV cats can live full and healthy lives. They can be adopted with non positive cats as long as they or the others are not aggressive.
It isn't enough that some ignorant vets suggest killing wobbler cats, litterbox problem cats, or FIV cats. Its the rescues now too.
