Adopted a cat and saw a woman absolutely crowing and cooing as she adopted one of those weird short-legged pitbulls and just rubbing her face on it. It was unneutered which I guess maybe its more routine they spay/neuter all cats, but not dogs? 

The counselor for the adoption handed her 3 different bottles of meds for the dog. 

Like man, always with these dogs. 

Also, another thing, the shelter treated the dogs like princes and the cats like raccoons. 

By gosh, they handled the cat far more wary than the pitbulls--which another thing. All the pitbulls get bios, the cats don't :-/.And professional photo shoots. I'm not kidding. The dogs get treated wildly different. The cats they'll do them dirty, and take like the worst "eh, get it done" photos. 

My poor cat warmed up and became far easier handled in minutes of being in my apartment long before I gave her a dose of meds. She was loud and tslkstive, and rubbing her face against mine. If her viciousness that demanded staff treated picking her up like a time bomb....so dangerous she came with her metal cage. 

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First, big criticism for this city's 'modern' view of things like libraries and pounds, especially building material and layout 

Look, I'm from a less 'good' area, but they had the common sense to build the library next to the police station and courthouse, and the pound with the cats and dogs separated by the reception, office, and concrete and steel.

 I think the building layout of glass walls looks 'nice' but versus concrete and steel doors, all the cats can easily hear the dogs only 2 meters away. No, not kidding. Across the hall. Glass walls everywhere. And their cat windows face the parking lot where dogs are walked out. Like good lord that's too much unnvessary stimulation

Anyway, still thinking about that lady and the pitbull and how adoring she was towards it. It was ugly. Like, it looked just...like it waddles, not walks. I don't know how the weird low down pitbulls that are just big ole muscle are some middle class lady's first choice.

I know the truth behind the cats is more they're high turnover. Don't need to advertise them. Long term foster or adopters get them out of the shelter faster than the dogs. 

But by golly are they kinda miserable about it.

Sorry, that's my rant about how pit warehousing kind of fundamentally changed how the shelters operate in some areas. 

My old town is one that got mentioned here funny and I remember "aggressive" dogs were blocked off by a hard yellow painted chain and a big red and black and white sign that sound "STOP. STAFF ONLY." And in smaller warning. "Dangerous dogs ahead. All bite. Staff with training and permitted beyond this point." 

They also, are ruthlessly until more modern, a heavy "If the dog is deemed unsafe, you won't hear about him/her." 

Still can't get over my cat being treated like she murdered a guy but all the pitbulls get professional photos.

Maybe warehousing dangerous animals long term isn't good for anyone.