‘Getting to Zero’ is totes fine with killing

Further demonstrating that ‘Getting to Zero’ Program could and should be renamed the ‘Doing What We’ve Always Done, But Now Feeling Okay About It’ Program, from the WA rep of the org;

Roz Robinson ~ I work in the only “Open Admission” cat shelter in WA – we take in 8,000+ cats and kittens each year. We euthanise about half of the intake. Forgotten in this argument is the actual toll it takes on staff who have to perform this dreadful task- we are all cat lovers. can you imaigne what this does to our staff? We too would love to proclaim to be “no kill” shelter but would be full by lunch time on the first day and be turning people way!! To do whatwith their cats? We dread to think-hence the fact we never say “no”. A more realistic approach is to look at the Getting 2 Zero (G2Z) model- which understands that there has to be open admission shelters such are ours. It gives us strategies to reduce the number of cats put to sleep each year. I do hope the Insight programme is balanced and realistic. The bad guys in all of this are not the “open admission” shelters, nor the vet industry. It comes down to bad owners and easy access to companion animals.

The ‘Getting’ in ‘Getting to Zero’ doesn’t mean stopping the killing of healthy treatable pets this year. We won’t be ‘Getting’ in the next five years either. In fact, we will never actually ‘Get’ anywhere, because the program is primarily about giving cover and legitimacy to shelters who kill. Just blame the bad owners & overpopulation – lament and bustle about how sad you are about ‘having’ to kill – and ignore No Kill successes all over the world… and voila! Getting to Zero success!

Shame about all the dead pets.