response: I see, in animal shelters surrendered or abandoned animals and even wounded or sick wildlife can be rehabilitaded
original_response: They usually take all kinds, stray, lost, abandoned or surrendered and sometimes sick or wounded wildlife.  Our local shelter is a no-kill one.
history: I am so grateful for animal shelters - the no-kill ones. Those poor wee creatures - how could anyone abandon them?!
knowledge: 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.