AR-News: (IL - US) Kill shelters vs. no-kill in Chicago: Animals are suffering more

[AABreyer at aol.com]

I am not sure why anyone would think animal overpopulation was not a problem 
in Chicago; it is generally a problem throughout the U.S.   The shelters in 
Chicago, however, are banding together to try to work on the problem.   That 
doesn't really come through in the article.

Also, I don't know who described Animal Care and Control as not being fit for 
a cockroach.   That may or may not have been true in the past, but it is 
certainly an inaccurate and unfair description today.   I live in Chicago.  I was 
at ACC as recently as a few months ago.   It is a clean facility and the 
animals are well cared-for.   It does a tremendous job given serious budget 
constraints and the overwhelming number of animals which it is required by law to 
accept.   The "problem" isn't ACC.   It's citizens who, individually, are 
irresponsible about companion animal ownership, and collectively do not place enough 
societal emphasis on the work of animal control to demand more facilities and 
funding from our politicians.
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