I think we found our little girl at the NSPCA...they constantly rescue animals from Lied but we do not not know how they choose which ones and who decides under what criteria...hmmm..interesting. Lied does not protect these animals...their only hope is that the NSPCA chooses to rescue them!

also, we noticed many empty kennels, so why do they euthanize when there is room and the shelter is definately not overcrowded. It seems like they do not give the owners of missing pets a chance to find them before their "time is up"...
I feel very sorry for Ms Marques as she did everything right and lost her pet. Maybe the shelter administrators should try to figure out WHY there are so many angry people in their lobby!

My daughter adopted a small dog from Lied a couple of years ago. We returned recently to look for another one, as Cocoa was such a success! As we live in far away we cannot constantly visit the shelter but found a tiny female chihuahua in the kennels kept for "not up for adoption yet" animals. We were told these dogs are too scared to be seen. We were not allowed in the building. We were told not to even ask about those dogs housed in that particular facility but we could keep checking back. I sent several emails over the next couple of weeks as I had her ID number but no one bothered to reply. I even gave my phone number to the staff with the ID number of the dog, so they could call me when she came up for adoption. No one called. So, what happens to the animals that are "too scared"? Does this mean they do not have a chance to be adopted by someone who is willing to give them love and security? I got the feeling as I walked around that shelter that many, many animals do not get a second chance because the focus there is not to adopt out but to go through the motions of sheltering with the end result of destroying. Here we were trying to adopt a dog that was kept locked up, alone, depressed and scared and not one person took an interest in its well being! I do not know the politics behind this shelter but Las Vegas needs an animal shelter in the real meaning of shelter....not death row!