Snake River Animal Shelter Essay

Snake River Animal Shelter Volunteer

Introduction

Most people love animals. They make us feel good about ourselves and they can also keep us safe. But what are we doing to keep them safe? Well we have animal shelters, but the workers can’t handle every animal that comes through the shelter. That’s the reason they need volunteers to come in and help. I volunteer because it’s helping an animal who really needs to have a little love in their life before they get adopted. For my senior project, I did exactly that. I went in a volunteer at Snake River Animal Shelter. I would go in and either help clean or socialize with the animals. I hit bumps during the project but I still pulled through. I learned a lot about the animal shelter I volunteered at, why we volunteer at shelters, and did research about the history of the shelters. What I found was very interesting.

History

In the past animal shelters were more like “ponds”. They were only meant to keep animals off the street. They were treated poorly. They did not receive proper nutrition nor have the space to move around. A lot of the time the same animals were placed

was created. The group was called the ASPCA or better known as the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. This organization was made to help horse from being mistreated but didn’t focus one other animal like dogs or cats. Soon after other organizations were created to help animals even though they were not affiliated with each other there was more control over the shelters. This soon lead the cites issuing dog licence which helped pay for the organizations. But as the organizations were meant to help animal, the main objective of the shelter were to protect the people and the property. During 1874 an organization came around which was the first to actually focus on how animals were treated in shelters. This organization was called SPCA or the Women's Branch of the