Once strays were caught by a dogcatcher and taken to “the pound ” an enclosure where animals were kept until their owners came to claim them. If no one came they were sold. Today as people have become more caring about animals they aren’t called strays anymore but “homeless animals.” The dogcatchers are now “animal control officers ” and the pound is now called a shelter. In the shelters homeless animals are cared for until (hopefully) someone adopts them.

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