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Sit-In by Humane Society of the Nature
Coast. Photo: Pet Pulse News
To call attention to the complex living conditions of homeless pets at animal shelters, one woman is taking up residence in a kennel at a Florida shelter for seven days.
Joanne Schoch is the executive director for the Humane Society of the Nature Coast and for one full week she is living side by side orphaned animals in a 4’ X 7’ kennel. Her roommate is an American Staffordshire terrier named Darlene.
The “Sit-in” is part of an event called Heart to Heart which is designed to show the public the worn out conditions of the no-kill shelter that need repair. The event also promotes pet adoptions by demonstrating the stressful atmosphere abandoned cats and dogs must endure everyday, in a shelter environment.
Joanne Schoch shared her experience with Pet Pulse News. She described the stress of the constant noise at the shelter. “It’s not a normal night’s sleep. Any little noise, the dogs start barking.”
She also talked about the frightening feeling pets must experience when they are taken away from the only home they have known and tossed into a facility with lots of unfamiliar animals.
Joanne pointed to a dog named Rocky that has been at their shelter since being rescued from Hurricane Katrina. She has a new appreciation for what life is like for the dog.
"I don't care what shelter you are," she says. "A shelter life is no life for a pet to have long term."
Schoch stays in her “cell” 24 hours a day except for bathroom breaks, meals and a daily shower; which was a requirement of the local Health Department. She realizes that although she is trying to create a similar experience to shelter pets, she has the advantage of knowing when her confinement will end and she will go home.
Unfortunately, the same thing cannot be said for the thousands of homeless cats and dogs waiting in animal shelters throughout the country.
Source: Pet Pulse News
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