There are many definitions of what "No Kill" means. Some believe that it means that no animal in a shelter will be killed for any reason, except for an untreatable illness or injury. It also means that no animal will be transferred to any other shelter where it may be euthanized. However most shelters consider themselves no kill if they are not killing animals that are adoptable. So this leads to thousands of "unadoptable" pets being euthanized. Unadoptable pets are pets with medical conditions, injury, personality issues, age, or anything that may make the dog unappealing to potential adopters.
The pets that are turned away from a animal shelter must go to a municipal shelter, which gives them the unfortunate job of euthanizing these animals. Municipal shelters are government run facilities.They must accept animals from
the public, whether they have the space for them or not.There is still no such thing as a No Kill
municipal shelter in San Diego. Under the direction of County Supervisor, there is an effort to make San Diego a No Kill
community. However, without the public's active involvement in this effort,
it will never happen. Unfortunately, many people are under the misconception
that San Diego is already a No Kill community, and therefore,
turn over their animals to the County Animal Shelters thinking that their pets
cannot be euthanized. Most people are shocked to find that tens of thousands
of animals are still being euthanized every year in San Diego.
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