i visit animal shelters fairly often.
[{"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 visit animals shelter fairly often, it's somewhat heartbreaking."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I agree, I hate to see stray, lost, abandoned or surrendered animals suffer."}, {"role": "user", "content": "I wish all those animals could be adopted by loving people."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Me too, especially those with policy to euthanize sick animals. They deserve a home as well."}, {"role": "user", "content": "I make sure I only visit non-kill shelters because I wouldn't be able to handle it otherwise."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": " In the United States there is no government-run organization that provides oversight or regulation of the various shelters, which is really sad when you think about it."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Yes, I wish there was some oversight by the government but for the most part I think the people who run them have a good heart."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I agree, many individual states do regulate shelters within their jurisdiction. so at least that helps to some extent."}, {"role": "user", "content": "That's good to know.  I also like to donate to those shelters."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "A few shelters have tropical animals. so consider donating to such shelters!"}]