this article brought tears to my eyes.

People today are faced with more loss the ever before. Job loss, income loss, house loss.... and then their beloved friend.... it becomes too much to bare. I can really understand why people go crazy.

Lied charges $155 to adopt a pet... the most expensive pound in the nation. Most shelters charge a mere $25.00 to adopt a new friend.

Lied would rather kill a loved and wanted pet, then work with someone with a payment plan to pay the expensive impound fees.

Less then 20% of animals ever make it out of Lied.

a 72 hour time limit... is just horrible.

yes, People need to spay and neuter their pets, and people need to be a responsible pet owner ....but sometimes accidents do happen...even to the best of pet owner. I feel so sad for that one pet owner who came back with all the required proof less then 2 hours later to find that her cat had just been put down... it would be enough to make anyone... even the nicest of people to lash out, and become abusive and crazy.

poor animals, poor people.

this article has made me ever so sad.

on a side note- I adopted my best friend from Lied nearly 8 years ago. I paid about $125 for him. When I got him home, I notice that my new pound pup did not want to drink any water, and seemed pretty lifeless...so I rushed him to my vet, and it was determined that my pup had parvo (a very deadly canine virus). I called up Lied to report that my new dog has parvo, and was told to bring him back, and pick out another dog.... Even though I only knew my dog for less then a few hours, I was already in-love... and there was no way I would ever take him back to Lied to die. About 5 days and $1,500 dollars later, my parvo and pound survivor pup was able to leave the vets and come home. Today my dog is my very best friend, I can't image my life without him... even just the thought of him no longer with me causes me to cry.