Published: June 13, 2009 11:16 pm      

Animal shelter worker’s creed put forth

Pet Talk column

Over the past few month, the employees BARC, The Humane Society have been accused by many people as being killers and murderers. We understand that our customers are raw with emotion when surrendering animals to the shelter. We (the staff) try to be gentle yet truthful with each person. However, the shelter staff is not at fault for the immense pet overpopulation problem Anderson County is facing. The overpopulation is a result of pet owners failing to spay or neuter.

With this being said, here is the Shelter Workers Creed:

Shelter Worker's Creed
(By Beverly Marcum)
As animal shelter personnel with various duties and responsibilities, we hereby make the following promises and declarations:
We hereby promise to love and to care for the pets brought into our shelter to the best of our ability.
We promise to make them as comfortable as possible in an impossible situation.
We promise to do our best to find them new homes.
When all else fails, we promise to end their lives humanely in order to make room for the endless supply of animals to follow.

HOWEVER
We also stand firm with the following:
We did not cause these animals to be born into this overpopulated world.
We did not cause these pets to become a problem or inconvenience to their owners.
We did not cause their owners to move, to have kids, to become allergic to them, or to become ill.
We will not accept, nor allow to be placed on us, the guilt that belongs to the owners of these pets.

IT’S NOT OUR FAULT!
Please, spay and neuter your pets!

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Here is a list of this week’s featured pets at BARC, The Humane Society:

• Jeronimo — 2-month-old male Labrador mix

• Noodle— 2-month-old male heeler mix

• Oscar— 2-year-old male Boston Terrier mix

• Perky — 3-month-old female collie mix

• Tasha — 4-month-old female terrier-Shepherd mix

These and other animals are ready for adoption at BARC, The Humane Society, 335 Armory Rd., Palestine. You may visit them online at www.achs.petfinder.com and www.barctx.org. Telephone 903-729-8074 for information.