I live in Norfolk, Virginia.  I volunteer at the Norfolk Animal Care Center and have for almost three years.  I work with dogs.  Norfolk Animal Care Center is an open admission shelter and hopefully will remain that way.  At this time, the shelter takes in all animals that come through the front door.  A dog that has previously bitten its owner or even a shelter employee or volunteer, or sits in its cage and growls and lunges all day needs a different kind of home, not a family home.  If the people that vote yes for the metrics are able to come through the front door and take these animals instead of being idealistic that the animals will miraculously be healed of their aggressiveness,  then the shelter's work would be a lot easier. Basically, these unadoptalbe aggressive or unhealthy animals need to be put into an animal jail or hospice and the person that takes them would be the animal jailer or long term care center provider. I have not seen any of these kind of people come to the shelter to take these animals.   Animals are not a numbers game, voting for metrics turns their lives into a numbers game.  Animals are a animal by animal proposition.  Do not turn it into a numbers game. Trust, as I do, those employees in charge of making the tough decisions.   I VOTE NO FOR METRICS.