i volunteer at animal shelters.
[{"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": "assistant", "content": "I've worked at a shelter before, but some of them are home to tropical animals."}, {"role": "user", "content": "That's cool. I used to work in shelters but only with cats and dogs."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Apparently in Europe, a survey showed that most nations would permit the killing of healthy strays!"}, {"role": "user", "content": "That's barbaric in such times. Strays should be kept in shelters. "}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I agree. Some even suggest that the word \"shelter\" is outdated and almost synonymous to the pound from yesterday."}, {"role": "user", "content": "I remember my last pound yesterday. She was a good dog that Annie."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "You should look into the Georgia Animal Protection Act if you're into animal activism."}, {"role": "user", "content": "I'm definitely big on animal rights because any living creature deserves to live a pure existence."}]