Today, the 1st working day after Christmas, is one of the busiest days of the year for the animal shelters nation wide.

Parents give their kids puppies and kittens for Christmas and take the older pets to the shelters because they don't want to deal with their aging problems.

Most shelters are not "do not kill" shelters. As they become overloaded they have no choice but to euthanize them. Think how confused these animals must be during the final days of their lives.