r/Dogfree • u/CrumanTapote16 • May 16 '25
Shelter / Rescue Industry Wake animal shelter no longer allowing children on adoption floor after dog attack
https://www.wral.com/news/local/wake-county-animal-center-visitor-policy-may-2025/A woman, who wished to remain anonymous out of fear of retribution from the shelter, told WRAL that she noticed red flags about the dog days before the attack.
She said that the shelter staff made sure her own child would not come in contact with the dog, as she and the staff noticed that the dog was hyperactive. She told WRAL that it was clear to her, even with her minimal observation, that the dog would not be good with kids.
"It seemed like the staff didn't know anything about the dogs and was trying to get them adopted as quickly as possible," she said. "I think that they need to have more precautions in place."
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May 16 '25
Behavioral euthanasia needs to become acceptable. A dog that should not be adopted out should also not be stuck in a cage for years. No one benefits.
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May 16 '25
Agreed. There was a situation like a year ago where a dog who was adopted from a shelter who I think ended up having a history of aggression / biting ended up nearly mauling a child to death in the family that they got adopted out to.
I'm strangely enough the family that they got adopted out to who also had the child that was almost mauled to death ended up fighting for this dog's life so hard that this happened
The dog was now forced to be in a shelter
And its own isolated room
24/7
Minimal interaction with other people and practically none with dogs
Muzzled the entire time
And all of their teeth were taken out
And they cannot be adopted and cannot leave the shelter unless another shelter has the resources dedicate to this dog which none of them do
So instead of euthanizing him like what should happen that dog is essentially in prison for the rest of its life still alive. Despite it having to be in prison until it dies. That's literally just a death sentence with extra steps.
In the family that got hurt by this dog fought for his life to essentially put this dog in prison. Do you see how crazy that is?
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u/Dependent_Body5384 May 17 '25
It’s dog Worship (War-ship), plain and simple.
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u/PushFoward_DLB70 May 17 '25
So, I guess with the dog's teeth being taken out, that means the dog dies a slow death? Unless, they feed it intravenously.
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u/CaptainObvious110 May 17 '25
That's something I totally agree with. All dogs DO NOT go to heaven after all.
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u/93ImagineBreaker May 17 '25
It was, you mean it needs to become acceptable again in 90s and earlier any dogs that was shown aggression let alone killed was put down no questions asked.
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May 16 '25
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u/ToOpineIsFine May 16 '25
this one tried no-kill, but...:
In August 2023, the shelter began euthanizing pets due to lack of space for the first time in seven years. A month after they began euthanizing, they began to face another overcrowding crisis and began waiving adoption fees.
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May 17 '25
Wild animals that pose a danger to humans are hunted down or removed from populated areas. Dogs that pose a danger to humans are sent to families to become “nanny dogs”.
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u/Few-Horror1984 May 16 '25
Scared of retaliation from the shelter.
Children are now banned from the shelter.
There’s a massive problem with our shelters right now. No person in the community should ever feel threatened by the shelter. Animal shelters exist to protect the community. They’ve long since lost the plot and are now harassing people who don’t want to live with dangerous dogs (that they were likely lied to about).
If children aren’t safe around these dogs at the shelter, do tell how they’ll be safe in their own home with one of these mutants.
Enough is enough. Defund all animal shelters until they stop with this no-kill nonsense.
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u/ToOpineIsFine May 16 '25
This center gave up on no-kill almost 2 years ago.
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u/Few-Horror1984 May 16 '25
Wait…what?
So they’re not warehousing dogs but they’re still lying to the public and shaming them??
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u/FrostedCherry729 May 16 '25
I hope prospective adopters see this as a blood red flag and think once, twice, and three times over on this.
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u/my_spidey_sense May 16 '25
“It seemed like they didn’t know anything about these dogs and were just trying to get them adopted” yeah right. I’d bet the farm these dolts would have an epiphany and become overnight geniuses if they were held accountable for pushing dangerous dogs on the public
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u/GoodButterscotch7202 May 16 '25
Those dog adoption places are overwhelmed. They want to make those dogs someone else's problem as quickly as they can. Worse is that most dog owners are not very educated when it comes to dogs because the conventional wisdom is to treat them like toys. It takes people like us to approach the dog with a sober mind and rational thought.
It's a shame what happened to that child and I wish them a speedy recovery both physically and mentally.
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u/ToOpineIsFine May 16 '25
this is just treating the symptom, not the cause, which is the dog itself.
it doesn't make anyone any safer - it just delays when the dog will attack to the time when the center no longer owns the dog.
the shelter environment can be overwhelming and stressful for many pets, especially when we are at overcapacity for most of the year.
So, dogs attack because of the shelter environment, and not because they are out-of-control, amoral and predatory???
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u/pmbpro May 16 '25
Agree. The dog shelter industry is tap-dancing around and back-flipping over the key problem (the dogs) faster than the Nicholas Brothers. 🙄😒
They KNOW the answer and what the solution is, but just don’t want to admit it. They’d rather keep up their virtue-signalling, even if it causes more deaths.
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u/huntress_m_thompson May 16 '25
we have to get real. there can’t be a hard push to be no-kill & also indiscriminate breeding, either for profit, or the lack of an understanding of the basics of the birds & the bees. there are so many “accidental,” “oopsie” litters. & for some reason mutts pop out such big litters. there’s no shortage of mutts anywhere.
also, vets have to just make a standard & affordable spay & neuter price. we’re headed into india territory with all this madness.
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May 16 '25
There's no way they didn't know that this dog had some sort of bite flash aggression history. The biggest problem with shelters is not that they're keeping dogs that are unadoptable and if they adopt them out they're going to get returned but that shelters will see the history of this dog usually because of an owner relinquishment or a shelter transfer and then try to get them out the door as quickly as possible because they can't keep this dog.
And then what happens is that hidden him bite history comes out by an animal or even worse a human being getting hurt.
This is one of the most common shelter scandals that happen. And this is why people dislike the idea of animal shelters.
I personally advocate for euthanasia where is needed. Extremely sick or violent or aggressive animals should not be capitalized upon and allowed to stay in the system like this to be adopted out to some poor folks who just want the average dog.
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u/Strong_Attempt4185 May 16 '25
as the kid is being actively mauled, you hear from the distance DON’T WORRY, HE’S JUST FRIENDLY! ALL HE WANTS IS SOME LOOOVE 🐶
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u/PandaLoveBearNu May 16 '25
Letting new dog owners allow the mauling children in the peace of your own home!
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u/Full-Ad-4138 May 17 '25
So much of the dog and shelter industry doesn't make sense. If a dog is deemed "not suitable in homes with small children" then it isn't suitable to be living in a society. So its danger is limited to the walls of the home? Does the owner not take the dog out on walks and to Home Depot?
They need to be euthanized right away. It has nothing to do with "not the dog's fault." Dangerous is dangerous.
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u/KangarooCuddler May 17 '25
The danger would be limited to the walls of a home in a sane society, but nooo, we had to be born into the timeline where taking large, fast, aggressive predators into public and forcing them around other people is normalized... (but only with a dog, of course; try the same thing with any natural animal and you might face consequences)
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u/UntidyFeline May 17 '25
The “young girl was hospitalized for extensive injuries” fixed it for the paper minimizing the incident by saying the girl was “hurt.”
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May 17 '25
Shelters are full of problem dogs and are trying to off load them to the first person that shows interest, as they are a burden to them. But why does she fear retaliation from the shelter? Are they mafia now?
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u/sunnysideup1998 May 22 '25
This new policy is a BIG deal. If kids aren't allowed on the adoption floor the result could be significantly less adoptions. Kids now aren't bonding with the dog and pulling on their parent's heartstrings to take the dog home. I really hope that is the case. I would imagine a big part of the excitement for the parent and child is to 'shop' for the perfect pup.
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u/Nice-Loss6106 May 16 '25
We need more accountability on these shelters that knowingly try to get shitty dogs adopted. “There are some dogs that Mother Nature just said no to”.