The Grand Strand Humane Society

I volunteered at the Grand Strand Humane Society in Myrtle Beach, S.C. They are located off of Mister Joe White Avenue in a small area. At the shelter, I helped with paper work and keeping up with their web page online. Since I am 17 years old and not old enough to actually interact with most of the animals then I did mostly office help. I learned that the shelter has a multitude of duties and responsibilities placed on them that most people would just overlook. For example, every animal has to be accounted for whether the animal is alive or dead. Also, each time an animal is placed in the shelter, spaying and neutering is mandatory. Just because the animal is placed there, it is important to follow up and keep up with that animal. After going there, I will continue to help out at the shelter doing "office work" and cleaning up until I am 18 years old. Once I turn 18, I'm able to actually participate in the adoption and aid of the animals in the shelter.
http://www.grandstrandhumanesociety.com/

Problems of Euthanasia

Animal Shelter. Photograph. Web. 3 Apr. 2012. <http://tailsfromthelost.org/Puppy%20Mill-Animals%20in%20Garbage.jpg>.

In animal shelters, most animals aren't well or healthy enough to last for long after being placed in a shelter. Either they just been abused or harmed to the point of where they can no longer survive; that's when euthanasia comes into play. Based off of statistics, shelters do plenty of "aided deaths" each year and just leave the dead animals out in the open and never really dispose of the body properly. It's one thing to help kill an animal but it's another thing to not do something decent with the corpse.