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CMV: Healthy animals should never be put down simply because they’re not getting adopted.

I understand the issue about space, accommodation and how many shelters are already struggling taking care of the ones in shelter, needing 24/7 care and attention. But do we put down our family who are going through similar or more painful health issues? Family who’s fighting through cancer, or elderlies who are too old to care for themselves, we take on the responsibility for them. Then why can’t we try and do the same for animals who are much more helpless and in need of support instead of putting them down simply because it might be too much work and money? 

I may not know all the specific details that go into this decision, so help me learn please?
gpt
Animal rights advocates/vegans, say that we should be adopting the animals that we can, make sure that animals are properly spayed/neutered so that they don't breed in an uncontrolled way and crack down on dog farms and breeders which bring dogs into the world , the unwanted dogs of which get thrown away out of sight and out of mind. 

Unfortunately, shelters will need to put dogs down just as a matter of lack of resources. What else is there to do? Keep them alive but isolated and under-cared for? Send them to a home that may not be right for them where they are likely to suffer further? 

You need to look at the broader picture. These animals absolutely have a right to life and it is our responsibility to take care of them but where we can't give them a good life then they will also just be suffering anyway. If you care a lot about this topic then you need to ask what practices led to all of these unwanted dogs and solve the problem there instead of downstream after the problems are difficult to solve.