Hampton Barringer Luzak is a versatile creative professional with experience in varied industries in her 30-year career. Her endeavors include working with the team that brought into being one of the most iconic VISA slogans. Apart from her creative and career pursuits, Hampton Luzak is strongly committed to protecting animals, including rescuing dogs from no-kill shelters and supporting the ASPCA (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals).
There are a number of animal shelter categories, but one of the most controversial ones is the divide between kill and no-kill shelters. The no-kill policies stem from a moral viewpoint about preventing animal cruelty altogether by ensuring that no pets are killed. However, the US faces an increasing number of stray and orphaned pets each year, leading to exceeding shelter capacities, and a lack of staff and the ability to house them all.
Therefore, the no-kill shelters usually impose strict rules about which animals they house. Most of the time, these would be easily adoptable pets, and some owners or others might find their pets rejected by these shelters due to their poorer future prospects. These limited admission shelters can’t afford to take all the pets that go through their doors, since they would be forced to euthanize the animals beyond their capacity when all available options dry up. Euthanizing animals might not sound like a viable solution, but it could be instituted as a temporary measure to allow shelters to operate at full capacity and maximize the odds of successful fostering and adoptions.
