response: No I'm afraid I don't.  Did you know that " animal shelter" is a euphemism for "pound," an older term that was used?
original_response: No one really knows but they are often thought to come from an older idea of an animal pound although they aren't the same thing.
history: I was thinking about volunteering at an animal shelter, do you know anything about them? Oh cool.   Well I know about "no-kill" shelters.   Even if it's full, a "no-kill" shelter will not kill treatable or healthy animals.  They only use euthanasia for animals that are dangerous to the public, or if they are terminally ill. I think the no-kill shelters are much better than the alternative. Do you know anything else? Well most european countries actually prevent the killing of healthy stray dogs. That's very thoughtful of them, I'm glad to hear that. Do you know when animal shelters first started?
knowledge: Critics believe the new term ''animal shelter'' is generally a euphemism for the older term ''pound''.