ASPCA reviews

Burnout, compassion fatigue, micro management

I worked at the CARE department (which stands for Canine Annex for Rehabilitation and Enrichment) for 6 months and witnessed NO rehabilitation or enrichment while there. In fact, during the 6 months of my employment, 15 dogs were euthanized for simply not getting along with other dogs. Bear in mind, this number is not nationwide, these dogs were all euthanized in 1 location. Who knows how many are being killed nationwide by this organization. In addition, the job description was misrepresented during the interview process. I am not the only person to attest to this fact. We were told that we would be working closely with the behavior team (whom we rarely saw) and the medical team, providing care for these poor, mistreated animals. In reality, we were janitors. Are entire job consisted of cleaning the entire facility. The only interaction we had with the dogs was at feeding time and 10 minute walks (shorter walks if we were required to sit through protocol seminars which were nonstop and took precedence over dog care).