Yes, but millions of healthy animals are euthanized every year.

Build 50 more kennels and then you have 200 dogs..........our local shelter has done a great job at becoming as close to no kill as you can get. So we are saying no to cats and kittens, no to dogs that owners are looking to surrender - for whatever the reason, good or bad, and creating waiting lists that are 20 pages long. I am against killing, I am against suffering, I am against the hate speech thrown at "open shelters" who are just doing what they can to save those they can and relieve the suffering for as many as they can. And I speak from experience - I have my share at 30 cats and 11 dogs - all rescues, all spayed & neutered, all kept inside, all up to date on vet care, all fed quality food - how many do you have?

Or look to other shelters in the region if they still have place.

Build 50 more kennels... easier said than done... what if you don't have funds to build 50 more kennels, or the space... shelters aren't tardis's.. they have limited space and money. What should they do, start hanging kennels from the ceiling?? Or maybe they should cut the size of the kennels in half, so the dogs/cats can barely move around...

@JudyTarr, why are you saying no to cats and kittens? It's dangerous for any animals to be out on the street because of cars, but it's worst for black cats because people think they're bad luck and try to kill them. Also, cats and kittens are alive animals too.

Retail rescue is a business which is growing. That is why unadoptable animals are pulled and transported around. Best Friends nearly "saved them all" at which point they panicked apparently because they went and bought dogs at auction from the same breeders who used to breed for pet stores, but now they breed for unregulated retail rescue. Kim Kavin wrote a book about it called The Dog Merchants.

@CristinaUhlir, not everyone in Asia does that. It's only some bad people. Stop being racist.

50 more kennels, an adoption drive, and a neutering initiative

Building 50 more kennels should solve that.

P.S. The USA is not the worst country in the world. All governments should denounce all Oriental countries where these atrocities are happening. Those evil monsters do not just eat dogs and cats, they DELIBERATELLY heinously torture them: boil them - ALIVE, burn them to death with a torch (no carbon monoxide fumes to render them unconscious), cut their limbs off when ALIVE. Please understand, human rights, social justice will never be achieved without animal rights. Get in touch with the animal welfare organizations and speak out against cruelty to animals - sentient beings, sign petitions, join protests, volunteer, contact your government representatives who do virtually nothing to stop heinous animal abuses; do something, please.