http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/TBCGIVES/28889 In March and April of this year, over 2,700 cats and dogs were euthanized in Kern County. There are many pet shelters in Bakersfield that are no kill, and in our TBC Gives video produced by Louis Medina, we spotlight one of them-&nbsp;the Bakersfield SPCA. Click here to watch the video. --Mary Russo In March and April of this year, over 2,700 cats and dogs were euthanized in Kern County. There are many pet shelters in Bakersfield that are no kill, and in our TBC Gives video produced by Louis Medina, we spotlight one of them-&nbsp;the Bakersfield SPCA. Click here to watch the video. --Mary Russo en-us Mon, 23 Jun 2008 09:08:16 PDT 35.388027 -119.051224 <p>Yes, the Bakersfield SPCA is a no-kill shelter, meaning that no healthy, adoptable animals are euthanized. But before people start separating shelters based on whether or not they euthanize pets, please keep in mind that the way many no-kill shelters remian no-kill is by closing their doors to additional animals when they are full.</p> <p>Facilities such as the Kern County Animal Control Department are not able to tell people to try back next week because they don't have the room right now to take in any more pets. Thus, they are placed in a position where some unwanted pets are euthanized to maintain space for the unending stream of animals coming in through the front door. That doesn't make KCAC bad. It just makes them the agency that <i>has</i> to do what the other agencies in the area choose not to do.</p> <p>For the Bakersfield SPCA logo go to bakersfieldspca.org. It's in the upper left.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/TBCGIVES/28889/#c_262037 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/TBCGIVES/28889/#c_262037 <p>Yes, the Bakersfield SPCA is a no-kill shelter, meaning that no healthy, adoptable animals are euthanized. But before people start separating shelters based on whether or not they euthanize pets, please keep in mind that the way many no-kill shelters remian no-kill is by closing their doors to additional animals when they are full.</p> <p>Facilities such as the Kern County Animal Control Department are not able to tell people to try back next week because they don't have the room right now to take in any more pets. Thus, they are placed in a position where some unwanted pets are euthanized to maintain space for the unending stream of animals coming in through the front door. That doesn't make KCAC bad. It just makes them the agency that <i>has</i> to do what the other agencies in the area choose not to do.</p> <p>For the Bakersfield SPCA logo go to bakersfieldspca.org. It's in the upper left.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>