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My Confirmation Class students recently volunteered at a local animal shelter where, after a certain amount of time, animals that are not adopted are killed. Under Jewish law, is it appropriate for a shelter to kill unwanted pets?
Answer
Thanks for writing with a very interesting question. I'm going to answer in
short answers and feel free to question any one of them.
1. The law of the land is final, and if it is the law or a policy within the
land, it must be respected even if it goes against our sensitivities.
2. An alternative is also to work very hard to either raise funds such that
the animals can be kept alive longer or work to have them adopted.
3. Work VERY hard to neuter animals such that unwanted animals are not
brought into this world only to cause the pain of seeing them destroyed.
Best
Wishes,
Rabbi Barry Dov Lerner
Foundation
for Family Education (FFFE)
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