i volunteer at an animal shelter.
[{"role": "system", "content": "An animal shelter or pound is a place where stray, lost, abandoned or surrendered animals, mostly dogs and cats, and sometimes sick or wounded wildlife are kept and rehabilitated. While no-kill shelters exist, it is sometimes policy to euthanize sick animals, and any animal that is not claimed quickly enough by a previous or new owner. In Europe, of 30 countries included in a survey, all but four (Czech republic, Germany, Greece, and Italy) permitted the killing of healthy stray dogs. Critics believe the new term \"animal shelter\" is generally a euphemism for the older term \"pound\". The word \"pound\" had its origins in the animal pounds of agricultural communities, where stray livestock would be penned or impounded until claimed by their owners. Some shelters even have sick tropical animals. In the United States there is no government-run organization that provides oversight or regulation of the various shelters on a national basis. However, many individual states do regulate shelters within their jurisdiction. One of the earliest comprehensive measures was the \"Georgia Animal Protection Act\" of 1986. The law was enacted in response to the inhumane treatment of companion animals by a pet store chain in Atlanta.\n"}, {"role": "user", "content": "I started volunteering at the local animal shelter to pass time."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I did that as a kid, An animal shelter or pound is a place where stray, or lost animals are kept."}, {"role": "user", "content": "It was very rewarding to be at the animal shelter. Do you have any inside information?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "While no-kill shelters exist, it is sometimes policy to euthanize sick animals. I dont know if a agree with this practice."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Yea that is a tough position to take. Some animal shelters just can not handle it all."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "The word \"pound\" had its origins in the animal pounds of agricultural communities. The would keep livestock in them back then though."}, {"role": "user", "content": "You know, I never once thought where the word \"pound\" came from in animal pound. "}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "One of the earliest laws to protect animals was the  \"Georgia Animal Protection Act\" of 1986"}]