I'm not surprised that only a tiny number of Americans have rated this. By far the most realistic view of what governments do with unwanted animal anywhere to be found.
Group of Taiwanese documentary film makers spent a few months in a municipal animal pound and kept track of what happened to the dogs who were there. The film follows the fates of several dozen of the dogs. Many died of distemper and parvo while at the pound. The place did not provide any medical care at all.
The maximum time a dog can be there is 18 days. Viewers can witness the sadness of these poor animals as they wait in fear and grief for their fate while watching their cage mates die of illness.
The viewer gets to know many of these dogs very well as the narrator provides a history of their personalities. Some were adopted , the vast majority either died of disease while there or where euthanized. Very little food was given to the animals and most were very, very thin. At the end the film provides a history of the dogs who were adopted, several died of the diseases they picked up while at the pound , I won't refer to that place as a shelter .
While the documentarians were at the pound only 56 dogs were adopted and nearly 500 were euthanized. For the year that place only saw 1,000 adoptions out of 6,000 dogs taken in. Cats probably have it worse.
In 2017 the Taiwanese public voted in a law to ban the killing of dogs picked by cities , a job given to garbage men. A rarity in the world so conditions have improved. In America it's out of sight out of mind. Film makes a great pairing with the Taiwanese animated four part film A Dog's Life ( 2017) also showing the horrors that dogs suffer because of humans. My two favorite films
Film grossed 1 million usd . Americans would not care to know or see the truth. Sequel , Twelve Nights 2 Back To Day Zero ,released in 2020...not much in the way of improvement see my review.
Group of Taiwanese documentary film makers spent a few months in a municipal animal pound and kept track of what happened to the dogs who were there. The film follows the fates of several dozen of the dogs. Many died of distemper and parvo while at the pound. The place did not provide any medical care at all.
The maximum time a dog can be there is 18 days. Viewers can witness the sadness of these poor animals as they wait in fear and grief for their fate while watching their cage mates die of illness.
The viewer gets to know many of these dogs very well as the narrator provides a history of their personalities. Some were adopted , the vast majority either died of disease while there or where euthanized. Very little food was given to the animals and most were very, very thin. At the end the film provides a history of the dogs who were adopted, several died of the diseases they picked up while at the pound , I won't refer to that place as a shelter .
While the documentarians were at the pound only 56 dogs were adopted and nearly 500 were euthanized. For the year that place only saw 1,000 adoptions out of 6,000 dogs taken in. Cats probably have it worse.
In 2017 the Taiwanese public voted in a law to ban the killing of dogs picked by cities , a job given to garbage men. A rarity in the world so conditions have improved. In America it's out of sight out of mind. Film makes a great pairing with the Taiwanese animated four part film A Dog's Life ( 2017) also showing the horrors that dogs suffer because of humans. My two favorite films
Film grossed 1 million usd . Americans would not care to know or see the truth. Sequel , Twelve Nights 2 Back To Day Zero ,released in 2020...not much in the way of improvement see my review.