One thing a visitor notices about the Naples, Italy area, is the stray dog situation.
Well, after the trash, that is.
Strays seem to be everywhere.
What most people don't see, however, is the dogs that get put into shelters. The conditions are horrible, and since shelter operation seems to be a lucrative business (Euro 125 per dog, per month from the government) there is no incentive to find "forever" adoptive homes for these guys.
These pictures were taken on a recent trip to a "small" private shelter that is being closed by the goverment. "Only" 70 dogs are languishing in this shelter.
Read more about them, and what is being done to try to help, at http://www.animalswithoutlimits.blogspot.com/
All photos Copyright (c) 2008, Todd A. Mercer. All Rights Reserved
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