18 kittens left outside the shelter

[Catherine]

I think increasingly shelters are becoming no kill. Shelters with high intake make arrangements to send animals to other shelters that have room. The system isn't perfect yet, but there have been changes. 

Actually surrendering an animal makes it easier for a shelter to find someone to adopt the animal. They know it is available for adoption. They know the age and health of the animal. They know why the animal was given up.

It is a cowardly thing to do, to just dump animals in a box even if it is outside a shelter. A lot of shelters have their night staff or security guards check outside the building regularly. They know they will often find boxes of kittens or even rabbits.

I just hope the 18 kittens were all the ones that were left. I would hate to think that some have run away and are lost on the streets.